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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank - 55 54
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 0 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset - 0.227% 0.210%
As % of the Qualifications category - 0.826% 0.625%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 1
Average salary - £30,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -40.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
203 121 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 31.87% 27.44% 33.54%
Number of salaries quoted 186 116 146
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £25,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £46,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCTS
South West

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 9 (64.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (57.14%) C#
2 8 (57.14%) .NET
2 8 (57.14%) ASP.NET
3 7 (50.00%) SharePoint
4 6 (42.86%) MCP
4 6 (42.86%) Windows
4 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 6 (42.86%) MCITP
5 5 (35.71%) Project Management
5 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
5 5 (35.71%) CSS
5 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
5 5 (35.71%) HTML
5 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
5 5 (35.71%) PHP
5 5 (35.71%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (35.71%) SharePoint 2010
6 4 (28.57%) Internet
6 4 (28.57%) Blackberry
7 3 (21.43%) MCSA
7 3 (21.43%) Cisco
7 3 (21.43%) SQL
7 3 (21.43%) Visual Studio
7 3 (21.43%) Linux
7 3 (21.43%) MCAD
7 3 (21.43%) MCSD
7 3 (21.43%) OO
7 3 (21.43%) Regression Testing
7 3 (21.43%) MVC

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 8 (57.14%) .NET
1 8 (57.14%) ASP.NET
2 5 (35.71%) CSS
2 5 (35.71%) HTML
3 3 (21.43%) WCF
3 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (21.43%) Razor View Engine
3 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 7 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (35.71%) SharePoint 2010
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Internet
2 2 (14.29%) LAN
2 2 (14.29%) WAN
3 1 (7.143%) DHCP
3 1 (7.143%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.143%) VPN
3 1 (7.143%) DNS
3 1 (7.143%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
1 5 (35.71%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (21.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Developer
2 5 (35.71%) SharePoint Developer
2 5 (35.71%) IT Support
3 3 (21.43%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Support Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) .NET Developer
4 2 (14.29%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Support Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Support Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Senior SharePoint Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Senior IT Support
4 2 (14.29%) Senior IT Support Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Blackberry
2 2 (14.29%) Clustering
2 2 (14.29%) Animation
3 1 (7.143%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Linux
3 1 (7.143%) Windows 2000
3 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Project Management
2 3 (21.43%) OO
2 3 (21.43%) CQRS
2 3 (21.43%) Web Application Development
2 3 (21.43%) Regression Testing
2 3 (21.43%) MVC
2 3 (21.43%) TDD
2 3 (21.43%) Data Management
2 3 (21.43%) User Experience Design
2 3 (21.43%) Domain-Driven Design
2 3 (21.43%) BDD
3 2 (14.29%) High Availability
3 2 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) C#
2 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
2 5 (35.71%) PHP
3 3 (21.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (42.86%) MCP
2 6 (42.86%) MCITP
3 3 (21.43%) MCAD
3 3 (21.43%) MCSD
3 3 (21.43%) MCSA
4 2 (14.29%) CCNA
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (14.29%) MCSE
4 2 (14.29%) MCPD
4 2 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
5 1 (7.143%) MCDST
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) WSUS
1 3 (21.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Cisco
3 2 (14.29%) Avaya
4 1 (7.143%) Sage
4 1 (7.143%) Adobe