Oxfordshire MCT Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) in IT contracts within the Oxfordshire region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MCT over the 3 months to 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
Location Aylesbury Buckinghamshire England Glasgow Midlands Oxfordshire Scotland South East UK	3 months to 9 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	46	43
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	3	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	2.609 %	7.407 %
Daily rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum daily rate	£400	£350
Average daily rate	£467	£375
% change on same period last year	+24.44 %
Average maximum daily rate	£533	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£467	£334
% change on same period last year	+39.82 %
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	-
Qualifications Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	115	81
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.232 %	0.099 %
Daily rates quoted	35	15
Average minimum daily rate	£317	£306
Average daily rate	£339	£318
% change on same period last year	+6.60 %
Average maximum daily rate	£362	£331
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£363
% change on same period last year	-3.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	17	24
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.84	£20.33
Average hourly rate	£28.25	£22.33
% change on same period last year	+26.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.66	£24.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.17	£26.87
% change on same period last year	+4.86 %
MCT South East

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

MCT
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCT across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 9 January 2009.

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Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing MCT 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 MCT.

1 3 (100.00 %) Microsoft 1 3 (100.00 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (33.33 %) MCTS 2 1 (33.33 %) BizTalk Server 2 1 (33.33 %) SQL 2 1 (33.33 %) .NET

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing MCT 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 MCT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (33.33 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 1 (33.33 %) BizTalk Server
Job Titles 1 3 (100.00 %) Trainer 2 1 (33.33 %) .NET Trainer	Programming Languages 1 1 (33.33 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 3 (100.00 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (33.33 %) MCTS	Vendors 1 3 (100.00 %) Microsoft