Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the England region.

 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank437411562
Rank change year-on-year
Down-26Up+151
Matching contract IT job ads402227
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England0.089 %0.060 %0.035 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.615 %0.334 %0.243 %
Daily rates quoted2177
Average daily rate£350£375£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.660 %+2.730 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£255£202£215
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£538£400£395
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£400£388
% change year-on-year
-16.25 %+3.220 %
Hourly rates quoted317
Average hourly rate£34.19£27.90£23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.54 %+18.72 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.50£27.90£23.50
% change year-on-year
-26.52 %+18.72 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6505659511119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England14.51 %18.04 %14.49 %
Daily rates quoted287422513416
Average daily rate£350£375£370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.660 %+1.350 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£210£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£525£522
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted5306461208
Average hourly rate£21.18£25.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.30 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£13.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.50£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
MCTS UKMCTS
UK

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.

MCTS
Demand Trend

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

England MCTS Demand Trend

MCTS
Daily Rate Trend

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

England MCTS Daily Rate Trend

MCTS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCTS across the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

England MCTS Daily Rate Histogram

MCTS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MCTS across the England region.

England MCTS Hourly Rate Trend

MCTS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCTS across the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

England MCTS Hourly Rate Histogram

MCTS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCTS within the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
LondonDown-4431£375+38.88 %
South EastUp+14£250-37.50 %
YorkshireUp+62--
South WestDown-42£350-
North WestDown-71--
MCTS UKMCTS
UK

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing MCTS 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 MCTS.

158 (59.79 %)Microsoft Certification
257 (58.76 %)SQL Server
341 (42.27 %).NET
440 (41.24 %)Microsoft
538 (39.18 %)SQL
634 (35.05 %)Windows
733 (34.02 %)MCP
830 (30.93 %)MCSE
926 (26.80 %)ASP.NET
1025 (25.77 %)C#
1124 (24.74 %)SQL Server 2005
1223 (23.71 %)MCITP
1223 (23.71 %)Windows Server 2003
1322 (22.68 %)Active Directory
1322 (22.68 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1322 (22.68 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1418 (18.56 %)MCAD
1516 (16.49 %)MCSD
1615 (15.46 %)Finance
1615 (15.46 %)MS Exchange
1714 (14.43 %)MCSA
1714 (14.43 %)Business Intelligence
1714 (14.43 %)T-SQL
1813 (13.40 %)XML
1813 (13.40 %)Exchange Server 2007
1813 (13.40 %)Security Cleared
1813 (13.40 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1912 (12.37 %)CSS
2011 (11.34 %)ETL
2011 (11.34 %)Citrix

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing MCTS 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 MCTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
141 (42.27 %).NET
226 (26.80 %)ASP.NET
313 (13.40 %)XML
412 (12.37 %)CSS
59 (9.278 %)XSLT
68 (8.247 %)AJAX
68 (8.247 %)MDX
68 (8.247 %)HTML
76 (6.186 %)jQuery
84 (4.124 %)Web Services
93 (3.093 %)XHTML
93 (3.093 %)XSL
93 (3.093 %)Windows SharePoint Services
93 (3.093 %)WinForms
102 (2.062 %)WCF
111 (1.031 %)ASP
111 (1.031 %)COM
111 (1.031 %)WebCenter
111 (1.031 %)WPF
111 (1.031 %)Silverlight
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
115 (15.46 %)MS Exchange
213 (13.40 %)Exchange Server 2007
310 (10.31 %)SharePoint
48 (8.247 %)Exchange Server 2003
55 (5.155 %)Lotus Notes
55 (5.155 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
63 (3.093 %)IIS
63 (3.093 %)Exchange Server 2000
72 (2.062 %)SharePoint Server 2007
72 (2.062 %)Lotus Domino
81 (1.031 %)CMS
81 (1.031 %)Oracle Workflow
81 (1.031 %)AquaLogic
81 (1.031 %)Exchange Server 5.5
England IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (7.216 %)MS Excel
26 (6.186 %)MS Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (3.093 %)Navision
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (6.186 %)SAN
25 (5.155 %)WAN
25 (5.155 %)Intranet
25 (5.155 %)Extranet
34 (4.124 %)DNS
43 (3.093 %)TCP/IP
43 (3.093 %)VPN
43 (3.093 %)DHCP
43 (3.093 %)LAN
43 (3.093 %)VLAN
52 (2.062 %)FTP
61 (1.031 %)SMTP
61 (1.031 %)Firewall
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
157 (58.76 %)SQL Server
224 (24.74 %)SQL Server 2005
322 (22.68 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
322 (22.68 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
413 (13.40 %)SQL Server Integration Services
511 (11.34 %)ETL
610 (10.31 %)SQL Server 2000
75 (5.155 %)SQL Server 2008
84 (4.124 %)OLAP
93 (3.093 %)Datawarehouse
102 (2.062 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
111 (1.031 %)BusinessObjects
111 (1.031 %)DTS
111 (1.031 %)Oracle 11g
111 (1.031 %)BusinessObjects XI
111 (1.031 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
111 (1.031 %)BODI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (5.155 %)Visual Studio
23 (3.093 %)VSS/SourceSafe
England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
115 (15.46 %)Finance
25 (5.155 %)Insurance
34 (4.124 %)Banking
34 (4.124 %)Automotive
43 (3.093 %)Government
43 (3.093 %)Music
43 (3.093 %)Retail
52 (2.062 %)Investment Banking
61 (1.031 %)Health
61 (1.031 %)Law
61 (1.031 %)Front Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
152 (53.61 %)Developer
216 (16.49 %)Analyst
315 (15.46 %)Support Engineer
414 (14.43 %).NET Developer
512 (12.37 %)SQL Developer
611 (11.34 %)C# Developer
78 (8.247 %)SharePoint Developer
87 (7.216 %)Business Developer
87 (7.216 %)ASP.NET Developer
96 (6.186 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
96 (6.186 %)Technical Engineer
96 (6.186 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
96 (6.186 %)Technical Support Engineer
96 (6.186 %)Technical Support
105 (5.155 %)Consultant
105 (5.155 %)Developer Analyst
114 (4.124 %)Systems Developer
114 (4.124 %)Senior Analyst
114 (4.124 %)VB.NET Developer
114 (4.124 %)Administrator
England IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (6.186 %)Clustering
25 (5.155 %)Blackberry
32 (2.062 %)Social Network
32 (2.062 %)NHS
41 (1.031 %)Client/Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
134 (35.05 %)Windows
223 (23.71 %)Windows Server 2003
310 (10.31 %)Windows Vista
48 (8.247 %)Windows 2000
57 (7.216 %)Linux
66 (6.186 %)Windows Server 2008
72 (2.062 %)Windows 7
81 (1.031 %)Windows XP
81 (1.031 %)Windows 2000 Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
114 (14.43 %)Business Intelligence
29 (9.278 %)Workflow
37 (7.216 %)Agile Software Development
46 (6.186 %)Unit Testing
46 (6.186 %)OO
55 (5.155 %)ITIL
55 (5.155 %)Load Balancing
55 (5.155 %)Document Management
63 (3.093 %)ERP
63 (3.093 %)UML
63 (3.093 %)MOF
63 (3.093 %)Project Management
63 (3.093 %)TDD
72 (2.062 %)Automated Testing
72 (2.062 %)Technical Architecture
72 (2.062 %)Migration
72 (2.062 %)OOD
81 (1.031 %)SOA
81 (1.031 %)E-Commerce
81 (1.031 %)Service Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
138 (39.18 %)SQL
225 (25.77 %)C#
314 (14.43 %)T-SQL
49 (9.278 %)JavaScript
56 (6.186 %)VB.NET
65 (5.155 %)VB
73 (3.093 %)XPath
82 (2.062 %)VBScript
91 (1.031 %)C
91 (1.031 %)PL/SQL
91 (1.031 %)PowerShell
England IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
158 (59.79 %)Microsoft Certification
233 (34.02 %)MCP
330 (30.93 %)MCSE
423 (23.71 %)MCITP
518 (18.56 %)MCAD
616 (16.49 %)MCSD
714 (14.43 %)MCSA
813 (13.40 %)Security Cleared
911 (11.34 %)SC Cleared
109 (9.278 %)MCDBA
109 (9.278 %)MCDST
117 (7.216 %)RHCE
117 (7.216 %)RHCA
117 (7.216 %)JNCIA
117 (7.216 %)JNCIS
117 (7.216 %)JNCIE
123 (3.093 %)MCPD
123 (3.093 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
132 (2.062 %)Degree
141 (1.031 %)ITIL Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.062 %)SLA
21 (1.031 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
122 (22.68 %)Active Directory
22 (2.062 %)Hyper-V
22 (2.062 %)VMware ESX
31 (1.031 %)VMware Infrastructure
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (9.278 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
24 (4.124 %)SCCM
31 (1.031 %)Backup Exec
31 (1.031 %)MOM
31 (1.031 %)SCOM
31 (1.031 %)WSUS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
140 (41.24 %)Microsoft
211 (11.34 %)Citrix
38 (8.247 %)Altiris
38 (8.247 %)Cisco
47 (7.216 %)Lotus
47 (7.216 %)Juniper
56 (6.186 %)Symantec
65 (5.155 %)VMware
74 (4.124 %)Oracle
83 (3.093 %)IronPort
91 (1.031 %)IBM
91 (1.031 %)HP
91 (1.031 %)Business Objects
91 (1.031 %)Plumtree
91 (1.031 %)BEA
91 (1.031 %)Blue Coat