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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) in IT contracts within the County Antrim region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3021
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads33
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.003 %
As % of the category below18.75 %8.571 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£193£100
Average daily rate£220£100
% change on same period last year+120.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£248£100
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£307
% change on same period last year-6.23 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.19£23.99
% change on same period last year-3.33 %
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
County Antrim
Matching contract IT job ads1635
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.035 %
Daily rates quoted318
Average minimum daily rate£194£332
Average daily rate£220£370
% change on same period last year-40.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£247£407
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£323
% change on same period last year+4.11 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£14.00-
Average hourly rate£14.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£14.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.40£25.85
% change on same period last year-1.74 %
MCSE Northern IrelandMCSE
Northern Ireland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 County Antrim region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BelfastDown-93£220+120.00 %
MCSE Northern IrelandMCSE
Northern Ireland

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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.

112 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (50.00 %)Windows
26 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
26 (50.00 %)Active Directory
35 (41.67 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (33.33 %)SQL Server
44 (33.33 %)IIS
44 (33.33 %)Microsoft
44 (33.33 %)Banking
44 (33.33 %)Investment Banking
53 (25.00 %)PDA
53 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
53 (25.00 %)MS Office
53 (25.00 %)MCSA
53 (25.00 %)MS Excel
53 (25.00 %)Finance
62 (16.67 %)Migration
62 (16.67 %)Service Management
62 (16.67 %)Financial Institution
62 (16.67 %)Cisco
62 (16.67 %)Cisco Certification
62 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (16.67 %)Windows NT
62 (16.67 %)ITIL
62 (16.67 %)MCP
62 (16.67 %)HPUX
62 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
62 (16.67 %)A+ Certification
62 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
62 (16.67 %)WMI

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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.

County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (16.67 %)WMI
21 (8.333 %).NET
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (33.33 %)IIS
21 (8.333 %)SharePoint
21 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
21 (8.333 %)BizTalk Server
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (25.00 %)MS Office
13 (25.00 %)MS Excel
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (8.333 %)Oracle Financials
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
21 (8.333 %)DNS
21 (8.333 %)MPLS
21 (8.333 %)BGP
21 (8.333 %)Network Security
21 (8.333 %)DHCP
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (33.33 %)SQL Server
22 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (8.333 %)Oracle 8/8i
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (33.33 %)Banking
14 (33.33 %)Investment Banking
23 (25.00 %)Finance
32 (16.67 %)Financial Institution
41 (8.333 %)Education
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (25.00 %)Desktop Support
13 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
13 (25.00 %)Desktop Support Engineer
13 (25.00 %)Desktop Engineer
13 (25.00 %)Senior Server Engineer
13 (25.00 %)Server Engineer
22 (16.67 %)PC Support
22 (16.67 %)PC Engineer
22 (16.67 %)Wintel Engineer
22 (16.67 %)Infrastructure Consultant
22 (16.67 %)PC Support Engineer
22 (16.67 %)Project Engineer
22 (16.67 %)Migration Engineer
22 (16.67 %)Consultant
31 (8.333 %)Network Engineer
31 (8.333 %)Network Security Engineer
31 (8.333 %)Technical Architect
31 (8.333 %)Architect
31 (8.333 %)2nd Line Support
31 (8.333 %)Senior Network Engineer
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (25.00 %)PDA
21 (8.333 %)Blackberry
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (50.00 %)Windows
16 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
25 (41.67 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
42 (16.67 %)Windows NT
42 (16.67 %)HPUX
51 (8.333 %)Linux
51 (8.333 %)Windows XP
51 (8.333 %)UNIX
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (16.67 %)Service Management
12 (16.67 %)Migration
12 (16.67 %)ITIL
21 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
21 (8.333 %)Project Management
21 (8.333 %)Business Analysis
21 (8.333 %)Technical Architecture
21 (8.333 %)Problem Management
21 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (8.333 %)VBScript
11 (8.333 %)VB
11 (8.333 %)VB.NET
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (25.00 %)MCSA
32 (16.67 %)MCP
32 (16.67 %)Cisco Certification
32 (16.67 %)A+ Certification
41 (8.333 %)Sun Certification
41 (8.333 %)Check Point Certification
41 (8.333 %)HPUX Certification
41 (8.333 %)SCSA
41 (8.333 %)CCSE
41 (8.333 %)MOS
41 (8.333 %)CCNP
41 (8.333 %)CCNA
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (8.333 %)SLA
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (50.00 %)Active Directory
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (8.333 %)ARCserve
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (33.33 %)Microsoft
22 (16.67 %)Cisco
31 (8.333 %)Oracle
31 (8.333 %)Sun
31 (8.333 %)Compaq
31 (8.333 %)Dell
31 (8.333 %)Citrix
31 (8.333 %)CommVault
31 (8.333 %)VERITAS
31 (8.333 %)CheckPoint