Newport MCTS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) in IT contracts within the Newport region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Location Berkshire Bristol Canary Wharf City of London Docklands, London Dorset East of England England Essex Hammersmith London Newport Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Reading South East South West Surrey UK West Midlands	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	11
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.013 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	46.43 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£270
Average daily rate	-	£270
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£270
UK excluding London average daily rate	£304	£270
% change on same period last year	+12.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£42.25	£35.00
% change on same period last year	+20.71 %
Qualifications Newport
Matching contract IT job ads	35	28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.050 %	0.028 %
Daily rates quoted	3	3
Average minimum daily rate	£213	£357
Average daily rate	£213	£415
% change on same period last year	-48.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£213	£473
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£322
% change on same period last year	+4.82 %
Hourly rates quoted	24	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.32	£10.00
Average hourly rate	£38.22	£11.00
% change on same period last year	+247.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.13	£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.45	£25.82
% change on same period last year	-1.41 %
MCTS South Wales

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.

MCTS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MCTS across the Newport region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

MCTS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MCTS across the Newport region.