Abingdon MCSD Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) in IT contracts within the Abingdon region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Location Abingdon Banbury Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cardiff City of London Colchester Coventry East Midlands East of England England Essex Farnborough Hampshire Hertfordshire Ipswich London Northampton Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Reading Slough South East South Wales Southwark St Albans Staines Suffolk Surrey Thames Valley UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands	3 months to 4 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£322	£330
% change on same period last year	-2.61 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£33.33
% change on same period last year	-
Qualifications Abingdon
Matching contract IT job ads	9	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.012 %	0.003 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£331
% change on same period last year	+0.43 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.13	£13.13
Average hourly rate	£17.17	£13.13
% change on same period last year	+30.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.22	£13.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.67	£25.72
% change on same period last year	-4.06 %
MCSD Oxfordshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MCSD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MCSD across the Abingdon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

MCSD
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MCSD across the Abingdon region.