The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing MCTS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £300 £314
% change year-on-year
+11.66% -4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- -61.17%
All Qualifications
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
38 49 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 23.75% 25.79% 27.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 18 23
Average daily rate £397 £325 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.00% -17.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £525 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
Average hourly rate £12.00 £14.00 £31.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% -55.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
MCTS
Scotland

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MCTS across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Aberdeen MCTS Jobs Demand Trend

MCTS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MCTS across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen MCTS Daily Rate Trend

MCTS
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing MCTS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MCTS.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CommVault
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) MCITP
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (100.00%) XenApp
2 2 (66.67%) vSphere
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) Altiris
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Dell
3 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing MCTS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MCTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Server Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) XenApp
2 2 (66.67%) vSphere
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) CommVault
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Altiris
3 1 (33.33%) Dell