MBCS Contracts in England

Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MBCS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 541 644 775
Rank change year-on-year +103 +131 -152
Contract jobs citing MBCS 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.003% 0.002% 0.004%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.009% 0.007% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £602
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% -7.62% +18.09%
75th Percentile - - £697
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £180 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -70.00% -7.62% +18.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

MBCS is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,386 13,606 15,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.12% 27.70% 21.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,016 9,106 10,040
10th Percentile £313 £333 £319
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £714
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 978 725 676
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.22 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.06%
75th Percentile £62.25 £68.56 £55.77
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +12.00%

MBCS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MBCS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MBCS in England

MBCS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MBCS in England.

Daily rate trend for MBCS in England

MBCS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MBCS within the England region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 1 £180 -
MBCS
UK

MBCS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) RNC
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Build Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Databuild Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (100.00%) Mavenir
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy