| Microsoft Certification |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 34 | 10 | 21 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -24 |  +11 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 38 | 49 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex | 2.160 % | 8.370 % | 6.339 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 14.58 % | 34.23 % | 29.70 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 22 | 38 |
| Average daily rate | £80 | £250 | £140 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £275 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £15.00 | £21.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.30 | £18.88 | £18.70 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category | 48 | 111 | 165 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex | 14.81 % | 24.45 % | 21.35 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 20 | 63 | 92 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £340 | £183 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £80 | £120 | £110 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £413 | £450 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 9 | 33 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.00 | £22.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £31.48 | £15.00 | £18.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £29.50 | £43.70 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.00 | £25.00 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
