The first table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Somerset region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Rank 30 34 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing MCTS 4 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 2.174% 1.176% -
As % of the Qualifications category 8.000% 2.941% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £320 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £300 £315
% change year-on-year
+11.66% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- -61.17%
All Qualifications
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
50 68 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 27.17% 40.00% 33.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 42 26
Average daily rate £423 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.75% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £232 £230 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £454 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £17.00 - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
MCTS
South West

MCTS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MCTS across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Somerset MCTS Jobs Demand Trend

MCTS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Somerset MCTS Daily Rate Trend

MCTS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MCTS across the Somerset region.

Somerset MCTS Hourly Rate Trend

MCTS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCTS within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Taunton 0 1 - -
MCTS
South West

MCTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing MCTS 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 MCTS.

1 16 (100.00%) .NET
1 16 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 15 (93.75%) ASP.NET
2 15 (93.75%) C#
2 15 (93.75%) HTML
2 15 (93.75%) JavaScript
2 15 (93.75%) SQL
3 11 (68.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
3 11 (68.75%) MCP
3 11 (68.75%) MCPD
4 10 (62.50%) XML
4 10 (62.50%) UML
4 10 (62.50%) Oracle
4 10 (62.50%) SQL Server
4 10 (62.50%) IIS
5 9 (56.25%) ASP
5 9 (56.25%) VB
5 9 (56.25%) VB.NET
5 9 (56.25%) Java
5 9 (56.25%) C++
5 9 (56.25%) OpenROAD
5 9 (56.25%) ITIL
5 9 (56.25%) UNIX
5 9 (56.25%) ISEB
5 9 (56.25%) Ingres
5 9 (56.25%) .NET Framework
5 9 (56.25%) Service Management
5 9 (56.25%) Service Delivery
5 9 (56.25%) ITSM

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing MCTS 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 MCTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (100.00%) .NET
2 15 (93.75%) ASP.NET
2 15 (93.75%) HTML
3 10 (62.50%) XML
4 9 (56.25%) .NET Framework
4 9 (56.25%) ASP
5 5 (31.25%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 16 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 10 (62.50%) IIS
3 9 (56.25%) OpenROAD
4 5 (31.25%) SharePoint 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (62.50%) SQL Server
2 9 (56.25%) Ingres
3 2 (12.50%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 8 (50.00%) NUnit
1 8 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 8 (50.00%) MSTest
1 8 (50.00%) Subversion
1 8 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 7 (43.75%) TeamCity
2 7 (43.75%) CruiseControl
2 7 (43.75%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 5 (31.25%) Visual Studio
4 1 (6.250%) Rhino Mocks
4 1 (6.250%) MSBuild
General
1 5 (31.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Developer
2 8 (50.00%) .NET Developer
2 8 (50.00%) C# Developer
2 8 (50.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 5 (31.25%) SharePoint Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Support Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Analyst Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Support Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst Developer
6 1 (6.250%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 9 (56.25%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) UML
2 9 (56.25%) Service Management
2 9 (56.25%) Service Delivery
2 9 (56.25%) ITSM
2 9 (56.25%) ITIL
3 8 (50.00%) Unit Testing
4 7 (43.75%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (31.25%) User Experience Design
5 5 (31.25%) Data Management
5 5 (31.25%) Regression Testing
5 5 (31.25%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (93.75%) C#
1 15 (93.75%) JavaScript
1 15 (93.75%) SQL
2 9 (56.25%) VB
2 9 (56.25%) VB.NET
2 9 (56.25%) C++
2 9 (56.25%) Java
3 5 (31.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft Certification
1 11 (68.75%) MCPD
1 11 (68.75%) MCP
2 9 (56.25%) ISEB
3 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.250%) BC Cleared
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 10 (62.50%) Oracle
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