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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 23 May 2018 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
23 May 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
826 |
769 |
694 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-57 |
-75 |
-22 |
| Contract jobs citing MCTS |
55 |
59 |
186 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.055% |
0.065% |
0.18% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
0.29% |
0.32% |
0.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
37 |
41 |
120 |
| UK median daily rate |
£365 |
£410 |
£330 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-10.98% |
+24.24% |
-5.71% |
| 10th Percentile |
£188 |
£150 |
£257 |
| 90th Percentile |
£480 |
£625 |
£450 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£330 |
£375 |
£330 |
| % change year-on-year |
-12.00% |
+13.64% |
-7.84% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
3 |
6 |
| UK median hourly rate |
- |
£41.64 |
£36.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
- |
+15.67% |
+60.00% |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
- |
£41.64 |
£36.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+15.67% |
+24.14% |
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 |
19,231 |
18,317 |
22,716 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
19.08% |
20.30% |
21.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
11,537 |
11,488 |
14,121 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£425 |
£405 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+4.94% |
+1.25% |
| 10th Percentile |
£238 |
£250 |
£250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£625 |
£600 |
£600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£413 |
£400 |
£383 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.13% |
+4.58% |
+2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
853 |
922 |
857 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£23.50 |
£30.00 |
£32.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-21.67% |
-7.69% |
+47.73% |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.25 |
£12.00 |
£12.02 |
| 90th Percentile |
£50.00 |
£52.50 |
£53.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£25.00 |
£30.37 |
£35.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-17.68% |
-13.24% |
+55.56% |
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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 23 May 2018.
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 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 23 May 2018. 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 23 May 2018, 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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