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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

 Microsoft Certification
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank391540
Rank change year-on-year
Down-24Up+25
Matching contract IT job ads53036
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes1.176 %8.523 %3.774 %
As % of the Qualifications category3.704 %16.39 %10.78 %
Daily rates quoted01412
Average daily rate-£320£419
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--23.53 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£275£325
% change year-on-year
-9.090 %-15.38 %
Hourly rates quoted2149
Average hourly rate£13.29£28.13£13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-52.73 %+116.34 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.13£13.25£11.60
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.46£37.34£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.30£18.88£18.70
% change year-on-year
-3.040 %+0.930 %
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
135183334
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes31.76 %51.99 %35.01 %
Daily rates quoted6610172
Average daily rate£350£325£419
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.690 %-22.34 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£148£250£360
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£485£470£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted342573
Average hourly rate£17.62£35.00£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.65 %+9.370 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.30£17.75£17.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.18£37.44£50.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
Microsoft Certification BuckinghamshireMicrosoft Certification
Buckinghamshire

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 Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

119 (86.36 %)Windows
214 (63.64 %)MCSE
313 (59.09 %)ITIL
412 (54.55 %)Security Cleared
511 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
511 (50.00 %)MCP
69 (40.91 %)Cisco
69 (40.91 %)Active Directory
69 (40.91 %)CNE
69 (40.91 %)Novell Certification
69 (40.91 %)ITSM
78 (36.36 %)Windows Server 2003
78 (36.36 %)MS Exchange
86 (27.27 %)Microsoft
86 (27.27 %)Government
95 (22.73 %)MCSA
95 (22.73 %)Windows Server 2008
104 (18.18 %)OpenView
104 (18.18 %)HTTP
104 (18.18 %)Intranet
104 (18.18 %)Extranet
104 (18.18 %)OpenView Configuration Management
104 (18.18 %)Migration
104 (18.18 %)Finance
104 (18.18 %)OVOW
113 (13.64 %)MOS
113 (13.64 %)Windows Vista
113 (13.64 %)OVPA
122 (9.091 %)Citrix
122 (9.091 %)A+ Certification

Microsoft Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (36.36 %)MS Exchange
21 (4.545 %)Exchange Server 2007
21 (4.545 %)Exchange Server 5.5
21 (4.545 %)Exchange Server 2000
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (9.091 %)MS Excel
21 (4.545 %)MS Office
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (18.18 %)HTTP
14 (18.18 %)Intranet
14 (18.18 %)Extranet
21 (4.545 %)DNS
21 (4.545 %)SAN
21 (4.545 %)NAS
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.545 %)SQL Server
11 (4.545 %)SQL Server 2000
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (27.27 %)Government
24 (18.18 %)Finance
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (22.73 %)Administrator
24 (18.18 %)Wintel Administrator
24 (18.18 %)Analyst
33 (13.64 %)Active Directory Specialist
33 (13.64 %)Wintel Support
33 (13.64 %)Helpdesk Consultant
33 (13.64 %)Helpdesk Support
33 (13.64 %)Service Desk Analyst
33 (13.64 %)Service Analyst
33 (13.64 %)Support Consultant
33 (13.64 %)Helpdesk Analyst
33 (13.64 %)IT Consultant
33 (13.64 %)Consultant
33 (13.64 %)IT Support
42 (9.091 %)Trainer
42 (9.091 %)Messaging Specialist
42 (9.091 %)IT Trainer
51 (4.545 %)Server Specialist
51 (4.545 %)Security Administrator
51 (4.545 %)Applications Support Analyst
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
119 (86.36 %)Windows
28 (36.36 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (22.73 %)Windows Server 2008
43 (13.64 %)Windows Vista
52 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
61 (4.545 %)Windows NT
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (59.09 %)ITIL
29 (40.91 %)ITSM
34 (18.18 %)Migration
41 (4.545 %)Information Security
41 (4.545 %)Service Delivery
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (9.091 %)C
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
114 (63.64 %)MCSE
212 (54.55 %)Security Cleared
311 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
311 (50.00 %)MCP
49 (40.91 %)CNE
49 (40.91 %)Novell Certification
55 (22.73 %)MCSA
63 (13.64 %)MOS
72 (9.091 %)A+ Certification
72 (9.091 %)MCT
81 (4.545 %)MCDST
81 (4.545 %)Degree
81 (4.545 %)Network+ Certification
81 (4.545 %)CCNA
81 (4.545 %)Cisco Certification
81 (4.545 %)SSCP
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (40.91 %)Active Directory
22 (9.091 %)Terminal Server
31 (4.545 %)RACF
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (18.18 %)OpenView
14 (18.18 %)OpenView Configuration Management
14 (18.18 %)OVOW
23 (13.64 %)OVPA
31 (4.545 %)OVIS
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
19 (40.91 %)Cisco
26 (27.27 %)Microsoft
32 (9.091 %)Citrix
41 (4.545 %)Intel