The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Lincolnshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Lincolnshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 35 17 27
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +10
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 10 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 4.367% 5.128% 1.399%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.15% 13.64% 5.556%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 2
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +27.27%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Qualifications
Lincolnshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
66 44 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 28.82% 37.61% 25.17%
Number of salaries quoted 42 43 31
Average salary £28,500 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.57% +27.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,400 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £47,500 £41,900
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
East Midlands

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Grimsby - 6 - -
Lincoln +3 4 £37,500 +7.14% 2
MCTS
East Midlands

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 6 (60.00%) ITIL
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
1 6 (60.00%) HTTP
1 6 (60.00%) Cisco
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (60.00%) CISSP
1 6 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 6 (60.00%) Firewall
1 6 (60.00%) Data Security
1 6 (60.00%) VMware
1 6 (60.00%) Blue Coat
1 6 (60.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (60.00%) Office 365
1 6 (60.00%) CheckPoint
2 4 (40.00%) Facebook
2 4 (40.00%) Web Application Development
2 4 (40.00%) SQL Server 2012
2 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (40.00%) Git (software)
2 4 (40.00%) RESTful
2 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 4 (40.00%) BDD
2 4 (40.00%) NoSQL
2 4 (40.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 4 (40.00%) Node.js
2 4 (40.00%) Ruby

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 4 (40.00%) .NET
1 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
1 4 (40.00%) .NET Framework
1 4 (40.00%) WCF
1 4 (40.00%) RESTful
1 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 4 (40.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 4 (40.00%) Node.js
1 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) HTTP
1 6 (60.00%) Firewall
1 6 (60.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (40.00%) NoSQL
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (40.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Security Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) .NET Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) ITIL
1 6 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 6 (60.00%) Data Security
1 6 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (40.00%) Web Application Development
2 4 (40.00%) MVC
2 4 (40.00%) TDD
2 4 (40.00%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) C#
1 4 (40.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) CISSP
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (40.00%) MCP
2 4 (40.00%) MCAD
2 4 (40.00%) MCSD
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Cisco
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (60.00%) CheckPoint
1 6 (60.00%) VMware
1 6 (60.00%) Blue Coat
2 4 (40.00%) Facebook
Lincoln, East Midlands
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, RESTful, Web API, SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, RESTful, Web API, SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013