 Microsoft Certification |
| 3 months to
5 Sep 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 18 | 34 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +16 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 19 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.026 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 48.72 % | 10.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £292 | - |
| Average daily rate | £312 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £333 | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £270 | £269 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.63 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.86 | £9.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £28.42 | £9.50 |
| % change on same period last year | +199.12 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.97 | £10.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.47 | £23.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.81 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 39 | 40 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.053 % | 0.039 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 12 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £294 | £368 |
| Average daily rate | £310 | £385 |
| % change on same period last year | -19.44 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £326 | £402 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £333 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.78 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 9 | 7 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.03 | £27.69 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.54 | £29.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.53 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.06 | £30.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £24.62 | £25.79 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.55 % |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
