North East MTS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) skills within the North East region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MTS over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)
Location Berkshire City of London England London North East Reading South East UK	3 months to 8 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	-	50
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	12.50 %
Daily rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum daily rate	-	£300
Average daily rate	-	£300
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£247	£336
% change on same period last year	-26.46 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Application Platforms North East
Matching contract IT job ads	56	72
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.112 %	0.090 %
Daily rates quoted	6	20
Average minimum daily rate	£400	£279
Average daily rate	£422	£293
% change on same period last year	+44.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£444	£307
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£350
% change on same period last year	+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.64	£19.93
Average hourly rate	£19.41	£20.63
% change on same period last year	-5.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.18	£21.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.77	£23.00
% change on same period last year	-0.97 %
MTS England

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.

MTS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MTS across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

MTS
Daily Rate Trend

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

MTS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MTS across the North East region.