The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Blackburn region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 22 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 Blackburn region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 17 23 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 9 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackburn 13.24% 1.316% -
As % of the Qualifications category 42.86% 4.762% -
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 0
Average salary £25,000 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-44.44% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Blackburn
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
21 21 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackburn 30.88% 27.63% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 21 21 12
Average salary £25,000 £26,750 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.54% +13.82%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
Lancashire

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Blackburn 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 Blackburn region.

Blackburn MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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 9 (100.00%) C#
1 9 (100.00%) .NET
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 9 (100.00%) MCP
1 9 (100.00%) MCAD
1 9 (100.00%) MCSD
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 9 (100.00%) MVC
1 9 (100.00%) Games
1 9 (100.00%) TDD
1 9 (100.00%) Google
1 9 (100.00%) Music
1 9 (100.00%) WCF
1 9 (100.00%) Android
1 9 (100.00%) iPhone
1 9 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 9 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 9 (100.00%) Dependency Injection
1 9 (100.00%) Node.js
1 9 (100.00%) Ninject
1 9 (100.00%) KnockoutJS
1 9 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012
1 9 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
1 9 (100.00%) Mobile App

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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 9 (100.00%) .NET
1 9 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 9 (100.00%) WCF
1 9 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 9 (100.00%) Node.js
1 9 (100.00%) Ninject
1 9 (100.00%) KnockoutJS
1 9 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 9 (100.00%) Games
1 9 (100.00%) Music
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
1 9 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) iPhone
1 9 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) MVC
1 9 (100.00%) TDD
1 9 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 9 (100.00%) Dependency Injection
1 9 (100.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) MCP
1 9 (100.00%) MCAD
1 9 (100.00%) MCSD
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Google
Blackburn, North West
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Posted: 22 May 2013