MBCS Contracts

Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for MBCS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 - 836
Rank change year-on-year - - -118
Contract jobs citing MBCS 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - 0.002%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.008% - 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £180 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

MBCS 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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,872 15,254 19,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.89% 27.21% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,011 10,183 12,699
10th Percentile £310 £338 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,100 745 759
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.67 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.32 £79.19 £67.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.25 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +50.00% +16.67%

MBCS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MBCS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MBCS in the UK

MBCS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MBCS.

Daily rate trend for MBCS in the UK

MBCS
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MBCS within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
South East - 1 £180 -
England - 1 £180 - 1
UK excluding London - 1 £180 - 2

MBCS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) RNC
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Build Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Databuild Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (100.00%) Mavenir
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy