The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 19 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 59 54 67
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +13
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 7 17 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 1.082% 1.979% 0.694%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.487% 7.870% 2.475%
Number of salaries quoted 7 17 5
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
All Qualifications
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
156 216 202
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 24.11% 25.15% 28.06%
Number of salaries quoted 130 197 169
Average salary £39,000 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £42,500 £50,500
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCTS across the North East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North East MCTS Salary Histogram

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 North East region over the 3 months to 19 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
Tyne and Wear -8 6 £35,000 -6.66% 3
Durham +1 1 £52,500 +81.03%
Northumberland - 1 £45,000 - 2
MCTS
England

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 23 (92.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (88.00%) .NET
2 22 (88.00%) ASP.NET
2 22 (88.00%) MCP
2 22 (88.00%) MCAD
2 22 (88.00%) MCSD
2 22 (88.00%) MVC
2 22 (88.00%) TDD
2 22 (88.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 21 (84.00%) Web Application Development
3 21 (84.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 21 (84.00%) WCF
3 21 (84.00%) C#
4 20 (80.00%) Razor View Engine
5 17 (68.00%) Rhino Mocks
5 17 (68.00%) NUnit
5 17 (68.00%) Scrum
6 16 (64.00%) Kanban
6 16 (64.00%) SQL Server
6 16 (64.00%) Moq
7 14 (56.00%) BDD
8 11 (44.00%) LINQ
8 11 (44.00%) NHibernate
9 10 (40.00%) DTV
9 10 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
10 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
10 9 (36.00%) Windows
11 8 (32.00%) WinForms
11 8 (32.00%) WPF
12 7 (28.00%) Dependency Injection

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 22 (88.00%) .NET
1 22 (88.00%) ASP.NET
1 22 (88.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 21 (84.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 21 (84.00%) WCF
3 20 (80.00%) Razor View Engine
4 11 (44.00%) LINQ
4 11 (44.00%) NHibernate
5 8 (32.00%) WinForms
5 8 (32.00%) WPF
6 7 (28.00%) Castle Windsor
6 7 (28.00%) Ninject
7 6 (24.00%) Unity DI Container
7 6 (24.00%) Spring.NET
7 6 (24.00%) .NET Framework
8 1 (4.000%) Node.js
8 1 (4.000%) KnockoutJS
8 1 (4.000%) MonoRail
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (4.000%) Lync
1 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (4.000%) Office Communications Server
1 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (4.000%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) MS Excel
1 2 (8.000%) MS Office
2 1 (4.000%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Internet
2 2 (8.000%) Unified Communications
3 1 (4.000%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (64.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (20.00%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 17 (68.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 17 (68.00%) NUnit
2 16 (64.00%) Moq
3 6 (24.00%) MSTest
General
1 1 (4.000%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (88.00%) Developer
2 21 (84.00%) .NET Developer
3 6 (24.00%) Graduate .NET Developer
3 6 (24.00%) Junior .NET Developer
3 6 (24.00%) Graduate Developer
3 6 (24.00%) Junior Developer
3 6 (24.00%) Graduate
3 6 (24.00%) Junior
4 1 (4.000%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (4.000%) C# Developer
4 1 (4.000%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (4.000%) WinForms Developer
4 1 (4.000%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.000%) Technical Support
4 1 (4.000%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.000%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (40.00%) DTV
2 6 (24.00%) Inversion of Control
2 6 (24.00%) Tandem
2 6 (24.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (4.000%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.000%) Streaming Music
3 1 (4.000%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (88.00%) MVC
1 22 (88.00%) TDD
2 21 (84.00%) Web Application Development
3 17 (68.00%) Scrum
4 16 (64.00%) Kanban
5 14 (56.00%) BDD
6 7 (28.00%) Dependency Injection
6 7 (28.00%) MVVM
7 6 (24.00%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (20.00%) Domain-Driven Design
9 4 (16.00%) CQRS
9 4 (16.00%) OO
10 1 (4.000%) Data Protection
10 1 (4.000%) Data Management
10 1 (4.000%) TOGAF
10 1 (4.000%) ITIL
10 1 (4.000%) PRINCE2
10 1 (4.000%) PRINCE
10 1 (4.000%) MOF
Programming Languages
1 21 (84.00%) C#
2 5 (20.00%) VB
2 5 (20.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (4.000%) C++
3 1 (4.000%) C
Qualifications
1 23 (92.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (88.00%) MCP
2 22 (88.00%) MCAD
2 22 (88.00%) MCSD
3 2 (8.000%) MCITP
4 1 (4.000%) NCIE
4 1 (4.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (4.000%) MCDST
4 1 (4.000%) MCSE
4 1 (4.000%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.000%) CCNA
System Software
1 2 (8.000%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.000%) vSphere
2 1 (4.000%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.000%) SCCM
1 1 (4.000%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.000%) 3PAR
2 1 (4.000%) VMware
2 1 (4.000%) EMC
2 1 (4.000%) Citrix
2 1 (4.000%) CommVault
2 1 (4.000%) NetApp
2 1 (4.000%) Symantec
South Shields, North East
Our client can provide training into: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD, OSS, ALT.NET and CQRS... (.NET...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cramlington, North East
My client can provide training in: .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, ASP.NET MVC, SQL Server 2012, Agile, Scrum, TDD, Castle Monorail, Castle Windsor, ORM, LINQ, NHibernate, RhinoMocks...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cramlington, Northumberland
My client can provide training in: .NET 4.5, WPF, MVVM, ASP.NET MVC, SQL Server 2012, Agile, Scrum, TDD, Castle Monorail, Castle Windsor, ORM, LINQ, NHibernate, RhinoMocks...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
Graduate / Junior .NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Graduate / Junior .NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows Forms, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
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