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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 96 88 81
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -7
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 1 10 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.080% 0.849% 0.493%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.300% 2.625% 1.718%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 5
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £80,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -56.25%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
333 381 291
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 26.58% 32.34% 28.70%
Number of salaries quoted 296 329 263
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,450
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
UK

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MCTS across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
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 Wales region 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
South Wales -7 1 £37,500 +7.14%
MCTS
UK

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) MCP
1 2 (100.00%) MCAD
1 2 (100.00%) MCSD
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) NUnit
1 2 (100.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 2 (100.00%) Castle Windsor
1 2 (100.00%) Razor View Engine
1 2 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 1 (50.00%) Unity DI Container
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (50.00%) Ninject
2 1 (50.00%) Moq
2 1 (50.00%) NHibernate
2 1 (50.00%) Dependency Injection
2 1 (50.00%) Inversion of Control
2 1 (50.00%) MSTest
2 1 (50.00%) MVVM
2 1 (50.00%) WPF
2 1 (50.00%) MonoRail

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (100.00%) Castle Windsor
1 2 (100.00%) Razor View Engine
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 1 (50.00%) Unity DI Container
2 1 (50.00%) Ninject
2 1 (50.00%) NHibernate
2 1 (50.00%) WPF
2 1 (50.00%) MonoRail
2 1 (50.00%) Spring.NET
2 1 (50.00%) WinForms
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) NUnit
1 2 (100.00%) Rhino Mocks
2 1 (50.00%) Moq
2 1 (50.00%) MSTest
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Inversion of Control
1 1 (50.00%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Web Application Development
2 1 (50.00%) Dependency Injection
2 1 (50.00%) MVVM
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCP
1 2 (100.00%) MCAD
1 2 (100.00%) MCSD
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
CARDIFF (with frequent UK travel), South Wales
Responsible for the staffing and smooth running of the IT service desk, you will mentor the IT Support Analysts in service delivery best practice and assist with on-...
Consumer Futures
Salary: £33,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Essential requirements include: MS Windows Server 2003 (MCSE or MCSA certification or equivalent demonstrable experience) MS Windows Server 2008 (MCITP certification or equivalent demonstrable experience ) Network infrastructure configuration...
Consumer Futures
Salary: £33,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013