The first table below looks at the demand for MCT in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCT over the 3 months to 24 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 Kent 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing MCT 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £413 £235
% change year-on-year
- +75.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
61 42 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 21.25% 15.91% 20.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 23 36
Average daily rate £280 £320 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -12.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £158 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £348 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
Average hourly rate £16.00 £27.50 £7.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.81% +282.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCT
South East

MCT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent MCT Jobs Demand Trend

MCT
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing MCT 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 MCT.

1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification

MCT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing MCT 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 MCT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Trainer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) IT Trainer
1 1 (100.00%) Training Consultant
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft