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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 72 51 63
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +12
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 3 13 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 0.437% 2.355% 1.236%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.923% 11.30% 4.969%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 8
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
156 115 161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 22.74% 20.83% 24.88%
Number of salaries quoted 139 105 148
Average salary £37,750 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCTS
East of England

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCTS across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Ipswich -23 2 £40,000 -11.11%
Stowmarket - 1 £40,000 -
Woodbridge - 1 £40,000 -
Felixstowe - 1 £40,000 -
MCTS
East of England

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 (81.82%) SQL Server
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (72.73%) SQL
2 8 (72.73%) T-SQL
2 8 (72.73%) Replication
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 8 (72.73%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server 2005
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (63.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (45.45%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (45.45%) Data Protection
5 3 (27.27%) Windows
6 2 (18.18%) Citrix
6 2 (18.18%) .NET
6 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
6 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (18.18%) XenServer
6 2 (18.18%) VMware
6 2 (18.18%) Cisco
7 1 (9.091%) Hyper-V
7 1 (9.091%) XenApp
7 1 (9.091%) VMware ESX
7 1 (9.091%) CCSA
7 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (9.091%) TOGAF
7 1 (9.091%) MCITP
7 1 (9.091%) Firewall
7 1 (9.091%) Workflow

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 2 (18.18%) .NET
2 1 (9.091%) Web Services
2 1 (9.091%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) MS Exchange
1 1 (9.091%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) Firewall
1 1 (9.091%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (81.82%) SQL Server
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server 2005
2 8 (72.73%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (63.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (9.091%) DTS
4 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2000
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) DBA
1 7 (63.64%) Administrator
1 7 (63.64%) SQL DBA
1 7 (63.64%) Teradata DBA
2 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (9.091%) Server Administrator
2 1 (9.091%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server DBA
2 1 (9.091%) Implementation Consultant
2 1 (9.091%) Server Support
2 1 (9.091%) Support Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Graduate
2 1 (9.091%) Architect
2 1 (9.091%) Analyst
2 1 (9.091%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Replication
2 5 (45.45%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (9.091%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (45.45%) Data Protection
3 1 (9.091%) Network Architecture
3 1 (9.091%) ITIL
3 1 (9.091%) Configuration Management
3 1 (9.091%) Service Management
3 1 (9.091%) Workflow
3 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (9.091%) TOGAF
3 1 (9.091%) Software Engineering
3 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) SQL
1 8 (72.73%) T-SQL
2 1 (9.091%) Python
2 1 (9.091%) Ruby
2 1 (9.091%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.091%) Bash shell
2 1 (9.091%) C#
2 1 (9.091%) Java
2 1 (9.091%) Perl
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.091%) RHCE
2 1 (9.091%) CCSA
2 1 (9.091%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (9.091%) MCITP
2 1 (9.091%) Degree
2 1 (9.091%) MCP
2 1 (9.091%) CCNP
2 1 (9.091%) CCNA
2 1 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (18.18%) XenServer
2 1 (9.091%) XenDesktop
2 1 (9.091%) vSphere
2 1 (9.091%) Hyper-V
2 1 (9.091%) XenApp
2 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.091%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco
2 2 (18.18%) VMware
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix
3 1 (9.091%) Juniper
3 1 (9.091%) Red Hat
3 1 (9.091%) CheckPoint
3 1 (9.091%) HP
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