The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Dorset 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 27 32 26
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -6
Contract jobs citing MCSE 7 2 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 3.084% 0.714% 5.149%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.73% 4.651% 22.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 3
Average daily rate £118 £260 £185
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-54.80% +40.54%
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £275 £260
% change year-on-year
+11.81% +5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £27.50 £102.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -73.17%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £19.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+10.52% -
All Qualifications
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
55 43 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 24.23% 15.36% 23.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 24 36
Average daily rate £325 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £250 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £475 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 6
Average hourly rate £38.75 £27.50 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.90% -32.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £17.00 £40.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £40.80 £91.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
MCSE
South West

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset MCSE Daily Rate Trend

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bournemouth +2 5 £118 -54.80%
MCSE
South West

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (77.78%) Windows XP
2 7 (77.78%) LAN
2 7 (77.78%) Windows 7
3 6 (66.67%) ITIL
4 4 (44.44%) MCP
4 4 (44.44%) VoIP
4 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
4 4 (44.44%) Citrix
5 3 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (33.33%) Blackberry
5 3 (33.33%) VPN
5 3 (33.33%) Cisco
5 3 (33.33%) MCDST
6 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
6 2 (22.22%) Wireless
6 2 (22.22%) Finance
6 2 (22.22%) Handset
6 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (22.22%) Information Management
6 2 (22.22%) Network Management
6 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (22.22%) CCNA
6 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
6 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
6 2 (22.22%) MCSA

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
1 2 (22.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) LAN
2 4 (44.44%) VoIP
3 3 (33.33%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) Wireless
4 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
4 2 (22.22%) Internet
5 1 (11.11%) 3G
5 1 (11.11%) Broadband
5 1 (11.11%) PABX
5 1 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Local Government
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Support Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Desktop Support
2 3 (33.33%) Field Service Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (33.33%) Field Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) IT Support
4 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Desktop Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Blackberry
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Windows XP
2 7 (77.78%) Windows 7
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (22.22%) Information Management
2 2 (22.22%) Network Management
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (44.44%) MCP
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (33.33%) MCDST
4 2 (22.22%) CCNA
4 2 (22.22%) MCSA
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (11.11%) HNC
5 1 (11.11%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
1 4 (44.44%) Citrix
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (22.22%) Avaya
3 2 (22.22%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) Dell