MTS Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring MTS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 584 534 591
Rank change year-on-year -50 +57 +200
Contract jobs citing MTS 5 20 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.059% 0.023%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.13% 0.53% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 6
10th Percentile - £663 £419
25th Percentile £581 £668 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £674 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.68% +22.45% -31.25%
75th Percentile £586 £722 £638
90th Percentile £595 £799 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £581 £675 -
% change year-on-year -13.93% - -

All Application Platform Skills
UK

MTS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,772 3,749 4,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.16% 11.06% 10.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,584 2,307 2,928
10th Percentile £290 £256 £250
25th Percentile £400 £386 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £626 £625
90th Percentile £700 £750 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £452 £470
% change year-on-year +5.09% -3.83% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 79 128
10th Percentile £15.53 £17.06 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.37 £21.13 £17.19
Median hourly rate £26.25 £35.00 £26.89
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +30.16% +45.75%
75th Percentile £65.33 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £67.62 £71.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.21 £42.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -35.98% +93.18% +25.71%

MTS
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MTS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

MTS job vacancy trend in the UK

MTS
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MTS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MTS

MTS
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MTS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MTS

MTS
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MTS within the UK over the 6 months to 25 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home -4 4 £581 -13.48%
North West -28 3 £581 -13.93%
UK excluding London -45 3 £581 -13.93% 3
England -49 3 £581 -18.46% 5
North of England -50 3 £581 -13.93% 1

MTS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (20.00%) SAP IBP
2 1 (20.00%) SAP MII
2 1 (20.00%) SAP PP
General
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Consultant
2 4 (80.00%) Solutions Consultant
3 2 (40.00%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) SAP MM Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) SAP PP Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Demand Management
2 1 (20.00%) Presales
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP