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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 22 June 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
22 Jun 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
812 |
765 |
696 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-47 |
-69 |
-16 |
| Contract jobs citing MCTS |
58 |
69 |
193 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.058% |
0.076% |
0.18% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
0.31% |
0.37% |
0.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
38 |
45 |
130 |
| UK median daily rate |
£343 |
£410 |
£325 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-16.46% |
+26.15% |
-7.14% |
| 10th Percentile |
£240 |
£138 |
£245 |
| 90th Percentile |
£476 |
£605 |
£450 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£335 |
£413 |
£330 |
| % change year-on-year |
-18.79% |
+25.00% |
-5.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
3 |
7 |
| UK median hourly rate |
- |
£41.64 |
£36.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
- |
+15.67% |
+63.64% |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
- |
£41.64 |
£36.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+15.67% |
+20.00% |
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 |
18,972 |
18,428 |
22,905 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
18.93% |
20.18% |
21.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
11,344 |
11,378 |
14,284 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£425 |
£410 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+3.66% |
+2.50% |
| 10th Percentile |
£238 |
£250 |
£250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£625 |
£594 |
£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 |
859 |
935 |
848 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£24.56 |
£30.00 |
£30.60 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-18.13% |
-1.97% |
+36.01% |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.58 |
£12.00 |
£12.25 |
| 90th Percentile |
£50.00 |
£52.50 |
£52.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£25.00 |
£31.00 |
£35.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-19.35% |
-11.43% |
+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 22 June 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 22 June 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 22 June 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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