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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 August 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
15 Aug 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
817 |
801 |
726 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-16 |
-75 |
-12 |
| Contract jobs citing MCTS |
64 |
66 |
191 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.063% |
0.069% |
0.18% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
0.34% |
0.36% |
0.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
44 |
41 |
131 |
| UK median daily rate |
£270 |
£400 |
£325 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-32.50% |
+23.08% |
-3.63% |
| 10th Percentile |
£175 |
£135 |
£205 |
| 90th Percentile |
£484 |
£625 |
£450 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£279 |
£413 |
£330 |
| % change year-on-year |
-32.42% |
+25.00% |
-2.22% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
3 |
11 |
| UK median hourly rate |
- |
£26.25 |
£21.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
- |
+22.09% |
+16.22% |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
- |
£19.63 |
£36.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
-45.49% |
+71.43% |
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 |
19,094 |
18,588 |
23,242 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
18.66% |
19.44% |
21.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
11,319 |
11,277 |
14,506 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£425 |
£410 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+3.66% |
+2.50% |
| 10th Percentile |
£243 |
£250 |
£245 |
| 90th Percentile |
£625 |
£598 |
£592 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£413 |
£400 |
£380 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.25% |
+5.26% |
+1.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
925 |
930 |
812 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£22.75 |
£29.75 |
£28.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-23.53% |
+6.25% |
+24.44% |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.63 |
£12.00 |
£12.25 |
| 90th Percentile |
£50.06 |
£51.59 |
£48.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£23.25 |
£30.00 |
£28.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-22.50% |
+7.14% |
+16.09% |
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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 August 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 15 August 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 15 August 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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