The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Warwickshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 68 67 58
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -9
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 9 14 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwickshire 1.131% 1.840% 0.667%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.629% 9.929% 2.381%
Number of salaries quoted 9 14 4
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
All Qualifications
Warwickshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
248 141 168
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwickshire 31.16% 18.53% 28.00%
Number of salaries quoted 216 109 148
Average salary £36,000 £37,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £27,300 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
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 Warwickshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCTS across the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Warwickshire MCTS Salary Histogram

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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Warwick -9 1 £20,000 -42.85% 3
Leamington Spa - 1 £40,000 -
Rugby - 1 £45,000 -
MCTS
West Midlands

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Warwickshire 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 14 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (78.57%) MCP
3 9 (64.29%) Windows
3 9 (64.29%) MCSE
3 9 (64.29%) MS Exchange
3 9 (64.29%) MCITP
4 7 (50.00%) Degree
4 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (42.86%) Apple
5 6 (42.86%) Biometrics
5 6 (42.86%) Smartcard
5 6 (42.86%) Blackberry
5 6 (42.86%) TCP/IP
5 6 (42.86%) VPN
5 6 (42.86%) MCSA
5 6 (42.86%) MS Office
5 6 (42.86%) Computer Science
5 6 (42.86%) Android
5 6 (42.86%) Finance
5 6 (42.86%) Firewall
5 6 (42.86%) Identity Management
5 6 (42.86%) Office 365
5 6 (42.86%) Cyber Security
6 5 (35.71%) ASP.NET
6 5 (35.71%) MVC
6 5 (35.71%) Scrum
6 5 (35.71%) WCF
6 5 (35.71%) C#
6 5 (35.71%) .NET
6 5 (35.71%) SQL Server

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Warwickshire 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 (35.71%) ASP.NET
1 5 (35.71%) WCF
1 5 (35.71%) .NET
2 4 (28.57%) LINQ
2 4 (28.57%) MonoRail
2 4 (28.57%) NHibernate
2 4 (28.57%) Ajax
2 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
2 4 (28.57%) Castle Windsor
2 4 (28.57%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (7.143%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 9 (64.29%) MS Exchange
2 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 6 (42.86%) MS Office
1 6 (42.86%) Office 365
2 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) TCP/IP
1 6 (42.86%) VPN
1 6 (42.86%) Firewall
2 3 (21.43%) NAS
2 3 (21.43%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) NUnit
1 4 (28.57%) Subversion
1 4 (28.57%) Rhino Mocks
2 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Support Manager
2 5 (35.71%) .NET Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Virtualisation Specialist
4 1 (7.143%) Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Junior
4 1 (7.143%) VMware Specialist
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (7.143%) Junior Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Junior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Biometrics
1 6 (42.86%) Smartcard
1 6 (42.86%) Blackberry
1 6 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 4 (28.57%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Android
3 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Identity Management
1 6 (42.86%) Cyber Security
2 5 (35.71%) MVC
2 5 (35.71%) Scrum
3 4 (28.57%) OO
3 4 (28.57%) TDD
3 4 (28.57%) Web Application Development
4 1 (7.143%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) C#
2 1 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (78.57%) MCP
3 9 (64.29%) MCSE
3 9 (64.29%) MCITP
4 7 (50.00%) Degree
5 6 (42.86%) MCSA
6 4 (28.57%) MCAD
6 4 (28.57%) MCSD
7 3 (21.43%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (21.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (7.143%) CCEE
8 1 (7.143%) CCAA
8 1 (7.143%) CCIA
8 1 (7.143%) CCA
8 1 (7.143%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) vSphere
1 3 (21.43%) VMware ESX
1 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.143%) XenApp
2 1 (7.143%) XenServer
2 1 (7.143%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (21.43%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) Apple
3 3 (21.43%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) Symantec
3 3 (21.43%) McAfee
3 3 (21.43%) Veritas
4 1 (7.143%) Citrix
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco
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Hamlin Knight
Salary: Up to £22,000
Posted: 17 June 2013
Warwickshire, Midlands, West Midlands
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Salary: £20000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Warwick, West Midlands
Junior -Net Developer (C#, ASP-Net)Location: WarwickSalary: £22K + Excellent Benefits (See below)An exciting opportunity for a Junior -Net Developer to join an experienced Development team Focused...
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Salary: GBP18000 to GBP22000 per annum + Benefits: Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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MCP/MCTS) - 6-12 Months commercial experience in software development - Relevant university degree with C# .Net based submissions - Experience of Visual Studio 2008/2010 - Enthusiasm for software development -...
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Salary: £18000 to £22000 per annum - Excellent Benefits
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