The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Andover region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Andover region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Andover 10.00% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 11.43% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £55,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Andover
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
35 20 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Andover 87.50% 41.67% 42.50%
Number of salaries quoted 27 20 17
Average salary £41,500 £37,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.66% -25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £25,350 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCTS
Hampshire

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Andover MCTS Jobs Demand Trend

MCTS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCTS across the Andover region.

Andover MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Andover 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MCTS.

1 6 (100.00%) MCITP
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft App-V
2 4 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (66.67%) VMware
2 4 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Application Packaging
2 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (50.00%) CCEE
3 3 (50.00%) CCAA
3 3 (50.00%) CCIA
3 3 (50.00%) XenApp
3 3 (50.00%) XenServer
3 3 (50.00%) XenDesktop
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (50.00%) Citrix
3 3 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (33.33%) CCEA
4 2 (33.33%) CCA
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (33.33%) MCSA
4 2 (33.33%) AppSense
4 2 (33.33%) Identity Management
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 2 (33.33%) vSphere

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Andover 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MCTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (66.67%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) MS Exchange
1 4 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (33.33%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Office 365
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) NetScaler
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) DHCP
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Principal Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Citrix Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Citrix Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Identity Management
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) MCITP
2 4 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (50.00%) CCEE
3 3 (50.00%) CCAA
3 3 (50.00%) CCIA
3 3 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (33.33%) CCEA
4 2 (33.33%) MCSA
4 2 (33.33%) CCA
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (16.67%) CCNP
5 1 (16.67%) CCNA
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft App-V
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (50.00%) XenApp
2 3 (50.00%) XenServer
2 3 (50.00%) XenDesktop
2 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (33.33%) vSphere
4 1 (16.67%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
1 2 (33.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) VMware
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (33.33%) AppSense