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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 58 53 51
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -2
Permanent jobs citing MCTS 1 12 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 0.224% 2.746% 1.217%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.855% 14.63% 4.630%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 5
Average salary £52,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
All Qualifications
York
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
117 82 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 26.23% 18.76% 26.28%
Number of salaries quoted 80 67 95
Average salary £39,500 £45,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.22% +50.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £41,200 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCTS
North Yorkshire

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York MCTS Salary Trend

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 9 (90.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (80.00%) MCP
3 7 (70.00%) MCAD
3 7 (70.00%) MCSD
3 7 (70.00%) C#
3 7 (70.00%) VB
3 7 (70.00%) VB.NET
3 7 (70.00%) .NET
3 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
3 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET
3 7 (70.00%) MVC
3 7 (70.00%) TDD
3 7 (70.00%) Streaming Music
3 7 (70.00%) WCF
3 7 (70.00%) Domain-Driven Design
3 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 7 (70.00%) Dependency Injection
3 7 (70.00%) Node.js
3 7 (70.00%) Ninject
3 7 (70.00%) KnockoutJS
3 7 (70.00%) Web Application Development
3 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 7 (70.00%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (30.00%) MCITP
4 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
5 2 (20.00%) ITIL
5 2 (20.00%) Windows
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 7 (70.00%) .NET
1 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET
1 7 (70.00%) WCF
1 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 7 (70.00%) Node.js
1 7 (70.00%) Ninject
1 7 (70.00%) KnockoutJS
1 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (10.00%) Office Communications Server
1 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (10.00%) Lync
1 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Office 365
2 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (10.00%) SAN
2 1 (10.00%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Developer
1 7 (70.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Server Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Server Support
2 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Streaming Music
1 7 (70.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) MVC
1 7 (70.00%) TDD
1 7 (70.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 7 (70.00%) Dependency Injection
1 7 (70.00%) Web Application Development
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Data Management
3 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
3 1 (10.00%) MOF
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C#
1 7 (70.00%) VB
1 7 (70.00%) VB.NET
2 1 (10.00%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (80.00%) MCP
3 7 (70.00%) MCAD
3 7 (70.00%) MCSD
4 3 (30.00%) MCITP
5 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (10.00%) NCIE
5 1 (10.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (20.00%) vSphere
2 1 (10.00%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) SCOM
2 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (10.00%) 3PAR
2 1 (10.00%) HP
2 1 (10.00%) Dell
2 1 (10.00%) EMC
2 1 (10.00%) Citrix
2 1 (10.00%) CommVault
2 1 (10.00%) NetApp
2 1 (10.00%) Symantec
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco