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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 52 32 47
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +15
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 2 12 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 0.612% 4.651% 2.326%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.703% 24.00% 6.731%
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 7
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
74 50 104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 22.63% 19.38% 34.55%
Number of salaries quoted 60 46 100
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
Suffolk

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 8 (88.89%) SQL Server
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (77.78%) SQL
2 7 (77.78%) T-SQL
2 7 (77.78%) Replication
2 7 (77.78%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (77.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (77.78%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (77.78%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (55.56%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (55.56%) Data Protection
5 3 (33.33%) Windows
6 2 (22.22%) Citrix
6 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
6 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (22.22%) XenServer
6 2 (22.22%) VMware
6 2 (22.22%) Cisco
7 1 (11.11%) VMware ESX
7 1 (11.11%) CCSA
7 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
7 1 (11.11%) JSON
7 1 (11.11%) MCITP
7 1 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (11.11%) Ruby
7 1 (11.11%) Firewall
7 1 (11.11%) Workflow

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 1 (11.11%) JSON
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Amazon AWS
1 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) SQL Server
2 7 (77.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 7 (77.78%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (77.78%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (11.11%) DTS
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2000
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Teradata DBA
1 6 (66.67%) SQL DBA
1 6 (66.67%) DBA
1 6 (66.67%) Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Implementation Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Replication
2 5 (55.56%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 2000 Server
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (55.56%) Data Protection
3 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
3 1 (11.11%) Workflow
3 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
3 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) SQL
1 7 (77.78%) T-SQL
2 1 (11.11%) Ruby
2 1 (11.11%) Bash shell
2 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) Perl
2 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) CCSA
2 1 (11.11%) MCITP
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (11.11%) CCNP
2 1 (11.11%) CCNA
2 1 (11.11%) MCP
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (11.11%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (22.22%) XenServer
2 1 (11.11%) VMware ESX
2 1 (11.11%) XenDesktop
2 1 (11.11%) vSphere
2 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 1 (11.11%) XenApp
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Puppet
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix
2 2 (22.22%) VMware
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) HP
3 1 (11.11%) Juniper
3 1 (11.11%) Red Hat
3 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint