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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 15 July 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
15 Jul 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
837 |
831 |
802 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-6 |
-29 |
-89 |
| Contract jobs citing MCTS |
21 |
60 |
71 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.023% |
0.058% |
0.074% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
0.12% |
0.31% |
0.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
13 |
41 |
44 |
| UK median daily rate |
£360 |
£325 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+10.77% |
-23.53% |
+30.77% |
| 10th Percentile |
£161 |
£175 |
£137 |
| 90th Percentile |
£437 |
£463 |
£610 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£368 |
£325 |
£425 |
| % change year-on-year |
+13.08% |
-23.53% |
+28.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| UK median hourly rate |
- |
- |
£41.64 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
- |
- |
£41.64 |
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 |
17,551 |
19,543 |
18,993 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
18.87% |
18.84% |
19.85% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
10,602 |
11,668 |
11,693 |
| UK median daily rate |
£475 |
£450 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+5.56% |
+5.88% |
+5.46% |
| 10th Percentile |
£263 |
£240 |
£250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
£625 |
£594 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£444 |
£413 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
+7.74% |
+3.13% |
+5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
838 |
924 |
974 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£35.00 |
£24.91 |
£30.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+40.53% |
-16.98% |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£13.00 |
£12.63 |
£12.02 |
| 90th Percentile |
£56.72 |
£50.25 |
£52.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£35.00 |
£25.17 |
£31.68 |
| % change year-on-year |
+39.07% |
-20.54% |
+9.22% |
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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 15 July 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 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 15 July 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 15 July 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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