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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 84 82 82
Rank change year-on-year
-2 0
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 9 22 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.018% 1.760% 1.172%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.103% 3.526% 2.545%
Number of salaries quoted 8 22 14
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
428 624 550
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 48.42% 49.92% 46.03%
Number of salaries quoted 363 508 463
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
South West

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cirencester +18 8 £40,000 +66.66%
MCTS
South West

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 17 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 16 (94.12%) ASP.NET
2 16 (94.12%) C#
2 16 (94.12%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (94.12%) MCP
2 16 (94.12%) MCAD
2 16 (94.12%) MCSD
2 16 (94.12%) MVC
2 16 (94.12%) Scrum
2 16 (94.12%) TDD
2 16 (94.12%) NUnit
2 16 (94.12%) .NET
2 16 (94.12%) NHibernate
2 16 (94.12%) WCF
2 16 (94.12%) ASP.NET MVC
2 16 (94.12%) Rhino Mocks
2 16 (94.12%) Razor View Engine
2 16 (94.12%) Web Application Development
2 16 (94.12%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 14 (82.35%) SQL Server 2012
3 14 (82.35%) Moq
3 14 (82.35%) BDD
3 14 (82.35%) LINQ
3 14 (82.35%) DTV
3 14 (82.35%) Kanban
4 2 (11.76%) MonoRail
4 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (11.76%) Tandem
4 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.76%) VB

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 16 (94.12%) ASP.NET
1 16 (94.12%) .NET
1 16 (94.12%) NHibernate
1 16 (94.12%) WCF
1 16 (94.12%) ASP.NET MVC
1 16 (94.12%) Razor View Engine
1 16 (94.12%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 14 (82.35%) LINQ
3 2 (11.76%) MonoRail
3 2 (11.76%) Castle Windsor
4 1 (5.882%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.882%) DotNetNuke
1 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Office
1 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) Internet
1 1 (5.882%) LAN
1 1 (5.882%) VoIP
1 1 (5.882%) WAN
1 1 (5.882%) Ethernet
1 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.882%) VPN
1 1 (5.882%) Network Security
1 1 (5.882%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 14 (82.35%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 16 (94.12%) NUnit
1 16 (94.12%) Rhino Mocks
2 14 (82.35%) Moq
Job Titles
1 16 (94.12%) Developer
1 16 (94.12%) .NET Developer
2 1 (5.882%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (82.35%) DTV
2 2 (11.76%) Tandem
3 1 (5.882%) Mobile Computing
3 1 (5.882%) Blackberry
3 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.882%) BlackBerry OS
1 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (5.882%) UNIX
1 1 (5.882%) Windows
1 1 (5.882%) Solaris
1 1 (5.882%) Windows XP
1 1 (5.882%) Windows 7
1 1 (5.882%) Android
1 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (5.882%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) MVC
1 16 (94.12%) Scrum
1 16 (94.12%) TDD
1 16 (94.12%) Web Application Development
2 14 (82.35%) BDD
2 14 (82.35%) Kanban
3 1 (5.882%) ITIL
3 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.882%) Content Management
3 1 (5.882%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 16 (94.12%) C#
2 2 (11.76%) VB
2 2 (11.76%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 16 (94.12%) Microsoft Certification
1 16 (94.12%) MCP
1 16 (94.12%) MCAD
1 16 (94.12%) MCSD
2 1 (5.882%) CCNA
2 1 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (5.882%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (5.882%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.882%) Terminal Services
1 1 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.882%) Sun
2 1 (5.882%) Symbian
2 1 (5.882%) Mitel
2 1 (5.882%) VMware
Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cirencester, South West
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013