 Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 509 | 577 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +68 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 50 | 89 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.070 % | 0.090 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.687 % | 0.907 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 22 | 36 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £347 | £358 |
| Average daily rate | £367 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.92 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £387 | £390 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £320 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.78 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £36.67 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £39.17 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £41.67 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £39.17 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 7280 | 9810 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 10.25 % | 9.914 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2487 | 3149 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £343 | £342 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.83 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £383 | £378 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.73 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 828 | 958 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.12 | £23.95 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.68 | £25.63 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.21 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.25 | £27.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.54 | £25.85 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.20 % |
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.
The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MCSD within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
