The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 17 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 Buckinghamshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 49 56 54
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -2
Contract jobs citing MCSE 16 19 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 2.030% 1.870% 1.981%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.512% 9.223% 9.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 15
Average daily rate £220 £157 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.57% -53.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £147 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £253 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £299 £275 £265
% change year-on-year
+8.72% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £19.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +5.40%
All Qualifications
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
213 206 225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 27.03% 20.28% 21.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 84 98
Average daily rate £275 £258 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.79% -26.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £113 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 18
Average hourly rate £18.55 £15.75 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.77% -4.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.10 £15.00 £9.46
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.55 £50.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
MCSE
South East

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire MCSE Hourly Rate Trend

MCSE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes +8 14 £325 +96.96%
MCSE
South East

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 25 (100.00%) Windows
1 25 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (96.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (76.00%) VMware
4 15 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (56.00%) Security Cleared
5 14 (56.00%) Citrix
5 14 (56.00%) MCP
5 14 (56.00%) MS Exchange
6 13 (52.00%) Microsoft
6 13 (52.00%) ITIL
6 13 (52.00%) SAN
6 13 (52.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 11 (44.00%) UNIX
8 10 (40.00%) SQL
8 10 (40.00%) Backup Exec
9 9 (36.00%) Hyper-V
9 9 (36.00%) Windows 2000
9 9 (36.00%) HP
9 9 (36.00%) Service Management
10 8 (32.00%) Intel
10 8 (32.00%) MS Excel
10 8 (32.00%) Windows NT
10 8 (32.00%) NAS
10 8 (32.00%) Degree
10 8 (32.00%) DV Cleared
10 8 (32.00%) Exchange Server 2003
11 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
11 7 (28.00%) Clustering
11 7 (28.00%) Lync

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 3 (12.00%) SOAP
1 3 (12.00%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 14 (56.00%) MS Exchange
2 8 (32.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (28.00%) Lync
4 6 (24.00%) SharePoint
5 2 (8.000%) IIS
5 2 (8.000%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 8 (32.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (52.00%) SAN
2 8 (32.00%) NAS
3 5 (20.00%) Broadband
4 4 (16.00%) Firewall
5 3 (12.00%) Internet
5 3 (12.00%) SMTP
5 3 (12.00%) iSCSI
6 2 (8.000%) DNS
6 2 (8.000%) DHCP
6 2 (8.000%) LAN
6 2 (8.000%) WAN
7 1 (4.000%) TCP/IP
7 1 (4.000%) DDNS
7 1 (4.000%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (8.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Analyst
2 8 (32.00%) Support Analyst
3 6 (24.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (20.00%) Administrator
5 4 (16.00%) Systems Administrator
5 4 (16.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) Architect
6 3 (12.00%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (12.00%) Technical Architect
6 3 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (12.00%) Windows Administrator
6 3 (12.00%) Windows Systems Administrator
7 2 (8.000%) Wintel Engineer
7 2 (8.000%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (8.000%) Support Engineer
7 2 (8.000%) Wintel Systems Engineer
8 1 (4.000%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (4.000%) IT Support
8 1 (4.000%) Windows Systems Engineer
8 1 (4.000%) Wintel Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Clustering
2 4 (16.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (16.00%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (12.00%) Cryptography
4 2 (8.000%) Fat Client
4 2 (8.000%) Firmware
4 2 (8.000%) Thin Client
4 2 (8.000%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (96.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (52.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (44.00%) UNIX
5 9 (36.00%) Windows 2000
6 8 (32.00%) Windows NT
7 7 (28.00%) Linux
8 4 (16.00%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (4.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) ITIL
2 9 (36.00%) Service Management
3 6 (24.00%) Change Management
4 5 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 4 (16.00%) CRM
6 3 (12.00%) TOGAF
6 3 (12.00%) ITIL V3
7 2 (8.000%) Incident Management
7 2 (8.000%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 10 (40.00%) SQL
2 4 (16.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (56.00%) MCP
2 14 (56.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (32.00%) DV Cleared
3 8 (32.00%) Degree
4 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
5 4 (16.00%) CCNA
5 4 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (12.00%) CCSP
6 3 (12.00%) ISEB
6 3 (12.00%) MCTS
7 2 (8.000%) MCSA
8 1 (4.000%) MCDST
8 1 (4.000%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (36.00%) Hyper-V
3 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 5 (20.00%) VMware ESX
4 4 (16.00%) vSphere
5 3 (12.00%) XenApp
6 2 (8.000%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (8.000%) Terminal Services
6 2 (8.000%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 10 (40.00%) Backup Exec
2 4 (16.00%) SCOM
3 3 (12.00%) OpenView
3 3 (12.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (8.000%) BladeLogic
5 1 (4.000%) SCCM
5 1 (4.000%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 19 (76.00%) VMware
2 14 (56.00%) Citrix
3 13 (52.00%) Microsoft
4 9 (36.00%) HP
5 8 (32.00%) Intel
6 4 (16.00%) Compaq
7 3 (12.00%) Sun
7 3 (12.00%) Oracle
7 3 (12.00%) StorageTek
8 2 (8.000%) IBM
9 1 (4.000%) Cisco