| Microsoft Certification |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 26 | 19 | 22 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -7 |  +3 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 16 | 33 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire | 3.785 % | 5.479 % | 5.670 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 20.00 % | 24.24 % | 41.25 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Average daily rate | £200 | £175 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £275 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.25 | £29.00 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £14.75 | £19.70 | £17.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £32.50 | £31.00 |
| 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 | 60 | 66 | 80 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire | 18.93 % | 22.60 % | 13.75 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 16 | 11 |
| Average daily rate | £200 | £250 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £163 | £175 | £203 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £288 | £430 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 26 | 14 | 24 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.68 | £32.50 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.75 | £26.00 | £17.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £42.75 | £31.00 |
| 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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
