Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for MCTS IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank351721
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+370
Matching permanent IT job ads300228
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.441 %0.114 %
As % of the Qualifications category1.946 %0.512 %
Salaries quoted297200
Average salary£40,000£41,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year-2.430 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£41,000
% change on same period last year-7.310 %
IT Job Market, QualificationsAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1541744550
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK22.64 %22.33 %
Salaries quoted1300837006
Average salary£37,500£38,500
Average salary % change on the same period last year-2.590 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000

MCTS
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MCTS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

MCTS Demand Trend

MCTS
Salary Trend

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

MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCTS over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

MCTS Salary Histogram

MCTS
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+364291£40,000-2.43 %
LondonUp+327145£40,000+0.62 %
City of LondonUp+218116£40,000-8.57 %
South EastUp+16991£41,500-7.77 %
SurreyUp+12021£40,000-11.11 %
BerkshireUp+11220£42,500-15.00 %
East of EnglandUp+11316£35,750-16.86 %
HampshireUp+10016£35,000-65.00 %
OxfordshireUp+4416£41,500+3.75 %
OxfordUp+6215£41,500-17.00 %
West MidlandsUp+8712£32,000-14.66 %
BirminghamUp+8311£32,000-
BracknellUp+4611£42,500-15.00 %
West SussexUp+1410£42,500+117.94 %
GatwickNew entry-10£42,500-
CambridgeshireNew entry-10£40,000-
South WestUp+1109£30,000-40.00 %
GuildfordNew entry-9£42,500-
North WestUp+1298£35,000+16.18 %
YorkshireUp+1038£30,500-12.85 %
ManchesterUp+878£35,000+2.94 %
AbingdonUp+88£41,500+16.90 %
CambridgeNew entry-8£40,000-
BournemouthNew entry-8£30,000-
DorsetNew entry-8£30,000-
ScotlandNew entry-8£32,250-
BasingstokeUp+567£30,000-70.00 %
GlasgowNew entry-7£32,500-
BuckinghamshireUp+526£35,000-24.32 %
EghamNew entry-6£40,000-

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1428 (84.42 %)Microsoft Certification
2398 (78.50 %)SQL Server
3343 (67.65 %).NET
4326 (64.30 %)C#
5298 (58.78 %)ASP.NET
6259 (51.08 %)MCP
7254 (50.10 %)Microsoft
8249 (49.11 %)MCSD
9248 (48.92 %)MCAD
10247 (48.72 %)SQL Server 2005
11191 (37.67 %)Windows
12172 (33.93 %)SQL
13164 (32.35 %)XML
14144 (28.40 %)SQL Server 2008
15138 (27.22 %)SharePoint
16128 (25.25 %)AJAX
17127 (25.05 %)MS Excel
18123 (24.26 %)WCF
19113 (22.29 %)WPF
20108 (21.30 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21101 (19.92 %)TDD
2288 (17.36 %)WinForms
2382 (16.17 %)CSS
2382 (16.17 %)T-SQL
2481 (15.98 %)MCPD
2579 (15.58 %)Silverlight
2678 (15.38 %)SQL Server Integration Services
2774 (14.60 %)NUnit
2872 (14.20 %)NHibernate
2971 (14.00 %)MonoRail

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1343 (67.65 %).NET
2298 (58.78 %)ASP.NET
3164 (32.35 %)XML
4128 (25.25 %)AJAX
5123 (24.26 %)WCF
6113 (22.29 %)WPF
788 (17.36 %)WinForms
882 (16.17 %)CSS
979 (15.58 %)Silverlight
1072 (14.20 %)NHibernate
1171 (14.00 %)MonoRail
1267 (13.21 %)HTML
1358 (11.44 %)WebServices
1452 (10.26 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1543 (8.481 %).NET Framework
1635 (6.903 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1731 (6.114 %)MVC
1828 (5.523 %)XHTML
1927 (5.325 %)LINQ
2016 (3.156 %)MDX
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1138 (27.22 %)SharePoint
2108 (21.30 %)SharePoint Server 2007
351 (10.06 %)IIS
440 (7.890 %)MS Exchange
539 (7.692 %)BizTalk Server
631 (6.114 %)Exchange Server 2003
728 (5.523 %)CMS
827 (5.325 %)Exchange Server 2007
915 (2.959 %)Apache
1013 (2.564 %)SharePoint Portal Server
113 (0.592 %)Commerce Server 2007
113 (0.592 %)Commerce Server
113 (0.592 %)Content Management Server
122 (0.394 %)Lotus Domino
122 (0.394 %)Immediacy CMS
122 (0.394 %)Sitecore CMS
131 (0.197 %)Office Project Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1127 (25.05 %)MS Excel
228 (5.523 %)MS Office
316 (3.156 %)MS Visio
49 (1.775 %)InfoPath
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (1.381 %)Microsoft CRM
24 (0.789 %)Dynamics CRM
33 (0.592 %)Dynamics GP
33 (0.592 %)Great Plains
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
148 (9.467 %)Internet
220 (3.945 %)SAN
319 (3.748 %)NAS
418 (3.550 %)Firewall
515 (2.959 %)VLAN
614 (2.761 %)iSCSI
713 (2.564 %)DNS
812 (2.367 %)Broadband
910 (1.972 %)TCP/IP
105 (0.986 %)LAN
105 (0.986 %)WAN
114 (0.789 %)VPN
123 (0.592 %)SMS
123 (0.592 %)DHCP
132 (0.394 %)GSM
132 (0.394 %)UMTS
132 (0.394 %)VoIP
132 (0.394 %)Intranet
141 (0.197 %)Extranet
141 (0.197 %)FTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1398 (78.50 %)SQL Server
2247 (48.72 %)SQL Server 2005
3144 (28.40 %)SQL Server 2008
478 (15.38 %)SQL Server Integration Services
566 (13.02 %)SQL Server 2000
659 (11.64 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
755 (10.85 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
839 (7.692 %)ETL
931 (6.114 %)Datawarehouse
1019 (3.748 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1019 (3.748 %)PerformancePoint
1118 (3.550 %)OLAP
1217 (3.353 %)MySQL
138 (1.578 %)Crystal Reports
144 (0.789 %)DTS
153 (0.592 %)VLDB
161 (0.197 %)Oracle OLAP
161 (0.197 %)MS Access
161 (0.197 %)Oracle Reports
161 (0.197 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
174 (14.60 %)NUnit
227 (5.325 %)Visual Studio
34 (0.789 %)Subversion
34 (0.789 %)Visual Studio Team System
42 (0.394 %)Team Foundation Server
51 (0.197 %)Eclipse
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
155 (10.85 %)Finance
237 (7.298 %)Pensions
329 (5.720 %)Insurance
426 (5.128 %)Health
517 (3.353 %)Telecoms
616 (3.156 %)Music
713 (2.564 %)Education
812 (2.367 %)Banking
812 (2.367 %)Retail
99 (1.775 %)Games
105 (0.986 %)Investment Banking
105 (0.986 %)Marketing
113 (0.592 %)Music Industry
113 (0.592 %)Government
113 (0.592 %)Billing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1308 (60.75 %)Developer
2196 (38.66 %).NET Developer
3132 (26.04 %)C# Developer
474 (14.60 %)DBA
570 (13.81 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
666 (13.02 %)ASP.NET Developer
751 (10.06 %)Administrator
845 (8.876 %)Consultant
942 (8.284 %)SQL DBA
1023 (4.536 %)SQL Server DBA
1122 (4.339 %)Web Developer
1122 (4.339 %)WinForms Developer
1221 (4.142 %)Senior Developer
1221 (4.142 %)Analyst
1316 (3.156 %)Business Intelligence Consultant
1316 (3.156 %)SharePoint Developer
1414 (2.761 %)Systems Administrator
1513 (2.564 %)Systems Engineer
1513 (2.564 %)Programmer
1612 (2.367 %)Junior
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
130 (5.917 %)Computer Science
223 (4.536 %)Tandem
314 (2.761 %)Derivative
314 (2.761 %)Social Network
412 (2.367 %)Management Information System
59 (1.775 %)Mathematics
68 (1.578 %)Clustering
68 (1.578 %)NHS
75 (0.986 %)W3C
84 (0.789 %)Replication
84 (0.789 %)DTV
93 (0.592 %)Data Integration
93 (0.592 %)Client/Server
102 (0.394 %)Blackberry
111 (0.197 %)Data Conversion
111 (0.197 %)Multithreading
111 (0.197 %)Interactive TV
111 (0.197 %)Taxonomies
111 (0.197 %)Statistics
111 (0.197 %)Pocket PC
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1191 (37.67 %)Windows
259 (11.64 %)Windows Server 2003
326 (5.128 %)Linux
423 (4.536 %)UNIX
522 (4.339 %)Windows Server 2008
612 (2.367 %)Windows Vista
79 (1.775 %)AIX
79 (1.775 %)HPUX
79 (1.775 %)Solaris
88 (1.578 %)Windows XP
97 (1.381 %)Windows 2000 Server
104 (0.789 %)Windows Mobile
111 (0.197 %)Red Hat Linux
111 (0.197 %)VMS
111 (0.197 %)Windows 2000
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1101 (19.92 %)TDD
261 (12.03 %)Scrum
358 (11.44 %)Business Intelligence
446 (9.073 %)E-Commerce
541 (8.087 %)Disaster Recovery
636 (7.101 %)Extreme Programming
735 (6.903 %)OO
829 (5.720 %)Web Development
920 (3.945 %)Content Management
1019 (3.748 %)CRM
1019 (3.748 %)Project Management
1114 (2.761 %)Change Management
1213 (2.564 %)ITIL
1312 (2.367 %)Workflow
1312 (2.367 %)Asset Management
1312 (2.367 %)Agile Software Development
1312 (2.367 %)Document Management
149 (1.775 %)Performance Management
149 (1.775 %)System Testing
149 (1.775 %)Migration
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1326 (64.30 %)C#
2172 (33.93 %)SQL
382 (16.17 %)T-SQL
468 (13.41 %)JavaScript
542 (8.284 %)VB.NET
628 (5.523 %)C++
725 (4.931 %)PHP
819 (3.748 %)VB
99 (1.775 %)Perl
107 (1.381 %)C
116 (1.183 %)VBA
124 (0.789 %)VB6
132 (0.394 %)COBOL
132 (0.394 %)VBScript
141 (0.197 %)PHP5
141 (0.197 %)ActionScript
141 (0.197 %)Java
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1428 (84.42 %)Microsoft Certification
2259 (51.08 %)MCP
3249 (49.11 %)MCSD
4248 (48.92 %)MCAD
581 (15.98 %)MCPD
663 (12.43 %)MCSE
757 (11.24 %)MCITP
856 (11.05 %)Degree
948 (9.467 %)MCDBA
1013 (2.564 %)MCSA
1110 (1.972 %)Citrix Certification
129 (1.775 %)CCEA
138 (1.578 %)Security Cleared
147 (1.381 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
156 (1.183 %)CCA
164 (0.789 %)HNC
164 (0.789 %)Cisco Certification
173 (0.592 %)CCNA
182 (0.394 %)MCT
182 (0.394 %)CCNP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (0.986 %)QA
21 (0.197 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
130 (5.917 %)Active Directory
224 (4.734 %)VMware Infrastructure
314 (2.761 %)NFS
314 (2.761 %)NetBackup
413 (2.564 %)ISA Server
54 (0.789 %)VMware ESX
54 (0.789 %)Xen
54 (0.789 %)XenServer
54 (0.789 %)XenDesktop
62 (0.394 %)VMware GSX
62 (0.394 %)Citrix Presentation Server
71 (0.197 %)XenApp
71 (0.197 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
114 (2.761 %)Nagios
26 (1.183 %)DameWare
26 (1.183 %)Legato
26 (1.183 %)EMC NetWorker
33 (0.592 %)SCCM
33 (0.592 %)SCOM
42 (0.394 %)MOM
42 (0.394 %)OpenView
51 (0.197 %)WSUS
51 (0.197 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1254 (50.10 %)Microsoft
232 (6.312 %)VMware
326 (5.128 %)Cisco
415 (2.959 %)NetApp
415 (2.959 %)Dell
514 (2.761 %)Citrix
514 (2.761 %)Brocade
67 (1.381 %)EMC
74 (0.789 %)Oracle
83 (0.592 %)DevExpress
83 (0.592 %)Hyperion
83 (0.592 %)Informatica
83 (0.592 %)HP
92 (0.394 %)Altiris
92 (0.394 %)Remedy
92 (0.394 %)Adobe
92 (0.394 %)Tridion
92 (0.394 %)Sitecore
101 (0.197 %)IBM
101 (0.197 %)Avaya