The first table below looks at the demand for MTS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MTS 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 of the Application Platforms category.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)
Rank 855 882 850
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -32
Permanent jobs citing MTS 7 17 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.014% 0.025%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.030% 0.069% 0.131%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 24
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -5.19%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £36,250
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +0.68%
All Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
23217 24726 23624
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 21.48% 20.49% 18.99%
Number of salaries quoted 19723 21474 20375
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -

MTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

MTS Jobs Demand Trend

MTS
Salary Trend

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

MTS Salary Trend

MTS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MTS over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

MTS Salary Histogram

MTS
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MTS within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +14 6 £37,500 +2.73%
South East +2 3 £37,500 -
Kent - 3 £37,500 -
Wolverhampton - 3 £37,500 -
West Midlands - 3 £37,500 -
Scotland - 1 £57,500 -
Aberdeen - 1 £57,500 -

MTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing MTS 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 MTS.

1 10 (58.82%) .NET
1 10 (58.82%) ASP.NET
1 10 (58.82%) XML
2 7 (41.18%) Web Services
2 7 (41.18%) Documentum
2 7 (41.18%) Java
2 7 (41.18%) Kofax
2 7 (41.18%) ReadSoft
2 7 (41.18%) Captiva
3 6 (35.29%) Advertising
3 6 (35.29%) JavaScript
3 6 (35.29%) SQL Server
4 5 (29.41%) Windows
4 5 (29.41%) MS Excel
4 5 (29.41%) Finance
4 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
4 5 (29.41%) Change Management
4 5 (29.41%) EMC
4 5 (29.41%) Content Management
4 5 (29.41%) Knowledge Management
4 5 (29.41%) Information Architecture
5 4 (23.53%) Enterprise Content Management
5 4 (23.53%) .NET Framework
5 4 (23.53%) ASP.NET 2.0
5 4 (23.53%) Alfresco
5 4 (23.53%) Alterian
5 4 (23.53%) Open Text
5 4 (23.53%) LiveLink
5 4 (23.53%) FileNet
5 4 (23.53%) Microsoft

MTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing MTS 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 MTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (58.82%) .NET
1 10 (58.82%) ASP.NET
1 10 (58.82%) XML
2 7 (41.18%) Web Services
3 4 (23.53%) .NET Framework
3 4 (23.53%) ASP.NET 2.0
4 3 (17.65%) COM+
4 3 (17.65%) DCOM
4 3 (17.65%) CSS
4 3 (17.65%) XSL
4 3 (17.65%) ASP.NET MVC
4 3 (17.65%) HTML5
5 1 (5.882%) J2EE
5 1 (5.882%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 7 (41.18%) Documentum
1 7 (41.18%) Captiva
2 4 (23.53%) Alfresco
2 4 (23.53%) LiveLink
2 4 (23.53%) FileNet
3 3 (17.65%) IIS
4 1 (5.882%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (29.41%) MS Excel
2 3 (17.65%) MS Visio
2 3 (17.65%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Cognos Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SunGard Stream Clearvision
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (35.29%) SQL Server
2 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2000
2 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (11.76%) MySQL
4 1 (5.882%) OLAP
General
1 6 (35.29%) Advertising
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Games
3 3 (17.65%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Consultant
1 7 (41.18%) Documentum Consultant
2 4 (23.53%) Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Support Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Technical Support
3 3 (17.65%) Technical Support Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Front-End Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Exchange Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Documentum Specialist
5 1 (5.882%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) IT Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
1 3 (17.65%) Cloud Computing
1 3 (17.65%) Social Media
1 3 (17.65%) Social Gaming
1 3 (17.65%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.882%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.882%) PMI
2 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Windows
2 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (11.76%) Windows XP
3 2 (11.76%) Solaris
3 2 (11.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
1 5 (29.41%) Change Management
1 5 (29.41%) Content Management
1 5 (29.41%) Knowledge Management
1 5 (29.41%) Information Architecture
2 4 (23.53%) Enterprise Content Management
3 3 (17.65%) CRM
3 3 (17.65%) MVC
3 3 (17.65%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (17.65%) Asset Management
3 3 (17.65%) Information Management
3 3 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (5.882%) UML
4 1 (5.882%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2
4 1 (5.882%) ETL
4 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) Java
2 6 (35.29%) JavaScript
3 4 (23.53%) SQL
4 3 (17.65%) T-SQL
4 3 (17.65%) VB
4 3 (17.65%) VB.NET
4 3 (17.65%) MUMPS
4 3 (17.65%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) PhD
2 1 (5.882%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.882%) Degree
2 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Tivoli
2 1 (5.882%) OpenView
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Kofax
1 7 (41.18%) ReadSoft
2 5 (29.41%) EMC
3 4 (23.53%) Alterian
3 4 (23.53%) Open Text
3 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
3 4 (23.53%) Oracle
4 3 (17.65%) Salesforce.com
4 3 (17.65%) Facebook
4 3 (17.65%) Twitter
5 2 (11.76%) GL TRADE
5 2 (11.76%) NYFIX
6 1 (5.882%) Cognos
6 1 (5.882%) EccoWare
6 1 (5.882%) Fidessa
6 1 (5.882%) HP
6 1 (5.882%) Murex
6 1 (5.882%) Citrix
6 1 (5.882%) MarketAxess