MCTS Contracts in London

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for MCTS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 391 - 582
Rank change year-on-year - - -118
Contract jobs citing MCTS 3 0 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.017% - 0.057%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.070% - 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 19
10th Percentile £346 - £181
25th Percentile £355 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.41%
75th Percentile £385 - £500
90th Percentile £394 - £588
England median daily rate £300 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -25.00% - +107.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

MCTS is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,288 5,827 6,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.21% 21.52% 17.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,898 3,938 4,559
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 81 150
10th Percentile £14.49 £20.00 £22.85
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £26.00 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.26% +6.74% +21.92%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £69.75 £82.50 £65.84
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing MCTS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for MCTS in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCTS in London.

Daily rate trend for MCTS in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCTS in London.

Hourly rate trend for MCTS in London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (66.67%) MySQL
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Administrator
1 3 (100.00%) DBA
1 3 (100.00%) SQL DBA
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server DBA
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Clustering
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 3 (100.00%) Database Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (100.00%) Storage Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) MCITP
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft