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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 17 August 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
17 Aug 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
Same period 2015 |
| Rank |
784 |
700 |
732 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-84 |
+32 |
-102 |
| Contract jobs citing MCTS |
64 |
188 |
172 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.067% |
0.17% |
0.15% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
0.35% |
0.82% |
0.79% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
41 |
130 |
111 |
| UK median daily rate |
£400 |
£325 |
£338 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+23.08% |
-3.70% |
-3.57% |
| 10th Percentile |
£135 |
£205 |
£185 |
| 90th Percentile |
£625 |
£450 |
£475 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£413 |
£330 |
£337 |
| % change year-on-year |
+25.00% |
-2.14% |
+2.97% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
3 |
11 |
17 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£26.25 |
£21.50 |
£18.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+22.09% |
+16.22% |
+5.71% |
| 10th Percentile |
£15.13 |
£13.50 |
£13.00 |
| 90th Percentile |
£150.78 |
£40.00 |
£47.71 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£19.63 |
£36.00 |
£19.75 |
| % change year-on-year |
-45.49% |
+82.28% |
+25.40% |
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 academic qualifications and professional certifications cited in contract job vacancies.
| Academic & Professional Certification UK |
| Contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications |
18473 |
23037 |
21886 |
| As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK |
19.31% |
21.18% |
19.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
11197 |
14368 |
12827 |
| UK median daily rate |
£425 |
£410 |
£400 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+3.66% |
+2.50% |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£250 |
£243 |
£230 |
| 90th Percentile |
£595 |
£588 |
£563 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£400 |
£380 |
£375 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
+1.33% |
+7.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
945 |
813 |
1069 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£29.75 |
£27.80 |
£23.75 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+7.01% |
+17.05% |
+18.75% |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.00 |
£12.25 |
£11.80 |
| 90th Percentile |
£51.22 |
£48.75 |
£50.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£30.50 |
£28.00 |
£24.32 |
| % change year-on-year |
+8.93% |
+15.16% |
+21.58% |
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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 17 August 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 17 August 2017.
MCTS
Top 14 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 17 August 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 17 August 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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