The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Stratford-upon-Avon 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 Stratford-upon-Avon region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 17 10 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 1 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stratford-upon-Avon 1.724% 5.000% -
As % of the Qualifications category 6.667% 15.38% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Stratford-upon-Avon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
15 13 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stratford-upon-Avon 25.86% 32.50% 23.53%
Number of salaries quoted 14 13 4
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £32,000 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £35,150 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCTS
Warwickshire

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stratford-upon-Avon 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 Stratford-upon-Avon region.

Stratford-upon-Avon MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stratford-upon-Avon 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 10 (100.00%) .NET
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 10 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 10 (100.00%) C#
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (70.00%) MVC
2 7 (70.00%) MCP
2 7 (70.00%) MCAD
2 7 (70.00%) MCSD
2 7 (70.00%) OO
2 7 (70.00%) Subversion
2 7 (70.00%) Ajax
2 7 (70.00%) NHibernate
2 7 (70.00%) Social Network
2 7 (70.00%) WCF
2 7 (70.00%) LINQ
2 7 (70.00%) MonoRail
2 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 7 (70.00%) Rhino Mocks
2 7 (70.00%) Castle Windsor
2 7 (70.00%) Razor View Engine
2 7 (70.00%) Web Application Development
2 7 (70.00%) TDD
2 7 (70.00%) NUnit
2 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 7 (70.00%) Scrum
3 4 (40.00%) SQL Server 2012
4 3 (30.00%) Mobile App
4 3 (30.00%) Retail
4 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2008

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stratford-upon-Avon 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 10 (100.00%) .NET
1 10 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 7 (70.00%) Ajax
2 7 (70.00%) NHibernate
2 7 (70.00%) WCF
2 7 (70.00%) LINQ
2 7 (70.00%) MonoRail
2 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 7 (70.00%) Castle Windsor
2 7 (70.00%) Razor View Engine
2 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 3 (30.00%) CSS
3 3 (30.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Sitecore CMS
1 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (30.00%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (40.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Subversion
1 7 (70.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 7 (70.00%) NUnit
General
1 3 (30.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
1 10 (100.00%) .NET Developer
2 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Social Network
2 3 (30.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (30.00%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) MVC
1 7 (70.00%) OO
1 7 (70.00%) Web Application Development
1 7 (70.00%) TDD
1 7 (70.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C#
2 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (70.00%) MCP
2 7 (70.00%) MCAD
2 7 (70.00%) MCSD
3 3 (30.00%) MCPD
3 3 (30.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Sitecore
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft