Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Cambridgeshire region.

 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank118--
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads300
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire0.130 %--
As % of the Qualifications category0.342 %--
Salaries quoted300
Average salary£65,000--
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
-+6.660 %
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8767451175
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire38.10 %33.56 %27.54 %
Salaries quoted788664960
Average salary£36,000£36,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+2.850 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£52,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCTS East of EnglandMCTS
East of England

MCTS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MCTS across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Cambridgeshire MCTS Demand Trend

MCTS
Salary Trend

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

Cambridgeshire MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCTS across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

Cambridgeshire MCTS Salary Histogram

MCTS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCTS within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeNew entry-3£65,000-
MCTS East of EnglandMCTS
East of England

MCTS
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
13 (100.00 %)XML
13 (100.00 %)MCP
13 (100.00 %)MCAD
13 (100.00 %)MCSD
13 (100.00 %)Windows
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (100.00 %)Scrum
13 (100.00 %)Extreme Programming
13 (100.00 %)WinForms
13 (100.00 %)TDD
13 (100.00 %)NUnit
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
13 (100.00 %)NHibernate
13 (100.00 %)WPF
13 (100.00 %)MonoRail
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2008

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)XML
13 (100.00 %)WinForms
13 (100.00 %)NHibernate
13 (100.00 %)WPF
13 (100.00 %)MonoRail
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2008
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (100.00 %)NUnit
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
13 (100.00 %)C# Developer
13 (100.00 %)WinForms Developer
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)Windows
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)Scrum
13 (100.00 %)Extreme Programming
13 (100.00 %)TDD
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)C#
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (100.00 %)MCP
13 (100.00 %)MCAD
13 (100.00 %)MCSD
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification