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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 19 November 2019 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
19 Nov 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
775 |
836 |
832 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+61 |
-4 |
-74 |
| Contract jobs citing MCTS |
34 |
62 |
58 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.041% |
0.060% |
0.057% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
0.20% |
0.32% |
0.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
14 |
40 |
41 |
| UK median daily rate |
£363 |
£316 |
£375 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+14.62% |
-15.67% |
+17.19% |
| 10th Percentile |
£255 |
£175 |
£238 |
| 90th Percentile |
£476 |
£484 |
£525 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£400 |
£300 |
£375 |
| % change year-on-year |
+33.33% |
-20.00% |
+17.19% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
4 |
1 |
4 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£44.75 |
£23.13 |
£25.63 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+93.47% |
-9.74% |
+44.37% |
| 10th Percentile |
£39.33 |
£21.86 |
£16.25 |
| 90th Percentile |
£47.00 |
£24.40 |
£135.29 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£44.75 |
- |
£25.00 |
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 |
17,053 |
19,389 |
19,083 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
20.35% |
18.77% |
18.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
10,447 |
11,451 |
11,695 |
| UK median daily rate |
£463 |
£450 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+2.78% |
+5.88% |
+3.03% |
| 10th Percentile |
£260 |
£254 |
£221 |
| 90th Percentile |
£644 |
£625 |
£600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£450 |
£425 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+6.25% |
+3.23% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
855 |
942 |
892 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£35.00 |
£25.06 |
£26.25 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+39.66% |
-4.53% |
+0.96% |
| 10th Percentile |
£15.00 |
£12.75 |
£12.00 |
| 90th Percentile |
£58.75 |
£51.23 |
£50.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£35.00 |
£26.50 |
£27.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+32.08% |
-3.64% |
+1.85% |
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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 19 November 2019.
MCTS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCTS.
MCTS
Top 8 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 19 November 2019. 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 19 November 2019, IT contractor jobs citing MCTS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job 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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