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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 January 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
22 Jan 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
827 |
832 |
752 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+5 |
-80 |
-42 |
| Contract jobs citing MCTS |
44 |
57 |
116 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.044% |
0.057% |
0.12% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
0.23% |
0.30% |
0.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
26 |
44 |
74 |
| UK median daily rate |
£369 |
£375 |
£320 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-1.67% |
+17.19% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£175 |
£250 |
£184 |
| 90th Percentile |
£479 |
£532 |
£423 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£381 |
£363 |
£310 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.10% |
+17.02% |
-3.13% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
1 |
3 |
11 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£23.13 |
£25.00 |
£41.64 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-7.48% |
-39.96% |
+125.08% |
| 10th Percentile |
£21.86 |
£15.00 |
£14.43 |
| 90th Percentile |
£24.40 |
£26.50 |
£47.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
- |
£25.00 |
£41.64 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
-39.96% |
+110.84% |
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 |
19,116 |
18,961 |
19,641 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
19.18% |
19.03% |
20.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
11,386 |
11,640 |
12,325 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£430 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+4.65% |
+1.18% |
+6.25% |
| 10th Percentile |
£258 |
£225 |
£250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£625 |
£620 |
£600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£425 |
£400 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.25% |
- |
+3.23% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
895 |
831 |
868 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£27.50 |
£24.98 |
£25.94 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+10.09% |
-3.69% |
-5.68% |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.64 |
£12.00 |
£12.00 |
| 90th Percentile |
£51.25 |
£50.00 |
£49.27 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£27.50 |
£25.69 |
£27.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+7.05% |
-4.85% |
-4.21% |
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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 January 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 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 22 January 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 22 January 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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