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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 26 September 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
26 Sep 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
Same period 2015 |
| Rank |
809 |
703 |
703 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-106 |
0 |
-94 |
| Contract jobs citing MCTS |
60 |
189 |
180 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.061% |
0.18% |
0.16% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
0.32% |
0.83% |
0.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
39 |
130 |
105 |
| UK median daily rate |
£400 |
£321 |
£337 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+24.61% |
-4.73% |
-3.73% |
| 10th Percentile |
£135 |
£179 |
£195 |
| 90th Percentile |
£625 |
£426 |
£475 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£400 |
£320 |
£338 |
| % change year-on-year |
+25.00% |
-5.19% |
-2.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
4 |
13 |
17 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£25.63 |
£18.00 |
£21.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+42.36% |
-14.29% |
+20.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£16.25 |
£13.69 |
£13.75 |
| 90th Percentile |
£135.29 |
£39.30 |
£47.71 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£25.00 |
£21.50 |
£21.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+16.28% |
+2.38% |
+32.28% |
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 |
18557 |
22686 |
21774 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
18.74% |
21.25% |
19.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
11261 |
14098 |
12915 |
| UK median daily rate |
£425 |
£403 |
£400 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+5.59% |
+0.63% |
+3.90% |
| 10th Percentile |
£233 |
£240 |
£240 |
| 90th Percentile |
£600 |
£588 |
£570 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£400 |
£375 |
£375 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.67% |
- |
+4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
904 |
828 |
1077 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£29.25 |
£27.50 |
£23.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+6.36% |
+19.57% |
+15.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.12 |
£12.25 |
£11.50 |
| 90th Percentile |
£50.42 |
£47.88 |
£48.93 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£32.00 |
£27.50 |
£24.12 |
| % change year-on-year |
+16.36% |
+14.01% |
+20.60% |
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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 26 September 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 26 September 2017.
MCTS
Top 13 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 26 September 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 26 September 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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