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The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for MCTS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 22 October 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) UK |
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6 months to
22 Oct 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
Same period 2015 |
| Rank |
814 |
707 |
695 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-107 |
-12 |
-62 |
| Contract jobs citing MCTS |
57 |
184 |
197 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.057% |
0.17% |
0.17% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
0.31% |
0.83% |
0.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
38 |
128 |
116 |
| UK median daily rate |
£380 |
£320 |
£325 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+18.75% |
-1.54% |
-10.34% |
| 10th Percentile |
£135 |
£174 |
£209 |
| 90th Percentile |
£561 |
£425 |
£460 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£380 |
£320 |
£325 |
| % change year-on-year |
+18.75% |
-1.54% |
-6.47% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
4 |
12 |
17 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£25.63 |
£16.25 |
£21.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+57.69% |
-22.62% |
+20.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£16.25 |
£12.02 |
£13.75 |
| 90th Percentile |
£135.29 |
£36.50 |
£47.71 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£25.00 |
£17.75 |
£21.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+40.85% |
-15.48% |
+16.67% |
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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.
| All Academic and Professional Certifications UK |
| Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications |
18483 |
22182 |
22241 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
18.60% |
21.04% |
19.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
11285 |
13773 |
13301 |
| UK median daily rate |
£425 |
£410 |
£400 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+3.66% |
+2.50% |
+2.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£225 |
£240 |
£240 |
| 90th Percentile |
£600 |
£588 |
£575 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£400 |
£380 |
£380 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
- |
+4.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
899 |
831 |
1094 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£27.50 |
£26.50 |
£24.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+3.77% |
+10.42% |
+23.08% |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.00 |
£12.25 |
£11.81 |
| 90th Percentile |
£50.00 |
£49.19 |
£50.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£30.00 |
£27.50 |
£25.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+9.09% |
+10.00% |
+25.00% |
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MCTS
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing MCTS as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
MCTS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing MCTS.
MCTS
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram
The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing MCTS over the 6 months to 22 October 2017.
MCTS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCTS.
MCTS
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram
The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing MCTS over the 6 months to 22 October 2017.
MCTS
Top 11 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 22 October 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
For the 6 months to 22 October 2017, IT contractor jobs citing MCTS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for MCTS.
MCTS
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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