MCSD Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MCSD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) UK
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	807	819	844
Rank change year-on-year	+12	+25
Permanent jobs citing MCSD	67	116	119
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.075%	0.12%	0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.31%	0.44%	0.40%
Number of salaries quoted	62	100	118
Median salary	£40,000	£40,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-1.23%	-10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than	£21,250	£19,750	£21,250
10% offered a salary of more than	£68,750	£105,000	£77,500
UK excluding London median salary	£40,000	£39,000	£45,000
% change year-on-year	+2.56%	-13.33%

MCSD is in the academic qualifications and professional certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all academic qualifications and professional certifications cited in permanent job vacancies.

Academic & Professional Certification UK
Permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	21844	26201	30066
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	24.56%	26.63%	27.46%
Number of salaries quoted	35718	44855	48776
Median salary	£45,000	£47,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-5.26%	+5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£26,250	£26,250	£25,750
10% offered a salary of more than	£76,250	£72,500	£75,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£41,500
% change year-on-year	-	+2.40%

MCSD
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MCSD as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.

MCSD
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCSD.

MCSD
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing MCSD over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

MCSD
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSD within the UK over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-3	60	£40,000	-1.23%	7
UK excluding London	+7	36	£40,000	+2.56%	5
London	+14	28	£48,750	+2.63%	2
South East	+52	12	£67,500	+8.00%	2
Midlands	+1	11	£40,000	+86.04%	1
East of England	-5	9	£37,500	+25.00%	1
Scotland	-	4	£40,000	-

MCSD
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT jobs citing MCSD also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for MCSD.

1	128 (100.00%)	Microsoft Certification
2	81 (63.28%)	.NET
3	77 (60.16%)	C#
4	73 (57.03%)	Microsoft
5	65 (50.78%)	ASP.NET
6	63 (49.22%)	SQL Server
7	60 (46.88%)	Degree
8	59 (46.09%)	MVC
9	58 (45.31%)	Agile Software Development
10	47 (36.72%)	Microsoft Azure
11	45 (35.16%)	ASP.NET MVC
12	44 (34.38%)	.NET Framework
13	41 (32.03%)	MCAD
14	35 (27.34%)	JavaScript
14	35 (27.34%)	Windows

15	34 (26.56%)	MCP
16	33 (25.78%)	Scrum
16	33 (25.78%)	MCTS
17	32 (25.00%)	SQL Server 2014
18	30 (23.44%)	Windows Server
18	30 (23.44%)	TDD
19	29 (22.66%)	NUnit
19	29 (22.66%)	Moq
20	27 (21.09%)	HTML
20	27 (21.09%)	LINQ
20	27 (21.09%)	Web Application Development
21	26 (20.31%)	BDD
21	26 (20.31%)	Rhino Mocks
21	26 (20.31%)	ASP.NET MVC 5
21	26 (20.31%)	NHibernate

MCSD
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	15 (11.72%)	SharePoint
2	14 (10.94%)	IIS
3	9 (7.03%)	BizTalk Server
4	7 (5.47%)	CMS
4	7 (5.47%)	EPiServer
4	7 (5.47%)	Sitecore CMS
4	7 (5.47%)	Umbraco
5	5 (3.91%)	OpenStack
6	4 (3.13%)	SharePoint 2013
6	4 (3.13%)	WordPress
7	3 (2.34%)	MS Exchange
7	3 (2.34%)	SharePoint 2010
8	2 (1.56%)	Apache Spark
9	1 (0.78%)	Skype for Business

Applications
1	3 (2.34%)	InfoPath
1	3 (2.34%)	Microsoft Office
2	2 (1.56%)	Microsoft Excel
2	2 (1.56%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	2 (1.56%)	Dynamics CRM
2	1 (0.78%)	Oracle EBS
2	1 (0.78%)	SAP ERP

Cloud Services
1	47 (36.72%)	Microsoft Azure
2	26 (20.31%)	Amazon AWS
3	25 (19.53%)	Office 365
4	7 (5.47%)	IaaS
4	7 (5.47%)	PaaS
5	6 (4.69%)	Cloud Computing
6	3 (2.34%)	Azure Active Directory
7	2 (1.56%)	Dropbox
7	2 (1.56%)	SaaS
8	1 (0.78%)	Amazon CloudWatch
8	1 (0.78%)	Amazon EC2
8	1 (0.78%)	Amazon S3
8	1 (0.78%)	AWS CloudFormation
8	1 (0.78%)	AWS CloudTrail
8	1 (0.78%)	AWS Elastic Beanstalk
8	1 (0.78%)	CloudFront
8	1 (0.78%)	G Suite
8	1 (0.78%)	Google Cloud Platform
8	1 (0.78%)	Google Drive
8	1 (0.78%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	6 (4.69%)	Firewall
2	5 (3.91%)	LAN
2	5 (3.91%)	Network Security
2	5 (3.91%)	VPN
2	5 (3.91%)	WAN
3	3 (2.34%)	Internet
4	1 (0.78%)	HTTP
4	1 (0.78%)	IPsec
4	1 (0.78%)	MQTT
4	1 (0.78%)	SAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	63 (49.22%)	SQL Server
2	32 (25.00%)	SQL Server 2014
3	6 (4.69%)	Relational Database
3	6 (4.69%)	SQL Server 2008
4	4 (3.13%)	Big Data
5	3 (2.34%)	Data Warehouse
5	3 (2.34%)	Hadoop
5	3 (2.34%)	Oracle Database
5	3 (2.34%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
6	2 (1.56%)	Apache Hive
6	2 (1.56%)	Impala
6	2 (1.56%)	RDBMS
7	1 (0.78%)	Amazon RDS
7	1 (0.78%)	Apache Cassandra
7	1 (0.78%)	MongoDB
7	1 (0.78%)	NoSQL
7	1 (0.78%)	Oracle Database 11g
7	1 (0.78%)	Redis
7	1 (0.78%)	SQL Server 2012
7	1 (0.78%)	SQL Server Integration Services

Development Applications
1	29 (22.66%)	Moq
1	29 (22.66%)	NUnit
2	26 (20.31%)	Rhino Mocks
3	11 (8.59%)	Visual Studio
4	9 (7.03%)	Git (software)
5	8 (6.25%)	Team Foundation Server
6	2 (1.56%)	Subversion
6	2 (1.56%)	Visual Studio Tools for Office
7	1 (0.78%)	Jenkins

General
1	26 (20.31%)	Games
2	15 (11.72%)	Finance
3	6 (4.69%)	Law
4	4 (3.13%)	Telecoms
5	3 (2.34%)	Advertising
5	3 (2.34%)	Back Office
5	3 (2.34%)	Legal
5	3 (2.34%)	Marketing
6	1 (0.78%)	Banking
6	1 (0.78%)	Manufacturing
6	1 (0.78%)	Publishing
6	1 (0.78%)	Retail

Job Titles
1	76 (59.38%)	Developer
2	57 (44.53%)	.NET Developer
3	28 (21.88%)	Graduate
3	28 (21.88%)	Graduate .NET Developer
3	28 (21.88%)	Graduate Developer
3	28 (21.88%)	Junior
3	28 (21.88%)	Junior Developer
4	27 (21.09%)	Junior .NET Developer
5	26 (20.31%)	Games Developer
5	26 (20.31%)	Graduate Games Developer
5	26 (20.31%)	Junior Games Developer
6	23 (17.97%)	C# Developer
7	20 (15.63%)	C# .NET Developer
8	16 (12.50%)	Consultant
9	14 (10.94%)	ASP.NET MVC Developer
10	12 (9.38%)	ASP.NET Developer
10	12 (9.38%)	C# ASP.NET Developer
11	11 (8.59%)	Cloud Engineer
12	10 (7.81%)	Azure Consultant
13	9 (7.03%)	Senior Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	81 (63.28%)	.NET
2	65 (50.78%)	ASP.NET
3	45 (35.16%)	ASP.NET MVC
4	44 (34.38%)	.NET Framework
5	27 (21.09%)	HTML
5	27 (21.09%)	LINQ
6	26 (20.31%)	ASP.NET MVC 5
6	26 (20.31%)	NHibernate
7	24 (18.75%)	CSS
8	23 (17.97%)	jQuery
9	19 (14.84%)	XML
10	17 (13.28%)	AngularJS
10	17 (13.28%)	ASP.NET Web Forms
11	14 (10.94%)	KnockoutJS
11	14 (10.94%)	XSLT
12	11 (8.59%)	HTML5
13	10 (7.81%)	Web Services
14	8 (6.25%)	Middleware
15	7 (5.47%)	DHTML
16	6 (4.69%)	.NET Core

Miscellaneous
1	14 (10.94%)	Computer Science
2	13 (10.16%)	Public Cloud
3	11 (8.59%)	Data Centre
4	10 (7.81%)	Enterprise Software
5	9 (7.03%)	Analytical Skills
6	8 (6.25%)	Hybrid Cloud
7	6 (4.69%)	Greenfield Project
7	6 (4.69%)	Mobile App
8	4 (3.13%)	User Experience
9	1 (0.78%)	Blog
9	1 (0.78%)	Data Structures
9	1 (0.78%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
9	1 (0.78%)	Graphic Design
9	1 (0.78%)	Internet of Things
9	1 (0.78%)	Management Information System

Operating Systems
1	35 (27.34%)	Windows
2	30 (23.44%)	Windows Server
3	10 (7.81%)	Windows Server 2012
4	4 (3.13%)	Android
4	4 (3.13%)	Apple iOS
5	2 (1.56%)	Linux

Processes & Methodologies
1	59 (46.09%)	MVC
2	58 (45.31%)	Agile Software Development
3	33 (25.78%)	Scrum
4	30 (23.44%)	TDD
5	27 (21.09%)	Web Application Development
6	26 (20.31%)	BDD
6	26 (20.31%)	Kanban
7	21 (16.41%)	Web Development
8	17 (13.28%)	Presales
9	14 (10.94%)	Continuous Integration
10	13 (10.16%)	ITIL
10	13 (10.16%)	Software Engineering
11	12 (9.38%)	OO
12	11 (8.59%)	DevOps
13	8 (6.25%)	Performance Tuning
13	8 (6.25%)	Project Management
14	7 (5.47%)	B2B
14	7 (5.47%)	EAI
14	7 (5.47%)	Migration
14	7 (5.47%)	MVVM

Programming Languages
1	77 (60.16%)	C#
2	35 (27.34%)	JavaScript
3	17 (13.28%)	PowerShell
4	16 (12.50%)	SQL
5	14 (10.94%)	Python
6	6 (4.69%)	Bash Shell
6	6 (4.69%)	Perl
6	6 (4.69%)	PHP
7	4 (3.13%)	T-SQL
7	4 (3.13%)	VB.NET
8	2 (1.56%)	Java
8	2 (1.56%)	PL/SQL
8	2 (1.56%)	XPath
9	1 (0.78%)	C
9	1 (0.78%)	C++
9	1 (0.78%)	Go
9	1 (0.78%)	Ruby
9	1 (0.78%)	TypeScript
9	1 (0.78%)	VB

Qualifications
1	128 (100.00%)	Microsoft Certification
2	60 (46.88%)	Degree
3	41 (32.03%)	MCAD
4	34 (26.56%)	MCP
5	33 (25.78%)	MCTS
6	18 (14.06%)	MCSA
7	17 (13.28%)	MCSE
8	13 (10.16%)	Computer Science Degree
9	8 (6.25%)	MCITP
10	6 (4.69%)	AWS Certification
11	5 (3.91%)	SC Cleared
11	5 (3.91%)	Security Cleared
11	5 (3.91%)	VCDX
12	4 (3.13%)	MCPD
13	2 (1.56%)	CCA
13	2 (1.56%)	Citrix Certification
13	2 (1.56%)	ISEB
14	1 (0.78%)	CISSP
14	1 (0.78%)	HND
14	1 (0.78%)	Oracle Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	5 (3.91%)	SLA
2	3 (2.34%)	QA
3	2 (1.56%)	COBIT
4	1 (0.78%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	1 (0.78%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	25 (19.53%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	22 (17.19%)	Active Directory
3	14 (10.94%)	Hyper-V
4	5 (3.91%)	vCloud
5	2 (1.56%)	Virtual Machines
6	1 (0.78%)	Docker
6	1 (0.78%)	vSphere
6	1 (0.78%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	11 (8.59%)	Opscode Chef
1	11 (8.59%)	Puppet
2	6 (4.69%)	SCCM
3	5 (3.91%)	vRealize
4	2 (1.56%)	Oozie
4	2 (1.56%)	Terraform
5	1 (0.78%)	Nagios
5	1 (0.78%)	SCOM

Vendors
1	73 (57.03%)	Microsoft
2	26 (20.31%)	VMware
3	7 (5.47%)	Cisco
3	7 (5.47%)	Sitecore
4	6 (4.69%)	Oracle
5	4 (3.13%)	Computacenter
6	3 (2.34%)	EMC
6	3 (2.34%)	HP
6	3 (2.34%)	NetApp
7	2 (1.56%)	Apple
7	2 (1.56%)	Cloudera
7	2 (1.56%)	Google
8	1 (0.78%)	Dell
8	1 (0.78%)	SAP
8	1 (0.78%)	Xamarin