The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Cheadle 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 Cheadle region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheadle 5.000% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 11.76% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £32,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
All Qualifications
Cheadle
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
34 32 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheadle 42.50% 58.18% 47.83%
Number of salaries quoted 29 17 10
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% +30.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £27,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
Manchester

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheadle 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 Cheadle region.

Cheadle MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheadle 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 6 (100.00%) VB
1 6 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 6 (100.00%) MCP
1 6 (100.00%) MCAD
1 6 (100.00%) MCSD
1 6 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (100.00%) MVC
1 6 (100.00%) Scrum
1 6 (100.00%) TDD
1 6 (100.00%) NUnit
1 6 (100.00%) NHibernate
1 6 (100.00%) LINQ
1 6 (100.00%) Kanban
1 6 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 6 (100.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 6 (100.00%) Moq
1 6 (100.00%) BDD
1 6 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012
1 6 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheadle 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 6 (100.00%) .NET
1 6 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 6 (100.00%) NHibernate
1 6 (100.00%) LINQ
1 6 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 6 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) NUnit
1 6 (100.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 6 (100.00%) Moq
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) MVC
1 6 (100.00%) Scrum
1 6 (100.00%) TDD
1 6 (100.00%) Kanban
1 6 (100.00%) BDD
1 6 (100.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) VB
1 6 (100.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) MCP
1 6 (100.00%) MCAD
1 6 (100.00%) MCSD
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification