Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Bracknell region.

 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank191921
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+2
Matching contract IT job ads121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell0.763 %1.274 %0.694 %
As % of the Qualifications category2.500 %3.571 %2.128 %
Daily rates quoted001
Average daily rate--£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£280£300
% change year-on-year
-1.780 %-6.660 %
Hourly rates quoted100
Average hourly rate£20.50--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£21.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-16.66 %+5.000 %
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
405647
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell30.53 %35.67 %32.64 %
Daily rates quoted121113
Average daily rate£350£325£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.690 %-18.75 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£230£271£218
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£392£470£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted1027
Average hourly rate£27.00£22.00£23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.72 %-6.380 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.50£15.60£21.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.85£28.40£35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.50£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-18.00 %-
MCSE BerkshireMCSE
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

MCSE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MCSE across the Bracknell region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Bracknell MCSE Demand Trend

MCSE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MCSE across the Bracknell region.

Bracknell MCSE Daily Rate Trend

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MCSE across the Bracknell region.

Bracknell MCSE Hourly Rate Trend

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell region citing MCSE also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MCSE.

18 (100.00 %)MCSA
18 (100.00 %)MCDBA
18 (100.00 %)Windows
18 (100.00 %)Active Directory
18 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
18 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
18 (100.00 %)MCDST
18 (100.00 %)MCTS
18 (100.00 %)MCITP
27 (87.50 %)RHCA
27 (87.50 %)JNCIA
27 (87.50 %)JNCIS
27 (87.50 %)JNCIE
27 (87.50 %)Altiris
27 (87.50 %)RHCE
27 (87.50 %)Juniper
27 (87.50 %)Linux
27 (87.50 %)Windows 2000
27 (87.50 %)Windows Vista
34 (50.00 %)MCP
43 (37.50 %)VPN
43 (37.50 %)Cisco
51 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2007
51 (12.50 %)Hyper-V
51 (12.50 %)VMware
51 (12.50 %)Blue Coat
51 (12.50 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
51 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
51 (12.50 %)WAN

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell region citing MCSE also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MCSE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2007
11 (12.50 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (37.50 %)VPN
21 (12.50 %)WAN
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
18 (100.00 %)Support Engineer
23 (37.50 %)Technical Support
23 (37.50 %)Technical Engineer
23 (37.50 %)Technical Support Engineer
32 (25.00 %)IT Support Engineer
32 (25.00 %)IT Support
41 (12.50 %)Network Support Engineer
41 (12.50 %)Network Support
41 (12.50 %)Network Engineer
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (100.00 %)Windows
18 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
27 (87.50 %)Linux
27 (87.50 %)Windows 2000
27 (87.50 %)Windows Vista
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (100.00 %)MCSA
18 (100.00 %)MCDBA
18 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
18 (100.00 %)MCDST
18 (100.00 %)MCTS
18 (100.00 %)MCITP
27 (87.50 %)RHCA
27 (87.50 %)JNCIA
27 (87.50 %)JNCIS
27 (87.50 %)JNCIE
27 (87.50 %)RHCE
34 (50.00 %)MCP
41 (12.50 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (100.00 %)Active Directory
21 (12.50 %)Hyper-V
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (87.50 %)Altiris
17 (87.50 %)Juniper
23 (37.50 %)Cisco
31 (12.50 %)VMware
31 (12.50 %)Blue Coat
31 (12.50 %)Citrix