Microsoft Certification |
| 3 months to 20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 14 | 32 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +18 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 18 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.024 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 39.13 % | 10.81 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £185 | £200 |
| Average daily rate | £185 | £225 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £185 | £250 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £263 | £271 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.95 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £18.83 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.67 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.16 | £22.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.88 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 46 | 37 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.061 % | 0.037 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £240 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £247 | £364 |
| % change on same period last year | -32.17 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £254 | £377 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £331 | £329 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.46 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 11 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.22 | £22.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.80 | £24.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -21.64 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.39 | £26.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.48 | £25.68 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.69 % |
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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 Microsoft Certification across the Leicestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.