Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certification over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Kent region.

 Microsoft Certification
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank293346
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4Up+13
Matching contract IT job ads647
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent2.381 %1.136 %1.151 %
As % of the Qualifications category11.32 %4.819 %8.333 %
Daily rates quoted110
Average daily rate£215£250-
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.00 %-
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£275£325
% change year-on-year
-9.090 %-15.38 %
Hourly rates quoted324
Average hourly rate£17.50£20.50£15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.63 %+36.66 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.30£18.88£18.70
% change year-on-year
-3.040 %+0.930 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
538384
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent21.03 %23.58 %13.82 %
Daily rates quoted193011
Average daily rate£298£325£244
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.460 %+33.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£200£98
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£383£368£463
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted14918
Average hourly rate£27.00£20.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.70 %+2.500 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.50£16.50£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£27.90£26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
Microsoft Certification South EastMicrosoft Certification
South East

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.

Microsoft Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Kent Microsoft Certification Demand Trend

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Kent region.

Kent Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Kent region.

Kent Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Kent region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
SandwichNew entry-2--
MaidstoneUp+31£215-14.00 %
West MallingNew entry-1--
Microsoft Certification South EastMicrosoft Certification
South East

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Microsoft Certification.

16 (60.00 %)MCP
16 (60.00 %)Windows
24 (40.00 %)Windows 2000
24 (40.00 %)MCSE
33 (30.00 %)MCSA
33 (30.00 %)MS Office
33 (30.00 %)Microsoft
33 (30.00 %)Cisco Certification
33 (30.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (30.00 %)Migration
42 (20.00 %)A+ Certification
42 (20.00 %).NET
42 (20.00 %)CCNA
42 (20.00 %)Service Management
42 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
42 (20.00 %)Firewall
42 (20.00 %)Cisco
51 (10.00 %)Government
51 (10.00 %)Health
51 (10.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
51 (10.00 %)DevExpress
51 (10.00 %)Service Delivery
51 (10.00 %)Active Directory
51 (10.00 %)SQL Server
51 (10.00 %)MCAD
51 (10.00 %)MCSD
51 (10.00 %)CCNP
51 (10.00 %)OO
51 (10.00 %)Juniper
51 (10.00 %)Veritas

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing Microsoft Certification 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 Microsoft Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (20.00 %).NET
21 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (10.00 %)CSS
21 (10.00 %)XML
21 (10.00 %)HTML
21 (10.00 %)WinForms
21 (10.00 %).NET Framework
21 (10.00 %)Application Packaging
21 (10.00 %)WCF
21 (10.00 %)WPF
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
11 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (30.00 %)MS Office
21 (10.00 %)MS Excel
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (10.00 %)Academy Housing
11 (10.00 %)arcHouse
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (20.00 %)Firewall
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Government
11 (10.00 %)Health
11 (10.00 %)Pharmaceutical
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12 (20.00 %)Developer
21 (10.00 %)UI Developer
21 (10.00 %)Analyst
21 (10.00 %)Web Developer
21 (10.00 %)Network Engineer
21 (10.00 %)Systems Support
21 (10.00 %)Applications Packager
21 (10.00 %)Service Analyst
21 (10.00 %)Administrator
21 (10.00 %)Trainer
21 (10.00 %).NET Developer
21 (10.00 %)IT Trainer
21 (10.00 %)VB.NET Developer
21 (10.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
21 (10.00 %)Team Leader
21 (10.00 %)Support Team Leader
21 (10.00 %)XP Rollout Engineer
21 (10.00 %)Rollout Engineer
21 (10.00 %).NET Web Developer
21 (10.00 %)Services Delivery Analyst
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Client/Server
11 (10.00 %)N-Tier
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
16 (60.00 %)Windows
24 (40.00 %)Windows 2000
33 (30.00 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (10.00 %)Windows XP
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)Migration
22 (20.00 %)Service Management
31 (10.00 %)Service Delivery
31 (10.00 %)OO
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (10.00 %)C#
11 (10.00 %)JavaScript
11 (10.00 %)SQL
11 (10.00 %)VBScript
11 (10.00 %)VB
11 (10.00 %)VB.NET
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (60.00 %)MCP
24 (40.00 %)MCSE
33 (30.00 %)MCSA
33 (30.00 %)Cisco Certification
42 (20.00 %)A+ Certification
42 (20.00 %)CCNA
42 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
51 (10.00 %)MCAD
51 (10.00 %)MCSD
51 (10.00 %)CCNP
51 (10.00 %)MCT
51 (10.00 %)Network+ Certification
51 (10.00 %)MCDST
51 (10.00 %)MCTS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (10.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
11 (10.00 %)Active Directory
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (10.00 %)MSI
11 (10.00 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (30.00 %)Microsoft
22 (20.00 %)Cisco
31 (10.00 %)DevExpress
31 (10.00 %)Juniper
31 (10.00 %)Veritas
31 (10.00 %)VMware
31 (10.00 %)Northgate
31 (10.00 %)Civica
31 (10.00 %)Capita
31 (10.00 %)Orchard