Bristol MCAD Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) in IT contracts within the Bristol region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MCAD over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD)
Location Banbury Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Cardiff Cheltenham City of London Coventry East Midlands East of England England Essex Farnborough Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire London Northampton Northamptonshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading South East South Wales South West Staines Surrey UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands	3 months to 20 Aug 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	£326	£336
% change on same period last year	-3.23 %
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	£14.00	£32.50
% change on same period last year	-56.92 %
Qualifications Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads	112	151
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.148 %	0.150 %
Daily rates quoted	44	60
Average minimum daily rate	£280	£270
Average daily rate	£296	£280
% change on same period last year	+5.38 %
Average maximum daily rate	£311	£291
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£329
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	17
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.61	£22.97
Average hourly rate	£25.26	£24.07
% change on same period last year	+4.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.92	£25.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.48	£25.68
% change on same period last year	-4.69 %
MCAD South West

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.

MCAD
Demand Trend

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

MCAD
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MCAD across the Bristol region.