The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Hampshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 99 92 101
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +9
Contract jobs citing MCTS 1 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.062% 0.064% 0.214%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.193% 0.210% 0.787%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £325 £200 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+62.50% -41.60%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £275 £293
% change year-on-year
+16.36% -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £33.75
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -51.11%
All Qualifications
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
519 476 508
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 32.34% 30.45% 27.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 218 223
Average daily rate £370 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £492 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 51 65
Average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £14.50 £13.23
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.75 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
MCTS
South East

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MCTS across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Hampshire MCTS Jobs Demand Trend

MCTS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire MCTS Daily Rate Trend

MCTS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire MCTS Hourly Rate Trend

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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Andover - - - -
Basingstoke - - - - 2
Portsmouth - - - -
Southampton - - - - 1
Farnborough - - - - 1
MCTS
South East

MCTS
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) MCSD
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) N-Tier
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Ajax
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Ajax
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSD
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification