Cambridgeshire MCSD Contracts

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCSD in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSD over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Cambridgeshire region.

Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Location Berkshire Blackburn Brighton Cambridgeshire East Sussex England Glasgow Lancashire London Manchester North West Oxford Oxfordshire Preston Reading Scotland South East Surrey UK Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands Wigan	3 months to 19 Mar 2010	Same period 2009	Same period 2008
Rank	-	48	74
Matching contract IT job ads	0	2	1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire	-	0.391 %	0.089 %
As % of the Qualifications category	-	2.353 %	0.794 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0	0
Average daily rate	-	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£310	£275	£350
% change year-on-year	+12.72 % -21.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0	0
Average hourly rate	-	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.00	-	£30.00
All Qualifications Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the Qualifications category	77	85	126
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire	18.51 %	16.63 %	11.19 %
Daily rates quoted	20	25	32
Average daily rate	£313	£240	£338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	+30.20 % -28.88 %
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	£415
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£350	£350
% change year-on-year	-7.140 % -
Hourly rates quoted	19	12	18
Average hourly rate	£22.00	£20.00	£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	+10.00 % -
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	-16.00 % -
MCSD East of England

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.

MCSD
Demand Trend

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