MCTS Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for MCTS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 156 -
Rank change year-on-year +20 - -
Contract jobs citing MCTS 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.17% 0.062% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.53% 0.23% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £390 £172 -
25th Percentile - £177 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £206 -
Median % change year-on-year +93.94% - -
75th Percentile - £239 -
90th Percentile £407 £246 -
England median daily rate £392 £700 £400
% change year-on-year -44.07% +75.00% +126.95%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

MCTS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 951 869 1,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.26% 27.00% 20.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 596 563 702
10th Percentile £255 £313 £205
25th Percentile £337 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +16.67% +8.43%
75th Percentile £589 £625 £550
90th Percentile £688 £700 £638
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 49 33
10th Percentile £13.30 £10.77 £11.60
25th Percentile £17.00 £12.50 £13.75
Median hourly rate £24.65 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.25% - +23.08%
75th Percentile £42.50 £40.25 £25.25
90th Percentile £58.25 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

MCTS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing MCTS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for MCTS in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCTS in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for MCTS in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCTS in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for MCTS in the Midlands

MCTS
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCTS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
East Midlands - 5 £400 -
MCTS
England

MCTS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) DBA
2 4 (80.00%) Designer
2 4 (80.00%) SQL DBA
3 3 (60.00%) SQL Server DBA
4 1 (20.00%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 5 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (100.00%) High Availability
1 5 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 5 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) MCITP
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft