MCTS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for MCTS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 445 494
Rank change year-on-year +59 +49 -69
Contract jobs citing MCTS 5 16 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.066% 0.049%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.065% 0.20% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 10
10th Percentile - £280 £147
25th Percentile - - £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £400 £288
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +39.13% +63.12%
75th Percentile - £475 £409
90th Percentile £375 £730 £464
UK median daily rate £300 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -25.00% - +107.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

MCTS is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,719 8,055 8,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 37.14% 33.32% 26.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,451 5,404 5,257
10th Percentile £263 £273 £250
25th Percentile £425 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £594
90th Percentile £720 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.84% +4.76% +8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 919 683 547
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.40 £20.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.45% +61.29% -10.25%
75th Percentile £62.48 £66.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £66.12
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.28 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.31% +31.25% +7.42%

MCTS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MCTS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MCTS in the UK excluding London

MCTS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCTS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for MCTS in the UK excluding London

MCTS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCTS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for MCTS in the UK excluding London

MCTS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCTS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
South East - 4 £300 -
North West - 1 £400 -
North of England - 1 £400 -
MCTS
UK

MCTS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Senior
1 1 (20.00%) Senior IT Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Coaching
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (80.00%) MCSE
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft