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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 21 - 11
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 5 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 6.944% - 4.762%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.45% - 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 2
Average salary £25,000 - £21,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Qualifications
Walsall
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
11 6 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 15.28% 20.69% 21.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 9
Average salary £25,000 £31,500 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.63% +50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
West Midlands

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Walsall 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 Walsall region.

Walsall MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall 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 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) MCP
1 5 (100.00%) MCAD
1 5 (100.00%) MCSD
1 5 (100.00%) OO
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (100.00%) MVC
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
1 5 (100.00%) TDD
1 5 (100.00%) NUnit
1 5 (100.00%) Subversion
1 5 (100.00%) Ajax
1 5 (100.00%) NHibernate
1 5 (100.00%) Social Network
1 5 (100.00%) WCF
1 5 (100.00%) LINQ
1 5 (100.00%) MonoRail
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 5 (100.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 5 (100.00%) Castle Windsor
1 5 (100.00%) Razor View Engine
1 5 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall 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 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) Ajax
1 5 (100.00%) NHibernate
1 5 (100.00%) WCF
1 5 (100.00%) LINQ
1 5 (100.00%) MonoRail
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 5 (100.00%) Castle Windsor
1 5 (100.00%) Razor View Engine
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) NUnit
1 5 (100.00%) Subversion
1 5 (100.00%) Rhino Mocks
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) OO
1 5 (100.00%) MVC
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
1 5 (100.00%) TDD
1 5 (100.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) MCP
1 5 (100.00%) MCAD
1 5 (100.00%) MCSD
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Walsall, West Midlands
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, SQL Server 2012, Subversion, SVN, AJAX, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013