| Microsoft Certification |
| 3 months to
17 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 46 | 37 | 49 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -9 |  +12 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 5 | 7 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire | 1.517 % | 1.155 % | 0.857 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 8.403 % | 6.329 % | 7.216 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £240 | £250 | - |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £275 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.00 | £24.23 | £15.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.90 | £14.01 | £11.90 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.05 | £34.45 | £19.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.50 | £18.28 | £18.70 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category | 119 | 79 | 97 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire | 18.06 % | 18.24 % | 11.87 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 46 | 34 | 16 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £360 | £315 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £225 | £179 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £375 | £403 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 10 | 15 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.50 | £23.50 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.00 | £26.50 | £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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
