East of England MTS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited MTS over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)
Location City of London East of England England Hertfordshire London North East Oxford Oxfordshire South East UK	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	149	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	2	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.264 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£300	-
Average daily rate	£325	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£350	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£350
% change on same period last year	-7.14 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.50	£50.00
% change on same period last year	-35.00 %
Application Platforms East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	759	696
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.001 %	0.738 %
Daily rates quoted	192	223
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£337
Average daily rate	£374	£352
% change on same period last year	+6.25 %
Average maximum daily rate	£397	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£347
% change on same period last year	+3.68 %
Hourly rates quoted	104	91
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.74	£27.78
Average hourly rate	£21.45	£29.23
% change on same period last year	-26.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.16	£30.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.43	£24.21
% change on same period last year	-3.23 %
MTS England

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MTS across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

MTS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MTS across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing MTS within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Hertfordshire	-	2	£325	-

MTS England

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Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing MTS 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 MTS.

1 3 (100.00 %) Broadband 1 3 (100.00 %) Internet 1 3 (100.00 %) DTV 1 3 (100.00 %) Telecoms 1 3 (100.00 %) IPTV 1 3 (100.00 %) Tandberg

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing MTS 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 MTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 3 (100.00 %) Broadband 1 3 (100.00 %) Internet	General 1 3 (100.00 %) Telecoms
Miscellaneous 1 3 (100.00 %) DTV 1 3 (100.00 %) IPTV	Vendors 1 3 (100.00 %) Tandberg