MCTS Jobs in England

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCTS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 804 904 1102
Rank change year-on-year +100 +198 -266
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 11 23 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.013% 0.025% 0.031%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.045% 0.076% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11 21 38
10th Percentile - £25,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £21,500 £30,750 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £50,000 £53,350
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% -6.28% +42.27%
75th Percentile £47,000 £52,500 £56,300
90th Percentile £50,000 £85,000 £69,625
UK median annual salary £30,000 £50,000 £53,350
% change year-on-year -40.00% -6.28% +6.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

MCTS is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,242 30,268 34,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.56% 32.67% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 15,736 13,656 16,740
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,995 £58,193 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +5.81% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

MCTS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MCTS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MCTS in England

MCTS
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCTS in England.

Salary trend for MCTS in England

MCTS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCTS in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MCTS in England

MCTS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCTS within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +135 4 £44,000 -48.24%
West Midlands +21 4 £23,000 -54.00%
Midlands -6 4 £23,000 -54.00% 1
East of England - 2 £50,000 -
South East +14 1 £26,938 -10.21%
MCTS
UK

MCTS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) SAN
2 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) VLAN
3 1 (9.09%) DHCP
3 1 (9.09%) DNS
General
1 1 (9.09%) Games
1 1 (9.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
1 4 (36.36%) Help Desk Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Active Directory Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) AWS Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Azure Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Cloud Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Windows Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior IT Support
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
2 2 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
5 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
5 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Capacity Management
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) Network Packet Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Problem Management
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) CAD
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
4 1 (9.09%) Data Collection
4 1 (9.09%) Synthetic Environment
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) C#
1 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (63.64%) MCP
3 5 (45.45%) Degree
4 4 (36.36%) HND
4 4 (36.36%) MCSE
5 3 (27.27%) MCSA
6 2 (18.18%) CCAA
6 2 (18.18%) CCNA
6 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (18.18%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (9.09%) MCITP
7 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) Citrix
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) HP
3 2 (18.18%) VMware
4 1 (9.09%) arcserve
4 1 (9.09%) Sophos