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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 21 September 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
21 Sep 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
834 |
799 |
711 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-35 |
-88 |
+18 |
| Contract jobs citing MCTS |
54 |
60 |
190 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.053% |
0.061% |
0.18% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
0.28% |
0.32% |
0.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
39 |
39 |
127 |
| UK median daily rate |
£225 |
£400 |
£321 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-43.75% |
+24.61% |
-4.18% |
| 10th Percentile |
£175 |
£135 |
£177 |
| 90th Percentile |
£488 |
£625 |
£425 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£265 |
£390 |
£321 |
| % change year-on-year |
-32.05% |
+21.68% |
-4.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
4 |
13 |
| UK median hourly rate |
- |
£25.63 |
£18.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
- |
+42.36% |
-14.29% |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
- |
£25.00 |
£21.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+16.28% |
+2.38% |
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 |
19,089 |
18,708 |
22,880 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
18.58% |
18.94% |
21.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
11,292 |
11,332 |
14,226 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£425 |
£407 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+4.42% |
+1.75% |
| 10th Percentile |
£245 |
£238 |
£241 |
| 90th Percentile |
£625 |
£600 |
£588 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£415 |
£400 |
£380 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.75% |
+5.26% |
+1.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
979 |
910 |
824 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£24.50 |
£28.65 |
£27.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-14.49% |
+4.18% |
+22.22% |
| 10th Percentile |
£13.00 |
£12.00 |
£12.25 |
| 90th Percentile |
£51.00 |
£51.28 |
£48.53 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£25.00 |
£31.00 |
£27.55 |
| % change year-on-year |
-19.35% |
+12.52% |
+14.51% |
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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 21 September 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 12 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 21 September 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 21 September 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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