The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT jobs advertised for the Wolverhampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 20 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 Wolverhampton region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 16 18 23
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +5
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 2 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 3.333% 2.469% 1.282%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.29% 8.696% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 1
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% +16.07%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Qualifications
Wolverhampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
14 23 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 23.33% 28.40% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 14 19 9
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +66.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,800 £32,500 £19,800
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £30,000 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCTS
West Midlands

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) MCSE
2 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) SAN
2 3 (75.00%) Veritas
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) ARCserve
2 3 (75.00%) Symantec
2 3 (75.00%) McAfee
2 3 (75.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (75.00%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (75.00%) MCITP
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (75.00%) NAS
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) VMware ESX
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (75.00%) vSphere
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) CCEE
3 1 (25.00%) CCAA
3 1 (25.00%) CCIA

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) SAN
1 3 (75.00%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Virtualisation Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Software Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Software Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Logistics
1 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) MCSE
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (75.00%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (75.00%) MCITP
2 1 (25.00%) CCEE
2 1 (25.00%) CCAA
2 1 (25.00%) CCIA
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) CCA
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (75.00%) VMware ESX
1 3 (75.00%) vSphere
2 1 (25.00%) XenApp
2 1 (25.00%) XenServer
2 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) ARCserve
1 3 (75.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Veritas
1 3 (75.00%) Symantec
1 3 (75.00%) McAfee
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft