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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 135 146 148
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +2
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 86 93 65
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 1.635% 1.552% 1.220%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.621% 4.239% 4.040%
Number of salaries quoted 84 93 65
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £45,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1861 2194 1609
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 35.39% 36.62% 30.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1507 1913 1409
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £31,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCTS
South East

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Salary Histogram

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

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
Guildford +8 33 £40,000 +14.28%
Woking +24 30 £40,000 -11.11%
Camberley +9 10 £40,000 +6.66%
Whyteleafe - 8 £45,000 -
Leatherhead +9 4 £55,000 +37.50%
Dorking - 2 £50,000 -
Redhill +13 1 £37,500 -
Reigate -7 1 £45,000 -
Godalming -19 1 £40,000 -11.11%
Staines - 1 £45,000 -
Epsom - 1 £45,000 -
Esher - 1 £45,000 -
Farnham - 1 - -
MCTS
South East

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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.

1 196 (87.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 171 (76.00%) MCP
3 165 (73.33%) .NET
4 158 (70.22%) ASP.NET
5 157 (69.78%) MCAD
5 157 (69.78%) MCSD
5 157 (69.78%) MVC
5 157 (69.78%) TDD
5 157 (69.78%) WCF
5 157 (69.78%) ASP.NET MVC
5 157 (69.78%) Web Application Development
5 157 (69.78%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 151 (67.11%) SQL Server
7 148 (65.78%) C#
8 117 (52.00%) Razor View Engine
9 90 (40.00%) Rhino Mocks
9 90 (40.00%) NUnit
10 87 (38.67%) BDD
11 86 (38.22%) Scrum
12 82 (36.44%) Windows
13 77 (34.22%) Kanban
14 70 (31.11%) NHibernate
15 68 (30.22%) Moq
16 67 (29.78%) Domain-Driven Design
17 57 (25.33%) Microsoft
18 54 (24.00%) Dependency Injection
18 54 (24.00%) Ninject
19 53 (23.56%) VB
20 51 (22.67%) VB.NET
20 51 (22.67%) SQL Server 2008

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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
1 165 (73.33%) .NET
2 158 (70.22%) ASP.NET
3 157 (69.78%) WCF
3 157 (69.78%) ASP.NET MVC
3 157 (69.78%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 117 (52.00%) Razor View Engine
5 70 (31.11%) NHibernate
6 54 (24.00%) Ninject
7 46 (20.44%) WPF
7 46 (20.44%) WinForms
8 42 (18.67%) Castle Windsor
9 34 (15.11%) Node.js
9 34 (15.11%) KnockoutJS
10 20 (8.889%) Unity DI Container
10 20 (8.889%) .NET Framework
10 20 (8.889%) Spring.NET
11 19 (8.444%) LINQ
12 16 (7.111%) MonoRail
13 15 (6.667%) HTML
13 15 (6.667%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 22 (9.778%) MS Exchange
2 20 (8.889%) Exchange Server 2010
3 11 (4.889%) SharePoint
4 8 (3.556%) Exchange Server 2007
4 8 (3.556%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (2.667%) Lync
6 5 (2.222%) Office Communications Server
6 5 (2.222%) SharePoint 2010
7 4 (1.778%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.889%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.889%) IIS
9 1 (0.444%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 24 (10.67%) MS Excel
2 12 (5.333%) MS Office
3 6 (2.667%) Office 365
4 5 (2.222%) InfoPath
5 3 (1.333%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.333%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.56%) Internet
2 13 (5.778%) TCP/IP
3 7 (3.111%) Firewall
4 6 (2.667%) DNS
4 6 (2.667%) SAN
4 6 (2.667%) DHCP
5 5 (2.222%) Unified Communications
6 4 (1.778%) xDSL
6 4 (1.778%) Ethernet
6 4 (1.778%) VPN
6 4 (1.778%) DSL
6 4 (1.778%) IP Telephony
6 4 (1.778%) WiMAX
7 3 (1.333%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.333%) Fibre Channel
7 3 (1.333%) NetScaler
7 3 (1.333%) iSCSI
7 3 (1.333%) NAS
8 2 (0.889%) VLAN
8 2 (0.889%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (67.11%) SQL Server
2 51 (22.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 50 (22.22%) SQL Server 2012
4 4 (1.778%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.889%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (0.889%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.889%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.889%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 90 (40.00%) NUnit
1 90 (40.00%) Rhino Mocks
2 68 (30.22%) Moq
3 20 (8.889%) MSTest
4 10 (4.444%) Subversion
5 6 (2.667%) Selenium
5 6 (2.667%) Cucumber
General
1 30 (13.33%) Finance
2 23 (10.22%) Music
3 12 (5.333%) Music Industry
4 7 (3.111%) Retail
5 6 (2.667%) Advertising
6 5 (2.222%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.778%) Games
8 2 (0.889%) Publishing
9 1 (0.444%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 159 (70.67%) Developer
2 157 (69.78%) .NET Developer
3 20 (8.889%) Junior
3 20 (8.889%) Graduate
3 20 (8.889%) Junior Developer
3 20 (8.889%) Junior .NET Developer
3 20 (8.889%) Graduate Developer
3 20 (8.889%) Graduate .NET Developer
4 17 (7.556%) Consultant
5 16 (7.111%) Support Engineer
6 8 (3.556%) Administrator
7 7 (3.111%) DBA
7 7 (3.111%) SQL DBA
8 6 (2.667%) Technical Consultant
9 5 (2.222%) Support Consultant
9 5 (2.222%) SQL Server DBA
9 5 (2.222%) Technical Specialist
9 5 (2.222%) SharePoint Specialist
10 4 (1.778%) IT Support
10 4 (1.778%) Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.22%) Enterprise Software
2 21 (9.333%) Computer Science
3 20 (8.889%) Inversion of Control
4 11 (4.889%) Streaming Music
5 10 (4.444%) DTV
6 7 (3.111%) Clustering
7 6 (2.667%) Tandem
8 4 (1.778%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.333%) Blackberry
9 3 (1.333%) Social Network
10 2 (0.889%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 82 (36.44%) Windows
2 27 (12.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 16 (7.111%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (5.778%) Windows 7
5 7 (3.111%) Windows XP
6 3 (1.333%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.444%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (69.78%) MVC
1 157 (69.78%) TDD
1 157 (69.78%) Web Application Development
2 87 (38.67%) BDD
3 86 (38.22%) Scrum
4 77 (34.22%) Kanban
5 67 (29.78%) Domain-Driven Design
6 54 (24.00%) Dependency Injection
7 46 (20.44%) MVVM
8 33 (14.67%) CQRS
9 27 (12.00%) OO
10 20 (8.889%) Continuous Integration
11 12 (5.333%) Migration
12 9 (4.000%) Project Management
13 7 (3.111%) E-Commerce
14 6 (2.667%) Scrum-ban
15 5 (2.222%) ITIL
16 4 (1.778%) Business Intelligence
16 4 (1.778%) Identity Management
16 4 (1.778%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 148 (65.78%) C#
2 53 (23.56%) VB
3 51 (22.67%) VB.NET
4 15 (6.667%) JavaScript
5 14 (6.222%) SQL
6 7 (3.111%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.889%) X++
8 1 (0.444%) C
Qualifications
1 196 (87.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 171 (76.00%) MCP
3 157 (69.78%) MCAD
3 157 (69.78%) MCSD
4 42 (18.67%) MCITP
5 21 (9.333%) MCSE
6 18 (8.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 16 (7.111%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (6.222%) CCNA
9 11 (4.889%) MCSA
10 10 (4.444%) Degree
11 8 (3.556%) Citrix Certification
11 8 (3.556%) CCEE
11 8 (3.556%) CCAA
11 8 (3.556%) CCIA
12 3 (1.333%) VCP4
12 3 (1.333%) CCEA
12 3 (1.333%) CCNP
12 3 (1.333%) CCA
13 2 (0.889%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.333%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (12.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (10.22%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.778%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.000%) VMware ESX
5 8 (3.556%) XenApp
5 8 (3.556%) XenServer
5 8 (3.556%) XenDesktop
6 7 (3.111%) vSphere
7 6 (2.667%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.444%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 9 (4.000%) SCOM
2 6 (2.667%) SCCM
3 3 (1.333%) ARCserve
3 3 (1.333%) HP SIM
4 1 (0.444%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 57 (25.33%) Microsoft
2 28 (12.44%) VMware
3 8 (3.556%) Cisco
3 8 (3.556%) Citrix
4 5 (2.222%) HP
5 4 (1.778%) Dell
5 4 (1.778%) EMC
5 4 (1.778%) Adobe
5 4 (1.778%) Avaya
5 4 (1.778%) Sage
6 3 (1.333%) Symantec
6 3 (1.333%) Remedy
6 3 (1.333%) AppSense
6 3 (1.333%) CA
7 2 (0.889%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (0.444%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.444%) NetApp
8 1 (0.444%) Lotus
Guildford, South East
Our client will provide you with training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq), BDD...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Woking, South East
Our client will provide you with training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Healthcare
Posted: 15 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
Our client will provide you with training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leatherhead, South East
Our client can provide training into: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD, OSS, ALT.NET and CQRS... (.NET...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leatherhead, Surrey
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Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Whyteleafe, South East
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Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Whyteleafe, Surrey
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Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, C#, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, SQL Server 2012, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £35000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Woking, South East
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, C#, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, SQL Server 2012, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, C#.NET, VB, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, RESTful, Web API, SQL Server...
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Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Guildford, South East
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Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013