The first table below looks at the demand for MFC skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MFC over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the East of England region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC)
Rank - 126 119
Contract jobs citing MFC 0 9 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - 0.302% 0.322%
As % of the Application Development category - 1.103% 1.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 7
Average daily rate - £345 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +15.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £339 £285
% change year-on-year
-7.74% +18.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +4.16%
All Application Development
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
675 816 848
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 30.05% 27.37% 30.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 423 394
Average daily rate £310 £325 £311
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.61% +4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £240 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 55 65
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £29.00 £23.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
MFC
England

MFC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MFC across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

East of England MFC Jobs Demand Trend

MFC
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MFC across the East of England region.

East of England MFC Daily Rate Trend

MFC
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MFC across the East of England region.

East of England MFC Hourly Rate Trend

MFC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MFC within the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cambridgeshire - - - - 5
Essex - - - -
Hertfordshire - - - -
Suffolk - - - -
MFC
England

MFC
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing MFC also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MFC.

1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) VC++
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Image Processing

MFC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing MFC also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MFC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Image Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) VC++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
View MFC jobs Nationwide