The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 18 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 64 38 52
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +14
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 4 11 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 0.616% 3.235% 0.877%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.410% 10.38% 3.448%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 4
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +58.33%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Qualifications
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
166 106 116
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 25.58% 31.18% 25.44%
Number of salaries quoted 149 94 103
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
West Midlands

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 16 (84.21%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (57.89%) Windows
3 10 (52.63%) MCITP
4 9 (47.37%) MS Exchange
4 9 (47.37%) SQL Server
4 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
5 8 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2007
5 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
6 7 (36.84%) C#
6 7 (36.84%) .NET
6 7 (36.84%) ASP.NET
7 6 (31.58%) Cisco
7 6 (31.58%) MCP
7 6 (31.58%) MCAD
7 6 (31.58%) MCSD
7 6 (31.58%) OO
7 6 (31.58%) Internet
7 6 (31.58%) TDD
7 6 (31.58%) MVC
7 6 (31.58%) CQRS
7 6 (31.58%) Web Application Development
7 6 (31.58%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 6 (31.58%) BDD
7 6 (31.58%) Razor View Engine
7 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (31.58%) Domain-Driven Design
7 6 (31.58%) ASP.NET MVC
7 6 (31.58%) WCF

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 7 (36.84%) .NET
1 7 (36.84%) ASP.NET
2 6 (31.58%) WCF
2 6 (31.58%) ASP.NET MVC
2 6 (31.58%) Razor View Engine
2 6 (31.58%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 2 (10.53%) HTML5
3 2 (10.53%) HTML
3 2 (10.53%) XML
3 2 (10.53%) Silverlight
3 2 (10.53%) jQuery
3 2 (10.53%) CAML
3 2 (10.53%) CSS
4 1 (5.263%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 9 (47.37%) MS Exchange
2 8 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2007
2 8 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (26.32%) Lync
4 4 (21.05%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (10.53%) IIS
6 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
6 2 (10.53%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) MS Office
1 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
1 4 (21.05%) Office 365
2 2 (10.53%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) Internet
2 3 (15.79%) NAS
2 3 (15.79%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) SQL Server
2 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Developer
2 6 (31.58%) Consultant
2 6 (31.58%) .NET Developer
3 5 (26.32%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Virtualisation Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Software Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Software Test Manager
5 1 (5.263%) VMware Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) VMware Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Test Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Citrix Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Deployment Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) Windows
2 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) OO
1 6 (31.58%) MVC
1 6 (31.58%) Domain-Driven Design
1 6 (31.58%) BDD
1 6 (31.58%) CQRS
1 6 (31.58%) Web Application Development
1 6 (31.58%) TDD
2 2 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (5.263%) Logistics
3 1 (5.263%) Software Testing
3 1 (5.263%) Migration
3 1 (5.263%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) C#
2 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
2 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (52.63%) MCITP
3 6 (31.58%) MCP
3 6 (31.58%) MCAD
3 6 (31.58%) MCSD
4 5 (26.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Certified Master
5 4 (21.05%) MCSE
6 3 (15.79%) Citrix Certification
6 3 (15.79%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (15.79%) CCEE
6 3 (15.79%) CCAA
6 3 (15.79%) CCIA
7 2 (10.53%) CCA
7 2 (10.53%) MCPD
8 1 (5.263%) Degree
8 1 (5.263%) HP AIS
8 1 (5.263%) HP ASE
8 1 (5.263%) HP MASE
8 1 (5.263%) NCIE
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 5 (26.32%) vSphere
2 5 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (26.32%) Hyper-V
3 3 (15.79%) XenApp
3 3 (15.79%) XenServer
3 3 (15.79%) XenDesktop
3 3 (15.79%) VMware ESX
4 1 (5.263%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (5.263%) Forefront TMG
4 1 (5.263%) UAG
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) ARCserve
1 3 (15.79%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (5.263%) SCCM
2 1 (5.263%) SCOM
2 1 (5.263%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 6 (31.58%) Cisco
3 5 (26.32%) VMware
4 4 (21.05%) Mitel
4 4 (21.05%) Polycom
4 4 (21.05%) Dialogic
4 4 (21.05%) Nortel
4 4 (21.05%) Avaya
5 3 (15.79%) Veritas
5 3 (15.79%) Citrix
5 3 (15.79%) Symantec
5 3 (15.79%) McAfee
6 1 (5.263%) HP
6 1 (5.263%) EMC
6 1 (5.263%) CheckPoint
6 1 (5.263%) NetApp