South West MCT Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) in IT contracts within the South West 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
Location England Glasgow London Scotland South East South West UK	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	164
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	1.473 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
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% change on same period last year	-
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UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
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Qualifications South West
Matching contract IT job ads	493	679
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.694 %	0.686 %
Daily rates quoted	143	195
Average minimum daily rate	£329	£309
Average daily rate	£347	£324
% change on same period last year	+7.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£339
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£322
% change on same period last year	+4.73 %
Hourly rates quoted	72	109
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.40	£24.55
Average hourly rate	£25.56	£26.17
% change on same period last year	-2.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.71	£27.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.54	£25.85
% change on same period last year	-1.20 %
MCT England

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 South West 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 South West region.

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Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 1 (100.00 %) Windows 1 1 (100.00 %) MCSE 1 1 (100.00 %) MCSA 1 1 (100.00 %) Microsoft Certification 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows Vista

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Trainer	Operating Systems 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows Vista
Qualifications 1 1 (100.00 %) MCSE 1 1 (100.00 %) MCSA 1 1 (100.00 %) Microsoft Certification