MTS Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring MTS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 389 344 -
Rank change year-on-year -45 - -
Contract jobs citing MTS 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.020% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.16% 0.19% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £675 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.93% - -
UK median daily rate £581 £674 £550
% change year-on-year -13.68% +22.45% -31.25%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

MTS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,856 1,616 1,875
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.12% 10.89% 9.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,285 942 1,221
10th Percentile £213 £206 £213
25th Percentile £358 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £452 £470
Median % change year-on-year +5.09% -3.83% -3.09%
75th Percentile £556 £552 £594
90th Percentile £662 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 57 95
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.90 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £20.30 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.21 £42.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.98% +93.18% +25.71%
75th Percentile £69.40 £64.50 £64.38
90th Percentile £81.30 £68.21 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.25 £35.00 £26.89
% change year-on-year -25.00% +30.16% +45.75%

MTS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MTS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

MTS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

MTS
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MTS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MTS

MTS
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MTS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MTS

MTS
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 MTS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 December 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
North West -28 3 £581 -13.93%
North of England -50 3 £581 -13.93% 1
MTS
UK

MTS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Solutions Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP