The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 101 101 105
Rank change year-on-year
0 +4
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 18 14 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 1.067% 0.824% 0.750%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.243% 2.160% 2.397%
Number of salaries quoted 7 14 14
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +18.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £35,625 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £40,000 £37,850
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
All Qualifications
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
555 648 584
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 32.90% 38.16% 31.28%
Number of salaries quoted 469 567 440
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £26,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £58,000 £56,700
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
South West

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCTS across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bristol MCTS Salary Histogram

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 33 (97.06%) Microsoft Certification
2 30 (88.24%) SQL Server
3 21 (61.76%) Windows
3 21 (61.76%) MCSA
3 21 (61.76%) Microsoft
3 21 (61.76%) MCITP
4 20 (58.82%) Windows Server 2008
4 20 (58.82%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (58.82%) MCSE
5 19 (55.88%) VMware
5 19 (55.88%) MS Excel
6 18 (52.94%) MS Exchange
6 18 (52.94%) TCP/IP
6 18 (52.94%) DNS
7 17 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
8 16 (47.06%) Exchange Server 2010
8 16 (47.06%) VMware Infrastructure
9 15 (44.12%) ISMS
9 15 (44.12%) iSCSI
9 15 (44.12%) Marketing
9 15 (44.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 15 (44.12%) NetSuite
9 15 (44.12%) Information Security
9 15 (44.12%) SharePoint 2010
9 15 (44.12%) VPN
9 15 (44.12%) LAN
9 15 (44.12%) WAN
9 15 (44.12%) SharePoint
9 15 (44.12%) IIS

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 11 (32.35%) ASP.NET
1 11 (32.35%) .NET
1 11 (32.35%) WCF
1 11 (32.35%) WPF
1 11 (32.35%) KnockoutJS
1 11 (32.35%) Node.js
1 11 (32.35%) Ninject
1 11 (32.35%) ASP.NET MVC
1 11 (32.35%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 1 (2.941%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 18 (52.94%) MS Exchange
2 16 (47.06%) Exchange Server 2010
3 15 (44.12%) SharePoint 2010
3 15 (44.12%) SharePoint
3 15 (44.12%) IIS
4 3 (8.824%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (2.941%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 19 (55.88%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.941%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 18 (52.94%) TCP/IP
1 18 (52.94%) DNS
2 15 (44.12%) iSCSI
2 15 (44.12%) VPN
2 15 (44.12%) LAN
2 15 (44.12%) WAN
2 15 (44.12%) Firewall
3 1 (2.941%) SAN
3 1 (2.941%) DHCP
3 1 (2.941%) VoIP
3 1 (2.941%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (88.24%) SQL Server
2 17 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (5.882%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (5.882%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 2 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.941%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 15 (44.12%) Marketing
2 11 (32.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (44.12%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 15 (44.12%) Systems Engineer
2 14 (41.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (41.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (32.35%) Developer
3 11 (32.35%) .NET Developer
4 2 (5.882%) SQL DBA
4 2 (5.882%) Systems Manager
4 2 (5.882%) DBA
4 2 (5.882%) Operations Manager
4 2 (5.882%) Field Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) Field Service Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) Support Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (2.941%) Administrator
5 1 (2.941%) Services Delivery Manager
5 1 (2.941%) Analyst
5 1 (2.941%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (2.941%) Service Manager
5 1 (2.941%) Field Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (44.12%) Management Information System
2 11 (32.35%) Tandem
3 2 (5.882%) Replication
4 1 (2.941%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.941%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 21 (61.76%) Windows
2 20 (58.82%) Windows Server 2008
2 20 (58.82%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.941%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.941%) Linux
3 1 (2.941%) CentOS
3 1 (2.941%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.941%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (44.12%) ISMS
2 15 (44.12%) Information Security
2 15 (44.12%) Information Security Management
2 15 (44.12%) Security Management
3 11 (32.35%) MVC
3 11 (32.35%) TDD
3 11 (32.35%) Web Application Development
3 11 (32.35%) Domain-Driven Design
3 11 (32.35%) Dependency Injection
4 3 (8.824%) ITIL
5 2 (5.882%) Problem Management
5 2 (5.882%) High Availability
6 1 (2.941%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.941%) Change Management
6 1 (2.941%) Migration
6 1 (2.941%) Data Security
6 1 (2.941%) Software Deployment
6 1 (2.941%) Database Security
6 1 (2.941%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 11 (32.35%) C#
2 2 (5.882%) SQL
2 2 (5.882%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (97.06%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (61.76%) MCSA
2 21 (61.76%) MCITP
3 20 (58.82%) MCSE
4 12 (35.29%) MCP
5 11 (32.35%) MCAD
5 11 (32.35%) MCSD
6 2 (5.882%) MCDBA
7 1 (2.941%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.941%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.941%) CCNP
7 1 (2.941%) HNC
7 1 (2.941%) HND
7 1 (2.941%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (2.941%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (44.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.941%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (47.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (11.76%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.941%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (2.941%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (8.824%) SCCM
2 2 (5.882%) SCOM
2 2 (5.882%) SCVMM
3 1 (2.941%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 21 (61.76%) Microsoft
2 19 (55.88%) VMware
3 15 (44.12%) NetSuite
4 1 (2.941%) HP
4 1 (2.941%) Dell
4 1 (2.941%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.941%) Cisco
4 1 (2.941%) Oracle
4 1 (2.941%) SAP
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