 Microsoft Certification |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 49 | 36 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 52 | 113 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.074 % | 0.114 % |
| As % of the category below | 18.71 % | 30.96 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £269 | £211 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £236 |
| % change on same period last year | +26.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £331 | £262 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £277 | £269 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.14 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 25 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.75 | £27.62 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.76 | £28.98 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.78 | £30.35 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.09 | £22.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.87 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 278 | 365 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.393 % | 0.369 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 79 | 72 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £340 | £292 |
| Average daily rate | £373 | £308 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.96 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £406 | £324 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £336 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 77 | 73 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.15 | £28.40 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.78 | £29.84 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.21 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.41 | £31.29 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.36 | £25.96 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.33 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
