| Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 42 | 40 | 69 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -2 |  +29 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire | 0.234 % | 1.170 % | 0.796 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 1.299 % | 7.059 % | 7.087 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Average daily rate | - | £220 | £255 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £225 | £155 | £189 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.00 | £19.50 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.50 | £16.00 | £16.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category | 77 | 85 | 127 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire | 18.03 % | 16.57 % | 11.24 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 20 | 25 | 34 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £240 | £340 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £150 | £206 | £160 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £350 | £413 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 19 | 12 | 18 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.00 | £20.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.50 | £15.80 | £16.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £34.50 | £34.00 | £35.25 |
| 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 MCP across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
