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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 43 47 29
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -18
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 6 5 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leatherhead 2.655% 1.761% 2.542%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.317% 4.505% 4.615%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 3
Average salary £55,000 £40,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.50% -2.43%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Leatherhead
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
139 111 65
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leatherhead 61.50% 39.08% 55.08%
Number of salaries quoted 110 109 54
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +19.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £26,200
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
Surrey

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leatherhead 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 Leatherhead region.

Leatherhead MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leatherhead 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 7 (63.64%) MCITP
2 6 (54.55%) .NET
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (45.45%) Windows
3 5 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (45.45%) vSphere
3 5 (45.45%) VMware
3 5 (45.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (36.36%) TDD
4 4 (36.36%) WCF
4 4 (36.36%) MVC
4 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (36.36%) Domain-Driven Design
4 4 (36.36%) BDD
4 4 (36.36%) OO
4 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
4 4 (36.36%) C#
4 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
4 4 (36.36%) MCP
4 4 (36.36%) MCAD
4 4 (36.36%) MCSD
4 4 (36.36%) Internet
4 4 (36.36%) Razor View Engine
4 4 (36.36%) CQRS
4 4 (36.36%) Web Application Development
4 4 (36.36%) SQL Server 2012
4 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 3 (27.27%) CCEE

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leatherhead 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 6 (54.55%) .NET
2 4 (36.36%) WCF
2 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC
2 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
2 4 (36.36%) Razor View Engine
2 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 2 (18.18%) CSS
3 2 (18.18%) XSLT
3 2 (18.18%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) MS Exchange
1 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 2 (18.18%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (9.091%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) InfoPath
2 1 (9.091%) MS Office
2 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Internet
2 2 (18.18%) SAN
2 2 (18.18%) MPLS
2 2 (18.18%) OSPF
2 2 (18.18%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (9.091%) PerformancePoint
General
1 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) .NET Team Leader
1 4 (36.36%) .NET Developer
1 4 (36.36%) Team Leader
1 4 (36.36%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Implementation Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Citrix Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) SharePoint Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) VMware Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Sales Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Technical Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Pre Sales Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Virtualisation Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
1 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) TDD
1 4 (36.36%) MVC
1 4 (36.36%) Domain-Driven Design
1 4 (36.36%) BDD
1 4 (36.36%) OO
1 4 (36.36%) CQRS
1 4 (36.36%) Web Application Development
2 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.091%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) MCITP
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (45.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (36.36%) MCP
4 4 (36.36%) MCAD
4 4 (36.36%) MCSD
5 3 (27.27%) CCEE
5 3 (27.27%) CCAA
5 3 (27.27%) CCIA
5 3 (27.27%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (18.18%) CCDE
6 2 (18.18%) MCSE
6 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (18.18%) CCNP
6 2 (18.18%) CCDA
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (45.45%) vSphere
2 3 (27.27%) XenApp
2 3 (27.27%) XenServer
2 3 (27.27%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) VMware
2 3 (27.27%) Citrix
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
3 2 (18.18%) HP
3 2 (18.18%) Dell
4 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
Leatherhead, South East
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