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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 45 50 42
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -8
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 5 1 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 1.412% 0.316% 3.976%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.952% 1.408% 22.81%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 13
Average salary £30,000 - £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Qualifications
Peterborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
84 71 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 23.73% 22.47% 17.43%
Number of salaries quoted 67 63 51
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £21,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £42,500 £47,900
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
Cambridgeshire

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 11 (78.57%) MCITP
2 10 (71.43%) VMware
2 10 (71.43%) Windows
3 8 (57.14%) MS Excel
3 8 (57.14%) SQL Server
3 8 (57.14%) MS Exchange
3 8 (57.14%) Citrix
3 8 (57.14%) Citrix Certification
3 8 (57.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
5 6 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (35.71%) HP
6 5 (35.71%) Dell
6 5 (35.71%) CCA
7 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
7 4 (28.57%) SCCM
7 4 (28.57%) MCSE
7 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (28.57%) Hyper-V
7 4 (28.57%) XenApp
7 4 (28.57%) XenDesktop
7 4 (28.57%) Lync
7 4 (28.57%) CCEE
8 2 (14.29%) CQRS
8 2 (14.29%) Web Application Development
8 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC 4

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 2 (14.29%) .NET
1 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET
1 2 (14.29%) WCF
1 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (14.29%) Razor View Engine
1 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 8 (57.14%) MS Exchange
2 6 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (28.57%) Lync
3 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
4 2 (14.29%) IIS
5 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (7.143%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 8 (57.14%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) LAN
1 2 (14.29%) WAN
1 2 (14.29%) DNS
1 2 (14.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (7.143%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Support Engineer
2 7 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 7 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) 3rd Line Server Support
3 4 (28.57%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Project Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Server Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Server Support Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Server Support
4 2 (14.29%) Support Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Support
4 2 (14.29%) Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Support Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) .NET Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (7.143%) Citrix Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Citrix Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 10 (71.43%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
5 1 (7.143%) Mac OS X Server
5 1 (7.143%) Linux
5 1 (7.143%) Windows XP
5 1 (7.143%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) ITIL
1 2 (14.29%) MVC
1 2 (14.29%) TDD
1 2 (14.29%) Domain-Driven Design
1 2 (14.29%) BDD
1 2 (14.29%) CQRS
1 2 (14.29%) Web Application Development
2 1 (7.143%) Time Management
2 1 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C#
1 2 (14.29%) VB
1 2 (14.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 11 (78.57%) MCITP
2 8 (57.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 8 (57.14%) Citrix Certification
3 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (35.71%) CCA
5 4 (28.57%) MCSE
5 4 (28.57%) CCEE
6 2 (14.29%) MCP
6 2 (14.29%) MCAD
6 2 (14.29%) MCSD
6 2 (14.29%) HND
7 1 (7.143%) CCEA
7 1 (7.143%) CCAA
7 1 (7.143%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (28.57%) Hyper-V
2 4 (28.57%) XenApp
2 4 (28.57%) XenDesktop
3 2 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (7.143%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) VMware
2 8 (57.14%) Citrix
3 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (35.71%) HP
4 5 (35.71%) Dell
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco
6 1 (7.143%) SonicWALL
6 1 (7.143%) Draytek
6 1 (7.143%) Apple