The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Bristol region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 45 63 53
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -10
Contract jobs citing MCSE 7 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 1.370% 0.239% 0.459%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.034% 1.183% 2.655%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £388 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £265
% change year-on-year
+9.09% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £9.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-2.63% -
All Qualifications
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
116 169 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 22.70% 20.22% 17.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 98 61
Average daily rate £350 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.15% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £575 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 10
Average hourly rate £13.50 £16.75 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.40% +21.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £11.00 £7.66
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £37.95 £44.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCSE
South West

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MCSE across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Bristol MCSE Jobs Demand Trend

MCSE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol MCSE Daily Rate Trend

MCSE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCSE across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bristol MCSE Daily Rate Histogram

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol MCSE Hourly Rate Trend

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (91.67%) Windows
3 8 (66.67%) MS Exchange
3 8 (66.67%) TCP/IP
3 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (66.67%) VMware
3 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (58.33%) MCTS
4 7 (58.33%) MCITP
4 7 (58.33%) VPN
5 6 (50.00%) DNS
5 6 (50.00%) LAN
5 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
5 6 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (41.67%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (41.67%) WAN
6 5 (41.67%) MCSA
6 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
6 5 (41.67%) IIS
6 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
6 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
6 5 (41.67%) Firewall
7 4 (33.33%) ITIL
7 4 (33.33%) MCP
8 3 (25.00%) VoIP
8 3 (25.00%) Citrix
8 3 (25.00%) Blackberry
8 3 (25.00%) MCDST
8 3 (25.00%) Windows 7

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) COM
Application Platforms
1 8 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 6 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (41.67%) IIS
4 2 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
5 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 7 (58.33%) VPN
3 6 (50.00%) DNS
3 6 (50.00%) LAN
4 5 (41.67%) WAN
4 5 (41.67%) Firewall
5 3 (25.00%) VoIP
6 1 (8.333%) DHCP
6 1 (8.333%) SAN
6 1 (8.333%) Wireless
6 1 (8.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Network Engineer
1 5 (41.67%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 1 (8.333%) Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (16.67%) Handset
3 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.333%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
4 3 (25.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (8.333%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (8.333%) CRM
3 1 (8.333%) Service Management
3 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
3 1 (8.333%) Project Planning
3 1 (8.333%) Asset Management
3 1 (8.333%) Information Management
3 1 (8.333%) Data Protection
3 1 (8.333%) Network Management
3 1 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (8.333%) Capacity Management
3 1 (8.333%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (58.33%) MCTS
2 7 (58.33%) MCITP
3 5 (41.67%) MCSA
4 4 (33.33%) MCP
5 3 (25.00%) MCDST
6 2 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (8.333%) CCA
7 1 (8.333%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (8.333%) Degree
7 1 (8.333%) DV Cleared
7 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (16.67%) vSphere
4 1 (8.333%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 8 (66.67%) VMware
2 3 (25.00%) Citrix
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco
3 2 (16.67%) HP
4 1 (8.333%) Dell
4 1 (8.333%) Avaya
4 1 (8.333%) Juniper
4 1 (8.333%) CheckPoint