The first table below looks at the demand for MTS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MTS over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Essex region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing MTS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £313 £300
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
68 54 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 16.71% 13.17% 20.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 29 35
Average daily rate £270 £420 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +8.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £149 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 21
Average hourly rate £25.00 £29.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.79% +107.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £17.59 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.42 £32.61 £28.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
MTS
East of England

MTS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MTS across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Essex MTS Jobs Demand Trend

MTS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MTS across the Essex region.

Essex MTS Daily Rate Trend