| Microsoft Certification |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 29 | 33 | 46 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +4 | +13 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent | 2.381 % | 1.136 % | 1.151 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 11.32 % | 4.819 % | 8.333 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £215 | £250 | - |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £275 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.50 | £20.50 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.30 | £18.88 | £18.70 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category | 53 | 83 | 84 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent | 21.03 % | 23.58 % | 13.82 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 19 | 30 | 11 |
| Average daily rate | £298 | £325 | £244 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 14 | 9 | 18 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.00 | £20.50 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
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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.
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.
