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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank - 42 39
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 0 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands - 1.003% 0.811%
As % of the Qualifications category - 2.190% 2.778%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 3
Average salary - £72,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +61.11%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Qualifications
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
74 137 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 30.83% 45.82% 29.19%
Number of salaries quoted 58 125 92
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
England

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVMS
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) EMC Certification
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Business One
1 1 (100.00%) HP AIS
1 1 (100.00%) HP ASE
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) NCIE

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Business One
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) EMC Certification
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) HP AIS
1 1 (100.00%) HP ASE
1 1 (100.00%) NCIE
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
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