The first table below looks at the demand for MCT in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCT over the 3 months to 22 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
Rank 852 888 863
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -25
Permanent jobs citing MCT 12 12 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.011% 0.010% 0.006%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.040% 0.035% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 10 12 7
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,950 £19,850 £28,400
10% offered a salary of more than £46,250 £39,000 £37,700
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +25.00%
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29939 34010 32034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.52% 27.73% 26.20%
Number of salaries quoted 24086 28944 26762
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%

MCT
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MCT within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

MCT Jobs Demand Trend

MCT
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCT within the UK.

MCT Salary Trend

MCT
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCT over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

MCT Salary Histogram

MCT
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCT within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +32 12 £40,000 +6.66%
Bristol - 7 £40,000 -
South West - 7 £40,000 -
South East +1 2 £32,750 -12.66%
North East - 2 - -
Hampshire - 2 £32,750 -
Tyne and Wear - 2 - -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 - -
East of England - 1 £57,500 -
Basildon - 1 £57,500 -
Andover - 1 £32,500 -
Essex - 1 £57,500 -
Portsmouth - 1 £33,000 -

MCT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing MCT 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 MCT.

1 31 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (83.87%) Windows
3 22 (70.97%) MS Excel
3 22 (70.97%) Microsoft
4 21 (67.74%) Active Directory
5 20 (64.52%) MS Exchange
5 20 (64.52%) MCSE
5 20 (64.52%) Windows Server 2003
5 20 (64.52%) Clustering
5 20 (64.52%) Exchange Server 2003
5 20 (64.52%) Exchange Server 2007
5 20 (64.52%) Windows Server 2008
5 20 (64.52%) Exchange Server 2010
6 14 (45.16%) VMware
7 13 (41.94%) VMware Infrastructure
8 10 (32.26%) Hyper-V
8 10 (32.26%) SCOM
8 10 (32.26%) VMware ESX
8 10 (32.26%) MOM
8 10 (32.26%) SharePoint
9 7 (22.58%) Telecoms
9 7 (22.58%) Migration
9 7 (22.58%) Problem Management
10 5 (16.13%) MCITP
11 4 (12.90%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (12.90%) .NET
11 4 (12.90%) SQL Server
11 4 (12.90%) ITIL
11 4 (12.90%) SQL
12 3 (9.677%) MS Office

MCT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing MCT 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 MCT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (12.90%) .NET
2 1 (3.226%) COM
2 1 (3.226%) XML
2 1 (3.226%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 20 (64.52%) MS Exchange
1 20 (64.52%) Exchange Server 2003
1 20 (64.52%) Exchange Server 2007
1 20 (64.52%) Exchange Server 2010
2 10 (32.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (6.452%) IIS
4 1 (3.226%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (3.226%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (3.226%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (3.226%) Lync
Applications
1 22 (70.97%) MS Excel
2 3 (9.677%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.677%) TCP/IP
2 2 (6.452%) Firewall
2 2 (6.452%) SAN
3 1 (3.226%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.452%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
2 2 (6.452%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (6.452%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (3.226%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (3.226%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.226%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (3.226%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 7 (22.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (25.81%) Messaging Engineer
1 8 (25.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (22.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) Messaging Specialist
3 4 (12.90%) Trainer
3 4 (12.90%) Analyst
4 3 (9.677%) Support Analyst
4 3 (9.677%) IT Support Analyst
4 3 (9.677%) IT Support
5 2 (6.452%) Operations Engineer
5 2 (6.452%) Senior Operations Engineer
6 1 (3.226%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (3.226%) Technical Trainer
6 1 (3.226%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.226%) Architect
6 1 (3.226%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.226%) Consultant
6 1 (3.226%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (3.226%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (3.226%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 20 (64.52%) Clustering
2 3 (9.677%) Replication
2 3 (9.677%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.226%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 26 (83.87%) Windows
2 20 (64.52%) Windows Server 2003
2 20 (64.52%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (9.677%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.226%) UNIX
4 1 (3.226%) AIX
4 1 (3.226%) HPUX
4 1 (3.226%) Solaris
4 1 (3.226%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Migration
1 7 (22.58%) Problem Management
2 4 (12.90%) ITIL
3 3 (9.677%) Configuration Management
4 2 (6.452%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.226%) Wealth Management
5 1 (3.226%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) SQL
2 2 (6.452%) Java
3 1 (3.226%) C#
3 1 (3.226%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.226%) VB.NET
3 1 (3.226%) XPath
3 1 (3.226%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (64.52%) MCSE
3 5 (16.13%) MCITP
4 4 (12.90%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (9.677%) MCDBA
5 3 (9.677%) MCDST
6 2 (6.452%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (6.452%) CCA
6 2 (6.452%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (3.226%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.226%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.226%) QA
System Software
1 21 (67.74%) Active Directory
2 13 (41.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (32.26%) Hyper-V
3 10 (32.26%) VMware ESX
4 2 (6.452%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 10 (32.26%) SCOM
1 10 (32.26%) MOM
Vendors
1 22 (70.97%) Microsoft
2 14 (45.16%) VMware
3 3 (9.677%) Cisco
4 2 (6.452%) Veritas
4 2 (6.452%) Citrix
5 1 (3.226%) HP
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: Windows 2003/2008 Enterprise Support Microsoft Exchange (2003/2007/2010) Exchange Clustering Microsoft...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: Windows 2003/2008 Lync/OCS Systems Support (2007/2010) (Desirable) Enterprise Support Microsoft...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + PENSION/BONUS
Posted: 15 May 2013