The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Sevenoaks region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 17 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 Sevenoaks region.

Location
3 months to
17 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 Sevenoaks - - -
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
Sevenoaks
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
9 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sevenoaks 50.00% 18.18% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 1
Average salary £42,500 £30,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+39.34% -12.85%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCTS
Kent

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sevenoaks 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 Sevenoaks region.

Sevenoaks MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sevenoaks 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 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) MCAD
1 1 (100.00%) MCSD
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) WCF
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Razor View Engine
1 1 (100.00%) CQRS
1 1 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sevenoaks 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 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) WCF
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Razor View Engine
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CQRS
1 1 (100.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) MCAD
1 1 (100.00%) MCSD
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification