| Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) |
| 3 months to
11 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 33 | 19 | 45 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -14 |  +26 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 23 | 28 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes | 1.000 % | 6.250 % | 3.050 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 3.306 % | 12.92 % | 8.805 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 14 | 11 |
| Average daily rate | - | £320 | £419 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £275 | £291 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| Average hourly rate | £10.59 | £36.75 | £32.25 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.50 | £21.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category | 121 | 178 | 318 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes | 30.25 % | 48.37 % | 34.64 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 55 | 100 | 63 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £324 | £419 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £148 | £180 | £338 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £470 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 35 | 22 | 70 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.62 | £35.00 | £32.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.00 | £17.75 | £16.88 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.18 | £37.44 | £50.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.00 | £29.00 | £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 MCSE across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
