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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Manchester region.
| Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 132 | 130 | 179 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -2 |  +49 |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester | 0.148 % | 0.184 % | 0.053 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 0.842 % | 0.850 % | 0.251 % |
| Salaries quoted | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Average salary | £34,000 | £32,000 | £25,000 |
| Average salary % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average salary | £40,000 | £40,000 | £39,500 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category | 475 | 588 | 1195 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester | 17.62 % | 21.69 % | 20.99 % |
| Salaries quoted | 427 | 512 | 1069 |
| Average salary | £34,000 | £34,500 | £34,000 |
| Average salary % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of jobs offered a salary of more than | £21,000 | £24,000 | £21,883 |
| 10% of jobs offered a salary of more than | £50,000 | £57,500 | £47,500 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £37,500 | £35,000 | £35,000 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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MCTS
Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MCTS across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
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