MCTS Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for MCTS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 92 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing MCTS 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.072% 0.22% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.76% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £82 -
25th Percentile £213 £135 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £224 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% - -
75th Percentile £238 £312 -
90th Percentile - £365 -
England median daily rate £313 £400 £700
% change year-on-year -21.88% -42.86% +95.80%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

MCTS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the East of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 450 394 659
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 32.21% 28.24% 35.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 162 333
10th Percentile £199 £213 £273
25th Percentile £400 £327 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £675
90th Percentile £666 £600 £747
England median daily rate £525 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -0.52% -4.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 90 152
10th Percentile £15.50 £21.45 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.85 £14.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £44.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.84% +95.56% +7.14%
75th Percentile £54.75 £65.00 £59.06
90th Percentile £81.50 £73.88 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -52.10% -1.87% +18.89%

MCTS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MCTS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

MCTS job vacancy trend in the East of England

MCTS
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MCTS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MCTS

MCTS
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MCTS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MCTS

MCTS
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCTS within the East of England region over the 6 months to 21 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridgeshire - 1 £225 -
MCTS
England

MCTS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM