The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 20 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 1.449% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 7.143% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
14 20 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 20.29% 18.87% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8 15 12
Average salary £47,500 £55,000 £48,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.63% +14.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £29,350
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £53,500 £56,250
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 Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) EMC
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) NetScreen
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESX
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) MCITP
2 1 (50.00%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) vSphere
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) IIS
2 1 (50.00%) MCP

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) IIS
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) NetScreen
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Administrator
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (50.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware ESX
1 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) EMC
1 1 (50.00%) VMware