The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Bromsgrove region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 21 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 Bromsgrove region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bromsgrove 21.43% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 60.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £42,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Bromsgrove
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
5 4 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bromsgrove 35.71% 10.81% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 3
Average salary £42,500 £26,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+63.46% +20.93%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCTS
Worcestershire

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bromsgrove 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 Bromsgrove region.

Bromsgrove MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bromsgrove 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 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
1 3 (100.00%) Veritas
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) ARCserve
1 3 (100.00%) Symantec
1 3 (100.00%) McAfee
1 3 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (100.00%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (100.00%) MCITP
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (100.00%) NAS
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 3 (100.00%) vSphere
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (33.33%) CCEE
2 1 (33.33%) CCAA
2 1 (33.33%) CCIA
2 1 (33.33%) XenApp

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bromsgrove 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 3 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
1 3 (100.00%) NAS
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Virtualisation Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (100.00%) MCITP
2 1 (33.33%) CCEE
2 1 (33.33%) CCAA
2 1 (33.33%) CCIA
2 1 (33.33%) CCA
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 3 (100.00%) vSphere
2 1 (33.33%) XenApp
2 1 (33.33%) XenServer
2 1 (33.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) ARCserve
1 3 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Veritas
1 3 (100.00%) Symantec
1 3 (100.00%) McAfee
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco