Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) |
| 3 months to 6 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 97 | 110 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 16 | 18 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.022 % | 0.018 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.878 % | 4.675 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £97 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £103 |
| % change on same period last year | +210.81 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £320 | £109 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £223 | £190 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.79 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.58 | £13.20 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.33 | £13.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.23 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.08 | £13.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.34 | £18.66 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.75 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 328 | 385 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.458 % | 0.387 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 111 | 114 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £329 | £239 |
| Average daily rate | £344 | £254 |
| % change on same period last year | +35.59 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £359 | £269 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £323 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.11 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 45 | 55 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.60 | £29.58 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.18 | £32.84 |
| % change on same period last year | -17.21 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.76 | £36.09 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.40 | £25.85 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.74 % |
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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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MCP across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.