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 Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 19 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 Dorset region.

 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank55--
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset0.410 %--
As % of the Qualifications category2.564 %--
Salaries quoted100
Average salary£30,000--
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£39,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.260 %
Dorset IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
78110241
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset15.98 %27.03 %14.35 %
Salaries quoted75100167
Average salary£31,500£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00 %+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,500£22,900£16,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£52,500£46,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCTS South WestMCTS
South West

MCTS
Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset MCTS Salary Trend

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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 19 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
BournemouthNew entry-2£30,000-
MCTS South WestMCTS
South West

MCTS
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Dorset 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.

18 (100.00 %)SQL Server
18 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
18 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2008
27 (87.50 %).NET
27 (87.50 %)AJAX
27 (87.50 %)NHibernate
27 (87.50 %)WCF
27 (87.50 %)WPF
27 (87.50 %)MonoRail
27 (87.50 %)TDD
27 (87.50 %)NUnit
27 (87.50 %)MVC
27 (87.50 %)Scrum
27 (87.50 %)C#
27 (87.50 %)ASP.NET
27 (87.50 %)Web Services
27 (87.50 %)XML
27 (87.50 %)MCP
27 (87.50 %)MCAD
27 (87.50 %)MCSD
27 (87.50 %)Microsoft
27 (87.50 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (12.50 %)Delphi
31 (12.50 %)SQL
31 (12.50 %)T-SQL
31 (12.50 %)Replication
31 (12.50 %)Crystal Reports

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Dorset 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.

Dorset IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
17 (87.50 %).NET
17 (87.50 %)ASP.NET
17 (87.50 %)Web Services
17 (87.50 %)XML
17 (87.50 %)AJAX
17 (87.50 %)NHibernate
17 (87.50 %)WCF
17 (87.50 %)WPF
17 (87.50 %)MonoRail
Dorset IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (100.00 %)SQL Server
18 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
18 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2008
21 (12.50 %)Crystal Reports
Dorset IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (87.50 %)NUnit
Dorset IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (87.50 %).NET Developer
17 (87.50 %)Developer
21 (12.50 %)Programmer
21 (12.50 %)Systems Programmer
21 (12.50 %)Senior Programmer
21 (12.50 %)Senior Systems Programmer
Dorset IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Replication
Dorset IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (87.50 %)MVC
17 (87.50 %)Scrum
17 (87.50 %)TDD
Dorset IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (87.50 %)C#
21 (12.50 %)Delphi
21 (12.50 %)SQL
21 (12.50 %)T-SQL
Dorset IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
17 (87.50 %)MCP
17 (87.50 %)MCAD
17 (87.50 %)MCSD
17 (87.50 %)Microsoft Certification
Dorset IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (87.50 %)Microsoft