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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 89 82 95
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +13
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 4 12 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.343% 0.907% 0.249%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.278% 2.570% 0.794%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 4
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £36,750 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,500 £41,500 £39,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
All Qualifications
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
313 467 504
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 26.84% 35.30% 31.40%
Number of salaries quoted 175 336 349
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
Scotland

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCTS across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Edinburgh MCTS Salary Histogram

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 (85.71%) .NET
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
1 6 (85.71%) ASP.NET
2 5 (71.43%) C#
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) jQuery
3 4 (57.14%) Degree
3 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
3 4 (57.14%) T-SQL
3 4 (57.14%) MCPD
4 3 (42.86%) Web Development
4 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (42.86%) WCF
4 3 (42.86%) Software Architecture
5 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) MCSD
5 2 (28.57%) CSS
5 2 (28.57%) MVC
6 1 (14.29%) VMware
6 1 (14.29%) VMware ESX
6 1 (14.29%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
6 1 (14.29%) Tandem
6 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (14.29%) TDD
6 1 (14.29%) Web Services
6 1 (14.29%) MCP

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 (85.71%) .NET
1 6 (85.71%) ASP.NET
2 5 (71.43%) jQuery
3 3 (42.86%) WCF
4 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 2 (28.57%) CSS
5 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
5 1 (14.29%) Web Services
5 1 (14.29%) HTML
5 1 (14.29%) HTML5
5 1 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (14.29%) Node.js
5 1 (14.29%) Ninject
5 1 (14.29%) CSS3
5 1 (14.29%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint 2013
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (14.29%) DotNetNuke
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) Unified Communications
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) Big Data
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 5 (71.43%) Web Developer
3 4 (57.14%) Applications Developer
3 4 (57.14%) Web Applications Developer
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Tandem
2 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Mobile
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Web Development
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
1 3 (42.86%) Software Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) MVC
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) TDD
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Dependency Injection
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Big Data Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Web Application Development
3 1 (14.29%) Domain-Driven Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C#
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) T-SQL
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) MCPD
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (28.57%) MCSD
4 1 (14.29%) MCP
4 1 (14.29%) MCAD
4 1 (14.29%) MCSE
4 1 (14.29%) MCSA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware ESX
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
Edinburgh, Scotland
Applicants should have experience in: SharePoint 2010, .NET, ASP.NET, C# and SQL Server... (SharePoint Developer, .NET, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, SharePoint...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £80000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Applicants should have experience in: SharePoint 2010, .NET, ASP.NET, C# and SQL Server... ) (SharePoint Developer, .NET, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, SharePoint...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £50000 - £80000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013