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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank - 43 37
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 0 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton - 0.800% 0.778%
As % of the Qualifications category - 3.061% 2.326%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 2
Average salary - £30,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
113 98 86
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 30.54% 26.13% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 81 82 78
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,100 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCTS
Bedfordshire

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) MCP
1 2 (100.00%) MCAD
1 2 (100.00%) MCSD
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) WPF
1 2 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (100.00%) Dependency Injection
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) Ninject
1 2 (100.00%) KnockoutJS
1 2 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) WPF
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) Ninject
1 2 (100.00%) KnockoutJS
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Architect
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 2 (100.00%) Dependency Injection
1 2 (100.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCP
1 2 (100.00%) MCAD
1 2 (100.00%) MCSD
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification