The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Huntingdon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 24 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 Huntingdon region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank - - 16
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 0 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Huntingdon - - 1.639%
As % of the Qualifications category - - 4.545%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £16,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Huntingdon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
19 23 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Huntingdon 33.33% 28.40% 36.07%
Number of salaries quoted 13 22 21
Average salary £36,000 £42,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.29% +46.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £35,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £30,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCTS
Cambridgeshire

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon region.

Huntingdon MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Huntingdon 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 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) CCA
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (100.00%) MCITP
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Huntingdon 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 Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Server Support
1 3 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 3 (100.00%) Project Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Server Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Server Support Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) 3rd Line Server Support
1 3 (100.00%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) CCA
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (100.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) VMware