The first table below looks at the demand for MCAD in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCAD over the 3 months to 21 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 South East 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD)
Rank 218 244 249
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +5
Contract jobs citing MCAD 2 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.025% 0.010% 0.039%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.102% 0.046% 0.182%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £400 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £47.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 - -
All Qualifications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1964 2194 2192
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.79% 21.60% 21.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 955 987 888
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 134 202
Average hourly rate £22.25 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.11% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £11.92
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
MCAD
England

MCAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East MCAD Jobs Demand Trend

MCAD
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East MCAD Daily Rate Trend

MCAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East MCAD Hourly Rate Trend

MCAD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCAD within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Hampshire - 1 - -
Surrey - 1 £400 -
MCAD
England

MCAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing MCAD 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 MCAD.

1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) MCPD
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) MCP
2 2 (66.67%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) XSLT
3 1 (33.33%) MCSD
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) MS Office
3 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (33.33%) ASP
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (33.33%) VB
3 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
3 1 (33.33%) ERP

MCAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing MCAD 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 MCAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) XSLT
3 1 (33.33%) ASP
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 1 (33.33%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Azure
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Applications Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Statistics
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Web Application Development
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
2 1 (33.33%) MVC
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
2 1 (33.33%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) MCPD
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) MCP
3 1 (33.33%) MCSD
3 1 (33.33%) MCTS
3 1 (33.33%) MCITP
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle