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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 18 13 32
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +19
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 1 9 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Marlow 2.041% 10.71% 1.695%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.11% 37.50% 3.922%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 1
Average salary £50,000 £37,500 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% +44.23%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Qualifications
Marlow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
9 24 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Marlow 18.37% 28.57% 43.22%
Number of salaries quoted 8 23 41
Average salary £50,000 £37,500 £46,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -18.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £27,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £82,500 £55,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
Buckinghamshire

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Marlow 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 Marlow region.

Marlow MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Marlow 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 3 (100.00%) MCITP
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 2 (66.67%) SCOM
2 2 (66.67%) SCVMM
2 2 (66.67%) Office Communications Server
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) Lync
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (66.67%) Office 365
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Management
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) MCSA
2 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) CCA
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CCEA
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (33.33%) NetScaler
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Marlow 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 Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) Office Communications Server
1 2 (66.67%) Lync
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) NetScaler
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM Consultant
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCITP
2 2 (66.67%) MCSA
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (33.33%) CCA
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CCEA
3 1 (33.33%) CCEE
3 1 (33.33%) CCAA
3 1 (33.33%) CCIA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) XenApp
2 1 (33.33%) XenServer
2 1 (33.33%) XenDesktop
2 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
1 2 (66.67%) SCOM
1 2 (66.67%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Veeam
2 1 (33.33%) IBM