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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 27 February 2020 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
27 Feb 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
694 |
833 |
842 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+139 |
+9 |
-90 |
| Contract jobs citing MCTS |
33 |
43 |
63 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.049% |
0.043% |
0.062% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
0.23% |
0.22% |
0.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
16 |
27 |
51 |
| UK median daily rate |
£349 |
£375 |
£375 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-7.00% |
- |
+17.19% |
| 10th Percentile |
£170 |
£159 |
£250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£440 |
£478 |
£475 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£388 |
£375 |
£375 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.33% |
- |
+19.05% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£38.00 |
£23.13 |
- |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+64.29% |
- |
- |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£41.00 |
- |
- |
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 |
14,540 |
19,281 |
19,273 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
21.46% |
19.47% |
18.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
8,952 |
11,536 |
11,799 |
| UK median daily rate |
£463 |
£450 |
£438 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+2.78% |
+2.86% |
+2.94% |
| 10th Percentile |
£256 |
£263 |
£225 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£638 |
£625 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£450 |
£425 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+6.25% |
- |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
654 |
904 |
853 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£35.00 |
£30.13 |
£25.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+16.18% |
+20.50% |
-9.09% |
| 10th Percentile |
£14.58 |
£12.55 |
£12.05 |
| 90th Percentile |
£57.00 |
£51.60 |
£50.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£34.25 |
£28.86 |
£26.22 |
| % change year-on-year |
+18.69% |
+10.08% |
-4.67% |
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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 27 February 2020.
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 27 February 2020. 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 27 February 2020, 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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