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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) in IT jobs within the South East region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank321478
Rank change on same period last yearUp+157
Matching permanent IT job ads11021
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.074 %0.009 %
As % of the category below1.583 %0.219 %
Salaries quoted10711
Average minimum salary£36,298£42,727
Average salary£41,523£47,773
% change on same period last year-13.08 %
Average maximum salary£46,748£52,818
UK excluding London average salary£38,385£36,882
% change on same period last year+4.07 %
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads69479583
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.646 %4.275 %
Salaries quoted59777951
Average minimum salary£36,225£36,553
Average salary£39,687£39,635
% change on same period last year+0.13 %
Average maximum salary£43,149£42,716
UK excluding London average salary£37,946£37,910
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
MCTS EnglandMCTS
England

MCTS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MCTS across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South East MCTS Demand Trend

MCTS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCTS across the South East region.

South East MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCTS across the South East region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

South East MCTS Salary Histogram

MCTS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCTS within the South East region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireUp+7138£49,176-13.72 %
OxfordshireNew entry-35£37,676-
HampshireNew entry-21£40,934-
BuckinghamshireUp+388£29,781-23.96 %
SurreyUp+534£33,375-17.59 %
West SussexNew entry-2£27,750-
East SussexNew entry-1£35,000-
MCTS EnglandMCTS
England

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1238 (88.48 %)Microsoft Certification
2203 (75.46 %)Microsoft
3167 (62.08 %).NET
4160 (59.48 %)SQL Server
5146 (54.28 %)C#
6130 (48.33 %)SharePoint
7120 (44.61 %)ASP.NET
8115 (42.75 %)Windows
9113 (42.01 %)MS Excel
10110 (40.89 %)MCSE
1197 (36.06 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1292 (34.20 %)Windows Server 2003
1391 (33.83 %)MCAD
1489 (33.09 %)MCSD
1578 (29.00 %)SQL
1671 (26.39 %)Internet
1766 (24.54 %)SQL Server 2005
1865 (24.16 %)MCITP
1961 (22.68 %)MCP
2058 (21.56 %)VB.NET
2157 (21.19 %)AJAX
2254 (20.07 %)Active Directory
2352 (19.33 %)SharePoint Portal Server
2450 (18.59 %)MCPD
2549 (18.22 %)Cisco
2549 (18.22 %)Cisco Certification
2648 (17.84 %)CCNP
2744 (16.36 %)CCNA
2744 (16.36 %)Linux
2744 (16.36 %)Windows 2000

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1167 (62.08 %).NET
2120 (44.61 %)ASP.NET
357 (21.19 %)AJAX
441 (15.24 %)XML
538 (14.13 %)Windows SharePoint Services
637 (13.75 %)CSS
730 (11.15 %)WebServices
829 (10.78 %)Silverlight
926 (9.665 %)XHTML
1018 (6.691 %)LINQ
1117 (6.320 %)ASP
126 (2.230 %)HTML
126 (2.230 %)SOAP
133 (1.115 %)WinForms
133 (1.115 %).NET Framework
141 (0.372 %)WCF
141 (0.372 %)WPF
141 (0.372 %)DOM
141 (0.372 %)COM
141 (0.372 %)COM+
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1130 (48.33 %)SharePoint
297 (36.06 %)SharePoint Server 2007
352 (19.33 %)SharePoint Portal Server
420 (7.435 %)MS Exchange
519 (7.063 %)BizTalk Server
615 (5.576 %)Exchange Server 2003
712 (4.461 %)Exchange Server 2007
89 (3.346 %)IIS
98 (2.974 %)Office Communications Server
107 (2.602 %)CMS
113 (1.115 %)Exchange Server 2000
121 (0.372 %)Commerce Server
121 (0.372 %)Content Management Server
121 (0.372 %)ColdFusion
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1113 (42.01 %)MS Excel
238 (14.13 %)MS Office
330 (11.15 %)InfoPath
45 (1.859 %)MS Visio
52 (0.743 %)Photoshop
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (2.230 %)Dynamics NAV
16 (2.230 %)Dynamics CRM
16 (2.230 %)Dynamics AX
22 (0.743 %)Microsoft CRM
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
171 (26.39 %)Internet
240 (14.87 %)TCP/IP
335 (13.01 %)DNS
425 (9.294 %)SAN
425 (9.294 %)Firewall
516 (5.948 %)Intranet
67 (2.602 %)VPN
74 (1.487 %)LAN
74 (1.487 %)VoIP
74 (1.487 %)WAN
74 (1.487 %)DHCP
83 (1.115 %)WLAN
91 (0.372 %)IPsec
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1160 (59.48 %)SQL Server
266 (24.54 %)SQL Server 2005
330 (11.15 %)SQL Server 2000
423 (8.550 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
423 (8.550 %)SQL Server Integration Services
521 (7.807 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
521 (7.807 %)SQL Server 2008
615 (5.576 %)ETL
713 (4.833 %)DTS
812 (4.461 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
910 (3.717 %)PerformancePoint
109 (3.346 %)Datawarehouse
117 (2.602 %)BusinessObjects
117 (2.602 %)EDRMS
124 (1.487 %)RDBMS
132 (0.743 %)Data Mining
132 (0.743 %)BusinessObjects XI
141 (0.372 %)BODI
141 (0.372 %)OLAP
141 (0.372 %)Crystal Reports
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (1.859 %)Visual Studio
22 (0.743 %)Flash
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
135 (13.01 %)Education
222 (8.178 %)Finance
317 (6.320 %)Pensions
411 (4.089 %)Telecoms
510 (3.717 %)Retail
63 (1.115 %)Insurance
63 (1.115 %)Law
72 (0.743 %)Banking
72 (0.743 %)Government
72 (0.743 %)Health
81 (0.372 %)Front Office
81 (0.372 %)Marketing
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
169 (25.65 %)Developer
254 (20.07 %)Consultant
341 (15.24 %)C# Developer
433 (12.27 %).NET Developer
527 (10.04 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
620 (7.435 %)Systems Engineer
719 (7.063 %)Architect
719 (7.063 %)Team Leader
719 (7.063 %)SharePoint Consultant
818 (6.691 %)ASP.NET Developer
916 (5.948 %)Administrator
1014 (5.204 %)Systems Administrator
1113 (4.833 %)Development Team Leader
1212 (4.461 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1212 (4.461 %)Business Intelligence Consultant
1310 (3.717 %)Analyst
149 (3.346 %)Technical Consultant
158 (2.974 %)Senior Developer
158 (2.974 %)Senior .NET Developer
167 (2.602 %)Microsoft Consultant
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (7.807 %)Computer Science
29 (3.346 %)Client/Server
37 (2.602 %)PMI
37 (2.602 %)Replication
44 (1.487 %)Data Integration
53 (1.115 %)Clustering
61 (0.372 %)Celerra
61 (0.372 %)CLARiiON
61 (0.372 %)Blackberry
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1115 (42.75 %)Windows
292 (34.20 %)Windows Server 2003
344 (16.36 %)Linux
344 (16.36 %)Windows 2000
410 (3.717 %)Windows XP
410 (3.717 %)Windows Server 2008
55 (1.859 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (0.372 %)Mac OS X
61 (0.372 %)Windows Vista
61 (0.372 %)Windows NT
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
138 (14.13 %)Project Management
230 (11.15 %)E-Commerce
326 (9.665 %)Business Intelligence
418 (6.691 %)OOD
513 (4.833 %)Web Development
610 (3.717 %)PRINCE2
610 (3.717 %)CRM
79 (3.346 %)ITIL
79 (3.346 %)Workflow
85 (1.859 %)Scrum
94 (1.487 %)Migration
94 (1.487 %)SOA
103 (1.115 %)RAD
103 (1.115 %)RUP
103 (1.115 %)OOP
103 (1.115 %)OOA/OOD
103 (1.115 %)Enterprise Architecture
112 (0.743 %)Load Balancing
112 (0.743 %)Document Management
121 (0.372 %)WFM
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1146 (54.28 %)C#
278 (29.00 %)SQL
358 (21.56 %)VB.NET
420 (7.435 %)JavaScript
513 (4.833 %)Transact-SQL
610 (3.717 %)DHTML
75 (1.859 %)VB
83 (1.115 %)VBScript
91 (0.372 %)Java
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1238 (88.48 %)Microsoft Certification
2110 (40.89 %)MCSE
391 (33.83 %)MCAD
489 (33.09 %)MCSD
565 (24.16 %)MCITP
661 (22.68 %)MCP
750 (18.59 %)MCPD
849 (18.22 %)Cisco Certification
948 (17.84 %)CCNP
1044 (16.36 %)CCNA
1127 (10.04 %)Degree
1225 (9.294 %)MCSA
1324 (8.922 %)CCIE
1420 (7.435 %)RHCT
1518 (6.691 %)MCDBA
1614 (5.204 %)Citrix Certification
1614 (5.204 %)CCEA
1712 (4.461 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
187 (2.602 %)PMP
187 (2.602 %)PMI Certification
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.115 %)SLA
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
154 (20.07 %)Active Directory
219 (7.063 %)VMware Infrastructure
312 (4.461 %)Citrix Presentation Server
49 (3.346 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
54 (1.487 %)MetaFrame
63 (1.115 %)ISA Server
63 (1.115 %)VMware ESX
71 (0.372 %)Backup Exec
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (3.717 %)MOM
29 (3.346 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.372 %)WSUS
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1203 (75.46 %)Microsoft
249 (18.22 %)Cisco
339 (14.50 %)VMware
420 (7.435 %)Citrix
513 (4.833 %)Oracle
612 (4.461 %)ProClarity
79 (3.346 %)Google
87 (2.602 %)HP
87 (2.602 %)Business Objects
96 (2.230 %)Cognos
105 (1.859 %)Kalido
113 (1.115 %)PlateSpin
122 (0.743 %)IBM
131 (0.372 %)NetApp
131 (0.372 %)Novell
131 (0.372 %)VERITAS
131 (0.372 %)Symantec
131 (0.372 %)Sophos
131 (0.372 %)EMC