The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Architect in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Certified Architect over the 3 months to 24 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 West Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certified Architect 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
253 321 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.49% 14.32% 15.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 147 127
Average daily rate £328 £301 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.98% -6.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £436 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 31 30
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.15 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.00 £31.75 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Microsoft Certified Architect
England

Microsoft Certified Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Certified Architect across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Midlands Microsoft Certified Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Certified Architect
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Microsoft Certified Architect 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 Microsoft Certified Architect.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certified Master

Microsoft Certified Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Microsoft Certified Architect 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 Microsoft Certified Architect. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certified Master
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware