Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCTS in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCTS over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Surrey region.

 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank---
Matching contract IT job ads000
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey---
As % of the Qualifications category---
Daily rates quoted000
Average daily rate---
UK excluding London average daily rate£335£400£388
% change year-on-year
-16.25 %+3.220 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.50£27.90£23.50
% change year-on-year
-26.52 %+18.72 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
172146364
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey15.29 %15.96 %16.11 %
Daily rates quoted7353125
Average daily rate£375£325£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38 %-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£214£175£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£450£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted152069
Average hourly rate£50.00£21.00£20.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+138.09 %+0.570 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.00£11.69£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£60.00£43.00£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
MCTS South EastMCTS
South East

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.

MCTS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MCTS across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Surrey MCTS Demand Trend

MCTS
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

19 (90.00 %)SQL
19 (90.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
19 (90.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
26 (60.00 %).NET
26 (60.00 %)SQL Server
26 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
33 (30.00 %)Retail
33 (30.00 %)Business Intelligence
33 (30.00 %)ERP
33 (30.00 %)Navision
41 (10.00 %)VMware
41 (10.00 %)Altiris
41 (10.00 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
41 (10.00 %)MCDST
41 (10.00 %)MCITP
41 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (10.00 %)MS Exchange
41 (10.00 %)WAN
41 (10.00 %)Cisco
41 (10.00 %)Active Directory
41 (10.00 %)Citrix
41 (10.00 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (10.00 %)Windows
41 (10.00 %)MCSE
41 (10.00 %)MCSA
41 (10.00 %)MCDBA
41 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (10.00 %)Hyper-V

MCTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (60.00 %).NET
16 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (10.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (30.00 %)Navision
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)WAN
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (90.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
19 (90.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
26 (60.00 %)SQL Server
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Retail
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
19 (90.00 %)Analyst
27 (70.00 %)Developer
34 (40.00 %)SQL Developer
34 (40.00 %)Developer Analyst
43 (30.00 %)Business Analyst
43 (30.00 %)Business Developer
43 (30.00 %)Analyst Developer
52 (20.00 %)Development DBA
52 (20.00 %)DBA
52 (20.00 %)Systems Analyst
61 (10.00 %)Technical Support
61 (10.00 %)Support Engineer
61 (10.00 %)Technical Support Engineer
61 (10.00 %)Technical Engineer
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (10.00 %)Windows
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)Business Intelligence
13 (30.00 %)ERP
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
19 (90.00 %)SQL
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (10.00 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 (10.00 %)MCDST
11 (10.00 %)MCITP
11 (10.00 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (10.00 %)MCSE
11 (10.00 %)MCSA
11 (10.00 %)MCDBA
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (10.00 %)Active Directory
11 (10.00 %)Hyper-V
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (10.00 %)VMware
11 (10.00 %)Altiris
11 (10.00 %)Cisco
11 (10.00 %)Citrix