The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 100 92 99
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +7
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 23 13 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.246% 0.902% 0.493%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.021% 3.103% 2.051%
Number of salaries quoted 22 13 8
Average salary £45,000 £30,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
572 419 390
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 30.99% 29.06% 24.04%
Number of salaries quoted 483 371 331
Average salary £42,500 £36,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.05% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCTS
South East

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCTS across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Witney 0 11 £45,000 +73.07%
Oxford -20 8 £57,500 +21.05%
Bicester - 4 £48,750 -
MCTS
South East

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 41 (83.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 36 (73.47%) SQL Server
3 35 (71.43%) .NET
3 35 (71.43%) C#
4 32 (65.31%) ASP.NET
4 32 (65.31%) MCP
4 32 (65.31%) MCAD
4 32 (65.31%) MCSD
5 29 (59.18%) TDD
6 28 (57.14%) WCF
7 27 (55.10%) MVC
7 27 (55.10%) ASP.NET MVC
8 25 (51.02%) Web Application Development
9 21 (42.86%) Microsoft
10 19 (38.78%) Music
11 17 (34.69%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 15 (30.61%) Node.js
12 15 (30.61%) Domain-Driven Design
12 15 (30.61%) WPF
12 15 (30.61%) Games
12 15 (30.61%) Windows
13 14 (28.57%) NHibernate
13 14 (28.57%) Dependency Injection
13 14 (28.57%) Ninject
13 14 (28.57%) Mobile App
14 13 (26.53%) KnockoutJS
14 13 (26.53%) SQL Server 2008
14 13 (26.53%) SQL Server 2012
14 13 (26.53%) MCITP
15 12 (24.49%) NUnit

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 35 (71.43%) .NET
2 32 (65.31%) ASP.NET
3 28 (57.14%) WCF
4 27 (55.10%) ASP.NET MVC
5 17 (34.69%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 15 (30.61%) Node.js
6 15 (30.61%) WPF
7 14 (28.57%) NHibernate
7 14 (28.57%) Ninject
8 13 (26.53%) KnockoutJS
9 10 (20.41%) Razor View Engine
9 10 (20.41%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 8 (16.33%) Ajax
10 8 (16.33%) Castle Windsor
11 7 (14.29%) HTML
11 7 (14.29%) CSS
11 7 (14.29%) MonoRail
11 7 (14.29%) WinForms
12 6 (12.24%) .NET Framework
13 5 (10.20%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 7 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
1 7 (14.29%) MS Exchange
2 6 (12.24%) SharePoint
3 5 (10.20%) Sitecore CMS
3 5 (10.20%) CMS
4 4 (8.163%) Office Communications Server
4 4 (8.163%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (6.122%) Lync
5 3 (6.122%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (6.122%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (6.122%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (4.082%) DotNetNuke
6 2 (4.082%) Umbraco
6 2 (4.082%) Immediacy CMS
6 2 (4.082%) Kentico
6 2 (4.082%) Sitefinity
7 1 (2.041%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) MS Excel
2 5 (10.20%) Office 365
3 1 (2.041%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.163%) Internet
2 3 (6.122%) SAN
3 2 (4.082%) Firewall
3 2 (4.082%) Broadband
3 2 (4.082%) LAN
3 2 (4.082%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.082%) Unified Communications
3 2 (4.082%) NetScaler
4 1 (2.041%) NAS
4 1 (2.041%) DNS
4 1 (2.041%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (73.47%) SQL Server
2 13 (26.53%) SQL Server 2008
2 13 (26.53%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (4.082%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.041%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 12 (24.49%) NUnit
1 12 (24.49%) Rhino Mocks
2 8 (16.33%) Subversion
3 5 (10.20%) Moq
4 2 (4.082%) Git (software)
5 1 (2.041%) MSTest
5 1 (2.041%) Oracle Forms
General
1 19 (38.78%) Music
2 15 (30.61%) Games
3 5 (10.20%) Finance
3 5 (10.20%) Banking
3 5 (10.20%) Retail
4 3 (6.122%) Investment Banking
5 2 (4.082%) Advertising
5 2 (4.082%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (71.43%) Developer
2 28 (57.14%) .NET Developer
3 10 (20.41%) Consultant
4 9 (18.37%) C# Developer
5 6 (12.24%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Consultant
6 5 (10.20%) ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (8.163%) Agile C# Developer
8 3 (6.122%) Technical Consultant
9 2 (4.082%) Junior
9 2 (4.082%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (4.082%) Junior .NET Developer
9 2 (4.082%) Junior Developer
9 2 (4.082%) Citrix Consultant
9 2 (4.082%) Principal Consultant
9 2 (4.082%) WinForms Developer
9 2 (4.082%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 1 (2.041%) SCCM Consultant
10 1 (2.041%) Virtualisation Consultant
10 1 (2.041%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.57%) Mobile App
2 11 (22.45%) iPhone
3 5 (10.20%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (10.20%) Tandem
4 3 (6.122%) W3C
4 3 (6.122%) Computer Science
5 2 (4.082%) Streaming Music
5 2 (4.082%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.041%) Inversion of Control
6 1 (2.041%) EqualLogic
6 1 (2.041%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 15 (30.61%) Windows
2 11 (22.45%) Android
3 8 (16.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (8.163%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (6.122%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.041%) Linux
6 1 (2.041%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (59.18%) TDD
2 27 (55.10%) MVC
3 25 (51.02%) Web Application Development
4 15 (30.61%) Domain-Driven Design
5 14 (28.57%) Dependency Injection
6 9 (18.37%) Scrum
7 8 (16.33%) BDD
8 7 (14.29%) OO
9 5 (10.20%) MVVM
9 5 (10.20%) Kanban
10 4 (8.163%) Identity Management
11 3 (6.122%) Project Management
11 3 (6.122%) Migration
12 2 (4.082%) Asset Management
12 2 (4.082%) Content Management
12 2 (4.082%) ITIL
12 2 (4.082%) E-Commerce
12 2 (4.082%) OOP
12 2 (4.082%) OOA/OOD
12 2 (4.082%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 35 (71.43%) C#
2 8 (16.33%) SQL
3 7 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.122%) T-SQL
5 2 (4.082%) Ruby
5 2 (4.082%) VB
5 2 (4.082%) VB.NET
5 2 (4.082%) C++
6 1 (2.041%) C
Qualifications
1 41 (83.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 32 (65.31%) MCP
2 32 (65.31%) MCAD
2 32 (65.31%) MCSD
3 13 (26.53%) MCITP
4 7 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (8.163%) Citrix Certification
5 4 (8.163%) CCEE
5 4 (8.163%) CCAA
5 4 (8.163%) CCIA
6 3 (6.122%) CCEA
6 3 (6.122%) MCSE
6 3 (6.122%) MCSA
6 3 (6.122%) Degree
6 3 (6.122%) MCPD
7 2 (4.082%) CCA
7 2 (4.082%) CCNA
7 2 (4.082%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.041%) Microsoft Certified Master
8 1 (2.041%) VCAP
System Software
1 9 (18.37%) Active Directory
2 7 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (10.20%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (8.163%) Hyper-V
4 4 (8.163%) XenApp
4 4 (8.163%) XenServer
4 4 (8.163%) XenDesktop
4 4 (8.163%) vSphere
5 2 (4.082%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 6 (12.24%) SCCM
1 6 (12.24%) SCOM
2 2 (4.082%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 21 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 11 (22.45%) Google
3 7 (14.29%) VMware
4 5 (10.20%) Sitecore
4 5 (10.20%) Citrix
5 3 (6.122%) NetApp
5 3 (6.122%) Dell
6 2 (4.082%) AppSense
6 2 (4.082%) Alterian
6 2 (4.082%) Oracle
6 2 (4.082%) EMC
6 2 (4.082%) HP
6 2 (4.082%) Ektron
6 2 (4.082%) EPiServer
6 2 (4.082%) Facebook
7 1 (2.041%) Sun
Witney, South East
You will be trained in all aspects of: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, SQL Server 2012, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bicester, Oxfordshire
Our client will give you the opportunity to work on enterprise level software development projects and training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, SQL Server...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bicester, South East
Our client will give you the opportunity to work on enterprise level software development projects and training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, SQL Server...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bicester, South East
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Content Management System, CMS, Umbraco, Sitecore, EpiServer, Alterian, Immediacy, Ektron, Kentico, Sitefinity, dotnetnuke, .NET 4.5,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bicester, Oxfordshire
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Content Management System, CMS, Umbraco, Sitecore, EpiServer, Alterian, Immediacy, Ektron, Kentico, Sitefinity, dotnetnuke, .NET 4.5,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £40000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013