| Microsoft Certification |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 21 | 25 | 19 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +4 |  -6 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset | 5.063 % | 2.929 % | 5.155 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 13.79 % | 9.459 % | 15.46 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Average daily rate | £229 | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £275 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £10.13 | £16.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | 58 | 74 | 97 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset | 36.71 % | 30.96 % | 33.33 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 37 | 14 | 15 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £375 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £130 | £100 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £450 | £450 | £590 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 20 | 37 |
| Average hourly rate | £44.00 | £32.50 | £21.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £12.45 | £14.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £52.50 | £36.00 | £35.00 |
| 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 Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
