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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 18 October 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
18 Oct 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
825 |
807 |
710 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-18 |
-97 |
+2 |
| Contract jobs citing MCTS |
59 |
60 |
184 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.057% |
0.060% |
0.17% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
0.31% |
0.32% |
0.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
44 |
40 |
126 |
| UK median daily rate |
£316 |
£380 |
£320 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-16.78% |
+18.75% |
-2.29% |
| 10th Percentile |
£175 |
£135 |
£174 |
| 90th Percentile |
£488 |
£576 |
£425 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£290 |
£380 |
£320 |
| % change year-on-year |
-23.68% |
+18.75% |
-1.54% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
4 |
14 |
| UK median hourly rate |
- |
£25.63 |
£17.75 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
- |
+44.37% |
-15.48% |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
- |
£25.00 |
£19.75 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+26.58% |
-5.95% |
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 |
19,162 |
18,623 |
22,533 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
18.59% |
18.73% |
21.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
11,346 |
11,338 |
13,994 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£425 |
£410 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+3.66% |
+2.50% |
| 10th Percentile |
£245 |
£225 |
£240 |
| 90th Percentile |
£625 |
£600 |
£588 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£414 |
£400 |
£380 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.50% |
+5.26% |
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| Number of hourly rates quoted |
955 |
897 |
850 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£25.00 |
£27.50 |
£27.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-9.09% |
+1.85% |
+17.39% |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.58 |
£12.00 |
£12.25 |
| 90th Percentile |
£51.00 |
£50.00 |
£49.19 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£25.00 |
£30.00 |
£27.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
-16.67% |
+9.09% |
+13.10% |
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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 18 October 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 18 October 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 18 October 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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