 Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) |
| 3 months to
2 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 44 | 47 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.843 % | 7.246 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | £300 |
| Average daily rate | £200 | £306 |
| % change on same period last year | -34.69 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £200 | £313 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £171 | £211 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.73 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £14.50 | £18.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £15.50 | £19.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.42 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £16.50 | £20.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.30 | £17.05 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.41 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 51 | 69 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.082 % | 0.074 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £255 | £271 |
| Average daily rate | £261 | £277 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.71 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £268 | £284 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £331 | £328 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.07 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 12 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.38 | £19.71 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.48 | £21.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.67 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £19.58 | £22.62 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.56 | £25.13 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.72 % |
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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 MCP across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
