| Microsoft Certification |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 62 | 65 | 78 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +3 | +13 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 16 | 18 | 53 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire | 1.049 % | 1.187 % | 1.506 % |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 10.53 % | 7.377 % | 13.09 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £288 | £150 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £150 | £275 | £122 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £306 | £423 | £318 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £275 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.25 | £27.36 | £23.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £18.45 | £26.67 | £12.80 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £21.00 | £28.05 | £30.52 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.30 | £18.88 | £18.70 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category | 152 | 244 | 405 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire | 9.967 % | 16.09 % | 11.51 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 63 | 66 | 107 |
| Average daily rate | £305 | £330 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £145 | £233 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £479 | £469 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 15 | 47 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.00 | £26.75 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.00 | £17.80 | £12.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £25.97 | £33.00 | £30.52 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £21.00 | £25.00 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft Certification across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
