The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 18 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 39 - 68
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 11 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 3.729% - 0.737%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.41% - 3.279%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 4
Average salary £50,000 - £41,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Qualifications
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
82 95 122
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 27.80% 27.38% 22.47%
Number of salaries quoted 72 49 102
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% +18.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,200 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £47,500 £48,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
Hertfordshire

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCTS across the Watford region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Watford MCTS Salary Histogram

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 19 (95.00%) MCITP
2 16 (80.00%) Windows
3 15 (75.00%) VMware
4 14 (70.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (65.00%) vSphere
5 13 (65.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (60.00%) MS Excel
6 12 (60.00%) MS Exchange
7 11 (55.00%) MCSE
8 10 (50.00%) MCP
8 10 (50.00%) LAN
8 10 (50.00%) WAN
8 10 (50.00%) SAN
8 10 (50.00%) Internet
9 9 (45.00%) CheckPoint
10 8 (40.00%) Remedy
10 8 (40.00%) Retail
10 8 (40.00%) Firewall
10 8 (40.00%) VPN
10 8 (40.00%) Avaya
10 8 (40.00%) VoIP
10 8 (40.00%) E-Commerce
10 8 (40.00%) UNIX
10 8 (40.00%) VMware Server
11 6 (30.00%) Citrix
12 5 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
12 5 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (25.00%) XenApp
12 5 (25.00%) XenServer
12 5 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 4 (20.00%) Application Packaging
2 2 (10.00%) Web Services
3 1 (5.000%) XML
Application Platforms
1 12 (60.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (10.00%) Office Communications Server
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Azure
3 2 (10.00%) Amazon AWS
3 2 (10.00%) Lync
4 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 12 (60.00%) MS Excel
2 5 (25.00%) Office 365
3 2 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) LAN
1 10 (50.00%) WAN
1 10 (50.00%) SAN
1 10 (50.00%) Internet
2 8 (40.00%) VPN
2 8 (40.00%) VoIP
2 8 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (10.00%) NetScaler
4 1 (5.000%) Unified Communications
4 1 (5.000%) MPLS
4 1 (5.000%) OSPF
4 1 (5.000%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) AdminStudio
General
1 8 (40.00%) Retail
2 1 (5.000%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) IT Manager
2 7 (35.00%) Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Principal Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Citrix Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Pre Sales Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) C# Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Citrix Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Citrix Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Solutions Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) SCCM Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Celerra
1 1 (5.000%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (5.000%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 16 (80.00%) Windows
2 8 (40.00%) UNIX
3 5 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (5.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (15.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (5.000%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.000%) Software Engineering
4 1 (5.000%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.000%) C#
2 1 (5.000%) C++
Qualifications
1 19 (95.00%) MCITP
2 13 (65.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (55.00%) MCSE
4 10 (50.00%) MCP
5 5 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
5 5 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (25.00%) CCEE
5 5 (25.00%) CCAA
6 4 (20.00%) CCIA
6 4 (20.00%) MCSA
7 3 (15.00%) CCEA
7 3 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (15.00%) CCA
8 2 (10.00%) CCNA
9 1 (5.000%) CCDA
9 1 (5.000%) CCNP
9 1 (5.000%) Degree
9 1 (5.000%) CCDE
9 1 (5.000%) HP AIS
9 1 (5.000%) HP MASE
System Software
1 14 (70.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (65.00%) vSphere
3 8 (40.00%) VMware Server
4 5 (25.00%) XenApp
4 5 (25.00%) XenServer
5 4 (20.00%) XenDesktop
6 3 (15.00%) Hyper-V
6 3 (15.00%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
8 1 (5.000%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) SCCM
1 4 (20.00%) SCOM
2 2 (10.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 15 (75.00%) VMware
2 9 (45.00%) CheckPoint
3 8 (40.00%) Remedy
3 8 (40.00%) Avaya
4 6 (30.00%) Citrix
5 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (15.00%) Cisco
7 2 (10.00%) HP
7 2 (10.00%) Dell
7 2 (10.00%) AppSense
8 1 (5.000%) EMC
8 1 (5.000%) Oracle
8 1 (5.000%) NetApp
Watford, Hertfordshire
Coordinating change management with third party systems providers. Testing Programs before releasing for System Testing... Skills and Experience: MCTS in AX Dynamics 2009 (essential) 3 to 5 years...
Eaglecliff
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013