| Microsoft Certification |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 23 | 19 | 19 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -4 |  0 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell | 0.775 % | 1.266 % | 2.083 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 2.564 % | 3.390 % | 6.383 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Average daily rate | - | - | £365 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £275 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.50 | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.30 | £18.88 | £18.70 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category | 39 | 59 | 47 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell | 30.23 % | 37.34 % | 32.64 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 14 | 13 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £298 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £230 | £240 | £218 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £392 | £470 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 2 | 7 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.00 | £22.00 | £23.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £20.50 | £15.60 | £21.75 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £27.85 | £28.40 | £35.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.00 | £25.00 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Bracknell region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
