| Microsoft Certification |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 39 | 15 | 40 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -24 |  +25 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 30 | 36 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes | 1.176 % | 8.523 % | 3.774 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 3.704 % | 16.39 % | 10.78 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 14 | 12 |
| Average daily rate | - | £320 | £419 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £275 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 14 | 9 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.29 | £28.13 | £13.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category | 135 | 183 | 334 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes | 31.76 % | 51.99 % | 35.01 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 66 | 101 | 72 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £325 | £419 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 34 | 25 | 73 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.62 | £35.00 | £32.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
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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 Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
