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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 11 - 12
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 1 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 3.571% - 2.174%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.67% - 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
Average salary £65,000 - £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Thames Valley
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6 2 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 21.43% 3.636% 10.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 5
Average salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
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 Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) SCVMM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (100.00%) Forefront TMG
1 1 (100.00%) UAG
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Forefront TMG
1 1 (100.00%) UAG
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) VMware