The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 22 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 Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 83 56 84
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +28
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 13 22 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.102% 2.585% 0.104%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.693% 9.053% 0.403%
Number of salaries quoted 10 18 1
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
277 243 248
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 23.47% 28.55% 25.86%
Number of salaries quoted 152 170 193
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,850 £27,700
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £57,500 £53,250
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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 22 (88.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (60.00%) .NET
2 15 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (60.00%) ASP.NET
2 15 (60.00%) C#
2 15 (60.00%) WCF
3 13 (52.00%) NHibernate
3 13 (52.00%) TDD
3 13 (52.00%) NUnit
3 13 (52.00%) Music
3 13 (52.00%) Music Industry
3 13 (52.00%) MVC
3 13 (52.00%) Scrum
3 13 (52.00%) MCP
3 13 (52.00%) MCAD
3 13 (52.00%) MCSD
3 13 (52.00%) Kanban
3 13 (52.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 13 (52.00%) Rhino Mocks
3 13 (52.00%) Moq
3 13 (52.00%) BDD
3 13 (52.00%) Razor View Engine
3 13 (52.00%) Web Application Development
3 13 (52.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 12 (48.00%) Microsoft
5 9 (36.00%) Windows
5 9 (36.00%) SCCM
6 8 (32.00%) MCSA
7 7 (28.00%) ITIL
7 7 (28.00%) MCSE

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 15 (60.00%) .NET
1 15 (60.00%) ASP.NET
1 15 (60.00%) WCF
2 13 (52.00%) NHibernate
2 13 (52.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 13 (52.00%) Razor View Engine
2 13 (52.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 2 (8.000%) CSS
3 2 (8.000%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (12.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (8.000%) DotNetNuke
3 1 (4.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.000%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (4.000%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 6 (24.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) Firewall
1 1 (4.000%) SAN
1 1 (4.000%) LAN
1 1 (4.000%) WAN
1 1 (4.000%) DHCP
1 1 (4.000%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (28.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 6 (24.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (8.000%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 13 (52.00%) NUnit
1 13 (52.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 13 (52.00%) Moq
General
1 13 (52.00%) Music
1 13 (52.00%) Music Industry
2 5 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (60.00%) Developer
2 13 (52.00%) .NET Developer
3 4 (16.00%) Technical Specialist
4 3 (12.00%) Consultant
5 2 (8.000%) Applications Developer
5 2 (8.000%) Web Developer
5 2 (8.000%) Web Applications Developer
5 2 (8.000%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (4.000%) Desktop Support Specialist
6 1 (4.000%) Desktop Support
6 1 (4.000%) Support Specialist
6 1 (4.000%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (4.000%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.000%) Support Consultant
6 1 (4.000%) SCCM Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) SaaS
1 2 (8.000%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.000%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Windows
2 7 (28.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (8.000%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (8.000%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (4.000%) Linux
4 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) TDD
1 13 (52.00%) MVC
1 13 (52.00%) Scrum
1 13 (52.00%) Kanban
1 13 (52.00%) BDD
1 13 (52.00%) Web Application Development
2 7 (28.00%) ITIL
3 5 (20.00%) Service Management
4 4 (16.00%) Service Delivery
4 4 (16.00%) Problem Management
5 3 (12.00%) Change Management
6 2 (8.000%) Change Control
6 2 (8.000%) Big Data Analytics
6 2 (8.000%) Analytics
6 2 (8.000%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (4.000%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 15 (60.00%) C#
2 2 (8.000%) SQL
2 2 (8.000%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (88.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (52.00%) MCP
2 13 (52.00%) MCAD
2 13 (52.00%) MCSD
3 8 (32.00%) MCSA
4 7 (28.00%) MCSE
5 4 (16.00%) Degree
6 3 (12.00%) CCA
6 3 (12.00%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (8.000%) MCPD
7 2 (8.000%) MCITP
8 1 (4.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (4.000%) VCP4
8 1 (4.000%) VCP5
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (12.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (12.00%) XenApp
2 3 (12.00%) XenServer
3 2 (8.000%) XenDesktop
4 1 (4.000%) Terminal Services
4 1 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (36.00%) SCCM
2 2 (8.000%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) AppSense
3 3 (12.00%) Citrix
4 2 (8.000%) McAfee
5 1 (4.000%) VMware
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