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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salisbury - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Salisbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8 14 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salisbury 14.29% 51.85% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 8 14 13
Average salary £67,500 £50,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.00% +17.64%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCTS
Wiltshire

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salisbury 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 Salisbury region.

Salisbury MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salisbury 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 7 (53.85%) C#
1 7 (53.85%) .NET
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
1 7 (53.85%) MCP
1 7 (53.85%) MCAD
1 7 (53.85%) MCSD
1 7 (53.85%) OO
1 7 (53.85%) ASP.NET
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (53.85%) Internet
1 7 (53.85%) MVC
1 7 (53.85%) TDD
1 7 (53.85%) WCF
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server 2008
1 7 (53.85%) Domain-Driven Design
1 7 (53.85%) Razor View Engine
1 7 (53.85%) CQRS
1 7 (53.85%) Web Application Development
1 7 (53.85%) ASP.NET MVC 4
1 7 (53.85%) ASP.NET MVC
1 7 (53.85%) BDD
2 6 (46.15%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (46.15%) Windows 7
2 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (46.15%) VMware
2 6 (46.15%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (46.15%) ITIL
2 6 (46.15%) MS Exchange
2 6 (46.15%) Cisco

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salisbury 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 7 (53.85%) .NET
1 7 (53.85%) ASP.NET
1 7 (53.85%) WCF
1 7 (53.85%) Razor View Engine
1 7 (53.85%) ASP.NET MVC 4
1 7 (53.85%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 6 (46.15%) Exchange Server 2010
1 6 (46.15%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 6 (46.15%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Developer
1 7 (53.85%) .NET Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Manager
3 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 3 (23.08%) Project Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior IT Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (7.692%) IT Manager
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows 7
1 6 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
1 6 (46.15%) Windows Server 2003
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) OO
1 7 (53.85%) MVC
1 7 (53.85%) TDD
1 7 (53.85%) Domain-Driven Design
1 7 (53.85%) CQRS
1 7 (53.85%) Web Application Development
1 7 (53.85%) BDD
2 6 (46.15%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) MCP
1 7 (53.85%) MCAD
1 7 (53.85%) MCSD
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) VMware
1 6 (46.15%) Cisco