| Microsoft Certification |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 44 | 18 | 49 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -26 |  +31 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 38 | 41 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire | 1.530 % | 6.655 % | 2.833 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 5.914 % | 16.89 % | 9.624 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 17 | 12 |
| Average daily rate | £165 | £315 | £419 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £275 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 14 | 10 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.50 | £28.13 | £13.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.75 | £13.25 | £12.10 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £26.25 | £37.34 | £32.85 |
| 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 | 186 | 225 | 426 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire | 25.87 % | 39.40 % | 29.44 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 76 | 115 | 79 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £325 | £419 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £148 | £265 | £331 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £475 | £474 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 42 | 30 | 80 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.62 | £24.92 | £32.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.32 | £17.58 | £16.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.18 | £37.44 | £50.31 |
| 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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
