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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 37 35 28
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -7
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 2 3 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 0.930% 1.485% 5.742%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.778% 4.412% 19.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 11
Average salary £63,750 £42,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £60,750 £38,100 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £66,750 £42,500 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
72 68 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 33.49% 33.66% 30.14%
Number of salaries quoted 67 57 60
Average salary £42,500 £37,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.86% +8.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £40,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCTS
Hampshire

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 5 (100.00%) MCITP
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (80.00%) vSphere
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix
2 4 (80.00%) VMware
3 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (60.00%) HP
3 3 (60.00%) Citrix Certification
3 3 (60.00%) XenApp
3 3 (60.00%) XenServer
3 3 (60.00%) XenDesktop
3 3 (60.00%) SCCM
3 3 (60.00%) SCOM
3 3 (60.00%) CCEE
3 3 (60.00%) CCIA
4 2 (40.00%) CCAA
4 2 (40.00%) NetScaler
4 2 (40.00%) SCVMM
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (40.00%) Veeam
4 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
4 2 (40.00%) NCIE
4 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications
4 2 (40.00%) CCEA
4 2 (40.00%) IBM
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (40.00%) Windows

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (20.00%) Lync
1 1 (20.00%) Office Communications Server
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) NetScaler
1 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (20.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) VMware Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) CLARiiON
1 1 (20.00%) Clustering
1 1 (20.00%) EqualLogic
1 1 (20.00%) Celerra
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (20.00%) MOF
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) MCITP
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (60.00%) Citrix Certification
3 3 (60.00%) CCEE
3 3 (60.00%) CCIA
4 2 (40.00%) CCAA
4 2 (40.00%) NCIE
4 2 (40.00%) CCEA
4 2 (40.00%) CCA
5 1 (20.00%) MCSE
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (20.00%) VCAP
5 1 (20.00%) VCDX
5 1 (20.00%) NCDA
5 1 (20.00%) HP AIS
5 1 (20.00%) HP ASE
5 1 (20.00%) HP MASE
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (80.00%) vSphere
2 3 (60.00%) XenApp
2 3 (60.00%) XenServer
2 3 (60.00%) XenDesktop
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (20.00%) Terminal Services
4 1 (20.00%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) SCCM
1 3 (60.00%) SCOM
2 2 (40.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Citrix
1 4 (80.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) Veeam
3 2 (40.00%) IBM
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) EMC
3 2 (40.00%) NetApp
4 1 (20.00%) Symantec
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco
4 1 (20.00%) Dell
4 1 (20.00%) CommVault
4 1 (20.00%) 3PAR