The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCTS 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 Qualifications for the Hertfordshire 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 Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank - 67 -
Contract jobs citing MCTS 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire - 0.103% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 0.568% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £300 £314
% change year-on-year
+11.66% -4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- -61.17%
All Qualifications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
114 176 123
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 17.73% 18.18% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 71 32
Average daily rate £400 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £200 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £450 £555
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 27
Average hourly rate £25.25 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.85% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £14.50 £16.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
MCTS
East of England

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire MCTS Hourly Rate Trend

MCTS
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (100.00%) Software Distribution

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware