 Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 10 | 15 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 42.86 % | 30.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £96 | £90 |
| Average daily rate | £108 | £90 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.00 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £120 | £90 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £221 | £189 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.90 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £11.33 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.08 | £15.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -22.06 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £12.83 | £16.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.25 | £18.30 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.67 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.010 % | 0.010 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £199 | £90 |
| Average daily rate | £242 | £90 |
| % change on same period last year | +168.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £284 | £90 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.73 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £11.33 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.08 | £15.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.59 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £12.83 | £15.81 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.54 | £25.85 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.20 % |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MCP across the Chelmsford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
