The first table below looks at the demand for MCITP in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCITP over the 3 months to 23 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 Wales 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
Rank - 52 55
Contract jobs citing MCITP 0 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales - 0.699% 0.602%
As % of the Qualifications category - 1.633% 1.338%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £226 £311 £275
% change year-on-year
-27.38% +13.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -22.72%
All Qualifications
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
122 245 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 28.57% 42.83% 45.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 113 114
Average daily rate £370 £315 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.46% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £105 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £469 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 19
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.50 £11.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCITP
UK

MCITP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales MCITP Jobs Demand Trend

MCITP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales MCITP Daily Rate Trend

MCITP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales MCITP Hourly Rate Trend

MCITP
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing MCITP 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 MCITP.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012

MCITP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing MCITP 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 MCITP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2012
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DBA
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server DBA
1 1 (100.00%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft