Oxford MCTS Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) in IT jobs within the Oxford region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bexley Bexleyheath Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire Chippenham City of London Clapham Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Farnborough Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huddersfield Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Potters Bar Preston Reading Runcorn Scotland Sheffield South East South West South Yorkshire Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	70	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching permanent IT job ads	7	0
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	3.977 %	0.000 %
Salaries quoted	7	0
Average minimum salary	£34,286	-
Average salary	£40,929	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£47,571	-
UK excluding London average salary	£39,685	£36,990
% change on same period last year	+7.28 %
Qualifications Oxford
Matching permanent IT job ads	176	447
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.152 %	0.228 %
Salaries quoted	150	421
Average minimum salary	£34,521	£32,812
Average salary	£41,328	£36,270
% change on same period last year	+13.94 %
Average maximum salary	£48,135	£39,729
UK excluding London average salary	£38,642	£38,193
% change on same period last year	+1.17 %
MCTS Oxfordshire

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MCTS across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

MCTS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCTS across the Oxford region.

MCTS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCTS across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 33 (80.49 %) SharePoint 1 33 (80.49 %) Microsoft Certification 2 27 (65.85 %) Windows 3 26 (63.41 %) Windows Server 2003 4 21 (51.22 %) Internet 4 21 (51.22 %) Active Directory 4 21 (51.22 %) Linux 4 21 (51.22 %) MCSE 4 21 (51.22 %) MCITP 5 20 (48.78 %) Windows 2000 5 20 (48.78 %) TCP/IP 5 20 (48.78 %) DNS 5 20 (48.78 %) Cisco Certification 5 20 (48.78 %) Cisco 5 20 (48.78 %) CCIE

5 20 (48.78 %) CCNP 5 20 (48.78 %) CCNA 5 20 (48.78 %) SAN 5 20 (48.78 %) VMware 5 20 (48.78 %) RHCT 6 18 (43.90 %) C# 6 18 (43.90 %) .NET 7 17 (41.46 %) ASP.NET 7 17 (41.46 %) Microsoft 8 15 (36.59 %) SQL Server 9 13 (31.71 %) MS Excel 10 11 (26.83 %) SharePoint Server 2007 11 10 (24.39 %) SQL Server 2005 12 8 (19.51 %) MCP 12 8 (19.51 %) MCAD

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 18 (43.90 %) .NET 2 17 (41.46 %) ASP.NET 3 6 (14.63 %) XML 3 6 (14.63 %) Windows SharePoint Services 4 3 (7.317 %) HTML 4 3 (7.317 %) WebServices 5 2 (4.878 %) CSS 6 1 (2.439 %) XHTML	Application Platforms 1 33 (80.49 %) SharePoint 2 11 (26.83 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 6 (14.63 %) SharePoint Portal Server 4 3 (7.317 %) BizTalk Server 5 1 (2.439 %) Commerce Server 5 1 (2.439 %) Content Management Server 5 1 (2.439 %) CMS
Applications 1 13 (31.71 %) MS Excel 2 7 (17.07 %) MS Office 3 6 (14.63 %) InfoPath 4 3 (7.317 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 2 (4.878 %) Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking 1 21 (51.22 %) Internet 2 20 (48.78 %) TCP/IP 2 20 (48.78 %) DNS 2 20 (48.78 %) SAN 3 1 (2.439 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (36.59 %) SQL Server 2 10 (24.39 %) SQL Server 2005 3 4 (9.756 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 4 (9.756 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 3 4 (9.756 %) ETL 3 4 (9.756 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 3 4 (9.756 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 3 (7.317 %) DTS 5 1 (2.439 %) SQL Server 2000 5 1 (2.439 %) Datawarehouse 5 1 (2.439 %) SQL Server 2008 5 1 (2.439 %) PerformancePoint
General 1 1 (2.439 %) Education 1 1 (2.439 %) Marketing	Job Titles 1 20 (48.78 %) Systems Engineer 2 14 (34.15 %) Administrator 2 14 (34.15 %) Systems Administrator 3 11 (26.83 %) Consultant 4 6 (14.63 %) SharePoint Consultant 5 5 (12.20 %) .NET Developer 6 4 (9.756 %) Business Intelligence Consultant 7 3 (7.317 %) Developer 7 3 (7.317 %) C# Developer 7 3 (7.317 %) C# ASP.NET Developer 8 2 (4.878 %) Senior C# Developer 8 2 (4.878 %) IT Support Analyst 8 2 (4.878 %) ASP.NET Developer 8 2 (4.878 %) Analyst 8 2 (4.878 %) Senior Developer 8 2 (4.878 %) Support Analyst 9 1 (2.439 %) Technical Support 9 1 (2.439 %) Network Support Analyst 9 1 (2.439 %) 1st Line Support 9 1 (2.439 %) Network Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 1 (2.439 %) PMI 1 1 (2.439 %) Blackberry 1 1 (2.439 %) Data Integration	Operating Systems 1 27 (65.85 %) Windows 2 26 (63.41 %) Windows Server 2003 3 21 (51.22 %) Linux 4 20 (48.78 %) Windows 2000 5 1 (2.439 %) Windows NT 5 1 (2.439 %) Windows XP 5 1 (2.439 %) Mac OS X 5 1 (2.439 %) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (9.756 %) Business Intelligence 2 3 (7.317 %) CRM 3 1 (2.439 %) E-Commerce 3 1 (2.439 %) ITIL 3 1 (2.439 %) PRINCE2 3 1 (2.439 %) Project Management 3 1 (2.439 %) Workflow 3 1 (2.439 %) Migration 3 1 (2.439 %) Content Management 3 1 (2.439 %) Web Development	Programming Languages 1 18 (43.90 %) C# 2 4 (9.756 %) VB.NET 3 3 (7.317 %) JavaScript 4 2 (4.878 %) SQL 5 1 (2.439 %) Transact-SQL
Qualifications 1 33 (80.49 %) Microsoft Certification 2 21 (51.22 %) MCITP 2 21 (51.22 %) MCSE 3 20 (48.78 %) CCIE 3 20 (48.78 %) CCNP 3 20 (48.78 %) CCNA 3 20 (48.78 %) Cisco Certification 3 20 (48.78 %) RHCT 4 8 (19.51 %) MCP 4 8 (19.51 %) MCAD 5 7 (17.07 %) MCSD 6 4 (9.756 %) MCPD 7 3 (7.317 %) MCDBA 8 1 (2.439 %) MCDST 8 1 (2.439 %) ITIL Certification 8 1 (2.439 %) PMP 8 1 (2.439 %) PMI Certification 8 1 (2.439 %) MOS 8 1 (2.439 %) MCSA	System Software 1 21 (51.22 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 20 (48.78 %) Cisco 1 20 (48.78 %) VMware 2 17 (41.46 %) Microsoft 3 3 (7.317 %) ProClarity 4 1 (2.439 %) Novell