The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Bath region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 24 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 Bath region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank - 42 41
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 0 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath - 0.469% 0.485%
As % of the Qualifications category - 1.282% 1.111%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 1
Average salary - £30,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -40.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Bath
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
90 78 90
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 24.06% 36.62% 43.69%
Number of salaries quoted 83 77 85
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,900 £25,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCTS
Somerset

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bath 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 Bath region.

Bath MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bath 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 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) MCSA
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Avaya
1 2 (100.00%) Clustering
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
1 2 (100.00%) MCPD
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bath 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 Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) Senior IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) Senior IT Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) MCSA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
1 2 (100.00%) MCPD
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Avaya