Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the South East region.

 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank169278466
Rank change year-on-year
Up+109Up+188
Matching permanent IT job ads1704631
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East1.103 %0.259 %0.072 %
As % of the Qualifications category4.577 %0.991 %0.296 %
Salaries quoted1664124
Average salary£40,000£45,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11 %-10.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£32,500£40,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£52,500£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£39,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.260 %
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3714464110457
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East24.10 %26.17 %24.40 %
Salaries quoted312439428982
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-2.590 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
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 18 March 2010.

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 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SurreyUp+5349£40,000-11.11 %
OxfordshireUp+2535£40,000-
BerkshireUp+232£40,000-11.11 %
KentUp+1517£35,000-12.50 %
BuckinghamshireNew entry-14£40,000-
HampshireUp+2911£35,000-12.50 %
East SussexNew entry-4£32,500-
West SussexUp+72£50,000+17.64 %
MCTS EnglandMCTS
England

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, 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.

1228 (84.44 %)Microsoft Certification
2226 (83.70 %)SQL Server
3193 (71.48 %).NET
4190 (70.37 %)C#
5177 (65.56 %)ASP.NET
6149 (55.19 %)MCSD
7148 (54.81 %)MCAD
8147 (54.44 %)SQL Server 2005
9132 (48.89 %)MCP
10114 (42.22 %)Windows
11108 (40.00 %)TDD
12106 (39.26 %)XML
12106 (39.26 %)Microsoft
13104 (38.52 %)WCF
14100 (37.04 %)NHibernate
14100 (37.04 %)NUnit
1589 (32.96 %)AJAX
1589 (32.96 %)SQL Server 2008
1688 (32.59 %)Scrum
1787 (32.22 %)MVC
1883 (30.74 %)MonoRail
1978 (28.89 %)WPF
2063 (23.33 %)MCSE
2158 (21.48 %)SQL
2256 (20.74 %)SharePoint
2354 (20.00 %)JavaScript
2450 (18.52 %)VMware
2547 (17.41 %)Active Directory
2646 (17.04 %)Silverlight
2745 (16.67 %)Business Intelligence

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1193 (71.48 %).NET
2177 (65.56 %)ASP.NET
3106 (39.26 %)XML
4104 (38.52 %)WCF
5100 (37.04 %)NHibernate
689 (32.96 %)AJAX
783 (30.74 %)MonoRail
878 (28.89 %)WPF
946 (17.04 %)Silverlight
1044 (16.30 %)HTML
1142 (15.56 %)Web Services
1239 (14.44 %)WinForms
1326 (9.630 %)CSS
1411 (4.074 %)LINQ
1510 (3.704 %)Application Packaging
169 (3.333 %)XSLT
178 (2.963 %)MDX
186 (2.222 %)WF
195 (1.852 %)ASP.NET MVC
195 (1.852 %)Windows SharePoint Services
South East IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
156 (20.74 %)SharePoint
233 (12.22 %)SharePoint Server 2007
332 (11.85 %)IIS
416 (5.926 %)Documentum
514 (5.185 %)MS Exchange
611 (4.074 %)Exchange Server 2007
78 (2.963 %)Office Communications Server
85 (1.852 %)Sitecore CMS
85 (1.852 %)Exchange Server 2003
85 (1.852 %)CMS
94 (1.481 %)Tomcat
102 (0.741 %)Apache
102 (0.741 %)WebLogic
111 (0.370 %)SharePoint Portal Server
111 (0.370 %)Lotus Notes
South East IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
138 (14.07 %)MS Excel
217 (6.296 %)InfoPath
35 (1.852 %)MS Office
41 (0.370 %)MS Visio
South East IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
123 (8.519 %)Microsoft CRM
26 (2.222 %)SoftGrid
26 (2.222 %)Dynamics CRM
South East IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
130 (11.11 %)SAN
225 (9.259 %)Firewall
318 (6.667 %)TCP/IP
415 (5.556 %)DNS
514 (5.185 %)DHCP
65 (1.852 %)Broadband
74 (1.481 %)VPN
83 (1.111 %)Internet
92 (0.741 %)NAS
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1226 (83.70 %)SQL Server
2147 (54.44 %)SQL Server 2005
389 (32.96 %)SQL Server 2008
427 (10.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
525 (9.259 %)SQL Server Integration Services
620 (7.407 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
710 (3.704 %)SQL Server 2000
89 (3.333 %)Datawarehouse
98 (2.963 %)Oracle 8/8i
105 (1.852 %)Oracle BI EE
105 (1.852 %)MySQL
105 (1.852 %)OLAP
105 (1.852 %)Oracle 10g
113 (1.111 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
113 (1.111 %)ETL
122 (0.741 %)DTS
122 (0.741 %)Oracle OLAP
122 (0.741 %)PerformancePoint
131 (0.370 %)Oracle 11g
131 (0.370 %)Informix
South East IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1100 (37.04 %)NUnit
235 (12.96 %)Subversion
310 (3.704 %)InstallShield
310 (3.704 %)AdminStudio
42 (0.741 %)VSS/SourceSafe
South East IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
130 (11.11 %)Finance
219 (7.037 %)Education
315 (5.556 %)Banking
414 (5.185 %)Pensions
512 (4.444 %)Insurance
611 (4.074 %)Telecoms
710 (3.704 %)Government
85 (1.852 %)Music
94 (1.481 %)Retail
94 (1.481 %)Marketing
103 (1.111 %)Health
112 (0.741 %)Games
South East IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1156 (57.78 %)Developer
2138 (51.11 %).NET Developer
364 (23.70 %)C# Developer
462 (22.96 %)ASP.NET Developer
561 (22.59 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
630 (11.11 %)Consultant
720 (7.407 %)Software Developer
819 (7.037 %)Administrator
918 (6.667 %)Systems Administrator
1017 (6.296 %)Systems Engineer
1116 (5.926 %)Windows Server Engineer
1116 (5.926 %)Windows Systems Administrator
1116 (5.926 %)Server Administrator
1116 (5.926 %)Windows Administrator
1116 (5.926 %)Server Engineer
1116 (5.926 %)Windows Systems Engineer
1211 (4.074 %)Senior C# Developer
1211 (4.074 %)Senior .NET Developer
1211 (4.074 %)Senior Consultant
1211 (4.074 %)Senior Developer
South East IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (3.704 %)Computer Science
28 (2.963 %)Social Network
34 (1.481 %)Tandem
42 (0.741 %)Blackberry
42 (0.741 %)Clustering
42 (0.741 %)Replication
South East IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1114 (42.22 %)Windows
244 (16.30 %)Windows Server 2003
340 (14.81 %)Windows Server 2008
412 (4.444 %)Linux
56 (2.222 %)Windows 7
64 (1.481 %)UNIX
73 (1.111 %)Windows XP
82 (0.741 %)Solaris
82 (0.741 %)Windows Vista
91 (0.370 %)Red Hat Linux
91 (0.370 %)NetWare
South East IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1108 (40.00 %)TDD
288 (32.59 %)Scrum
387 (32.22 %)MVC
445 (16.67 %)Business Intelligence
535 (12.96 %)Project Management
634 (12.59 %)Extreme Programming
729 (10.74 %)Software Architecture
823 (8.519 %)CRM
920 (7.407 %)Workflow
1011 (4.074 %)Web Development
118 (2.963 %)OO
127 (2.593 %)ITIL
136 (2.222 %)PRINCE2
144 (1.481 %)Migration
144 (1.481 %)Investment Management
153 (1.111 %)Project Planning
153 (1.111 %)OOD
162 (0.741 %)Configuration Management
162 (0.741 %)Disaster Recovery
162 (0.741 %)E-Commerce
South East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1190 (70.37 %)C#
258 (21.48 %)SQL
354 (20.00 %)JavaScript
434 (12.59 %)VB.NET
523 (8.519 %)T-SQL
622 (8.148 %)VB
716 (5.926 %)Shell Script
86 (2.222 %)VBScript
94 (1.481 %)VB6
102 (0.741 %)Java
102 (0.741 %)PHP
111 (0.370 %)FoxPro (VFP)
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1228 (84.44 %)Microsoft Certification
2149 (55.19 %)MCSD
3148 (54.81 %)MCAD
4132 (48.89 %)MCP
563 (23.33 %)MCSE
641 (15.19 %)Degree
736 (13.33 %)MCPD
824 (8.889 %)MCITP
923 (8.519 %)MCSA
1018 (6.667 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1113 (4.815 %)Citrix Certification
1212 (4.444 %)CCEA
1311 (4.074 %)MCDBA
1311 (4.074 %)CCA
1410 (3.704 %)Security Cleared
159 (3.333 %)MCDST
166 (2.222 %)RHCE
166 (2.222 %)RHCA
166 (2.222 %)JNCIA
166 (2.222 %)JNCIS
South East IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
147 (17.41 %)Active Directory
222 (8.148 %)VMware Infrastructure
316 (5.926 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
411 (4.074 %)XenApp
411 (4.074 %)XenServer
411 (4.074 %)XenDesktop
58 (2.963 %)Hyper-V
67 (2.593 %)VMware ESX
72 (0.741 %)vSphere
81 (0.370 %)Terminal Server
81 (0.370 %)Terminal Services
81 (0.370 %)ISA Server
South East IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
114 (5.185 %)Backup Exec
28 (2.963 %)SCCM
28 (2.963 %)SCOM
37 (2.593 %)Tivoli
46 (2.222 %)SCVMM
52 (0.741 %)MOM
52 (0.741 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
South East IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1106 (39.26 %)Microsoft
250 (18.52 %)VMware
324 (8.889 %)Citrix
423 (8.519 %)Altiris
517 (6.296 %)Cisco
616 (5.926 %)Plumtree
616 (5.926 %)AppSense
715 (5.556 %)Oracle
814 (5.185 %)Symantec
96 (2.222 %)Juniper
96 (2.222 %)Websense
96 (2.222 %)Hyperion
96 (2.222 %)Informatica
96 (2.222 %)Blue Coat
105 (1.852 %)Sitecore
112 (0.741 %)NetApp
112 (0.741 %)HP
112 (0.741 %)Dell
112 (0.741 %)JBoss
112 (0.741 %)Brocade