MCSD Contracts in England

Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCSD qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 536 - 772
Rank change year-on-year - - -151
Contract jobs citing MCSD 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.003% - 0.007%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.009% - 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £625 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

MCSD 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 11,583 13,910 15,371
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.25% 27.76% 21.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,132 9,319 10,084
10th Percentile £310 £333 £319
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 988 745 690
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.10 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £38.90
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +34.98% +1.34%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.25 £55.82
90th Percentile £77.14 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.53%

MCSD
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSD in England

MCSD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for MCSD in England

MCSD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCSD in England.

Hourly rate trend for MCSD in England

MCSD
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 MCSD within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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
London - 1 £625 -
MCSD
UK

MCSD
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NAS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft