The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 23 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 Croydon region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 1.706% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 7.576% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £57,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
66 90 76
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 22.53% 26.87% 26.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50 83 73
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £30,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,300 £67,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
London

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCTS across the Croydon region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Croydon MCTS Salary Histogram

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 11 (91.67%) Windows
1 11 (91.67%) MCITP
2 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (58.33%) MS Exchange
4 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (50.00%) VMware
4 6 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (41.67%) vSphere
5 5 (41.67%) Office 365
5 5 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (41.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (41.67%) MCSE
6 4 (33.33%) SQL
6 4 (33.33%) MS Excel
6 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
6 4 (33.33%) Citrix
6 4 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
6 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (33.33%) SCCM
6 4 (33.33%) SCOM
6 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (33.33%) Lync
6 4 (33.33%) Office Communications Server
7 3 (25.00%) XenApp
7 3 (25.00%) XenServer
7 3 (25.00%) CCEE
7 3 (25.00%) CCAA
7 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 2 (16.67%) XML
2 1 (8.333%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 7 (58.33%) MS Exchange
2 6 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (33.33%) Lync
3 4 (33.33%) Office Communications Server
4 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Office 365
2 4 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 2 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) DHCP
1 2 (16.67%) DNS
1 2 (16.67%) MPLS
1 2 (16.67%) OSPF
1 2 (16.67%) BGP
1 2 (16.67%) SAN
1 2 (16.67%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) AdminStudio
General
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
1 1 (8.333%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Consultant
2 6 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Implementation Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Exchange Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Technical Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Citrix Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Sales Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Active Directory Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) SCCM Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) Support Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server DBA
4 1 (8.333%) SQL DBA
4 1 (8.333%) Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) Citrix Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) ITIL
1 2 (16.67%) Identity Management
2 1 (8.333%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (8.333%) Migration
2 1 (8.333%) Asset Management
2 1 (8.333%) Quality Management
2 1 (8.333%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (8.333%) Release Management
2 1 (8.333%) QMS
2 1 (8.333%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
2 1 (8.333%) VB
2 1 (8.333%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) MCITP
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (41.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (41.67%) MCSE
4 4 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
5 3 (25.00%) CCEE
5 3 (25.00%) CCAA
5 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (25.00%) CCNP
6 2 (16.67%) CCA
6 2 (16.67%) CCDA
6 2 (16.67%) CCIA
6 2 (16.67%) CCDE
7 1 (8.333%) CCDP
7 1 (8.333%) MCSA
7 1 (8.333%) CCNA
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) vSphere
1 5 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (25.00%) XenApp
3 3 (25.00%) XenServer
4 2 (16.67%) XenDesktop
5 1 (8.333%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) SCCM
1 4 (33.33%) SCOM
2 2 (16.67%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (50.00%) VMware
2 4 (33.33%) Citrix
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco
4 2 (16.67%) HP
4 2 (16.67%) Dell
4 2 (16.67%) CheckPoint