The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 20 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 East of England 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 89 81 88
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +7
Contract jobs citing MCSE 29 54 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.291% 1.811% 1.466%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.108% 9.836% 8.836%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 26 12
Average daily rate £225 £278 £218
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.91% +27.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £186 £125 £116
10% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £380 £337
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £275 £258
% change year-on-year
+13.18% +6.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 18
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% +80.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.10 £12.70 £10.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.40 £39.50 £59.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £19.00 £18.40
% change year-on-year
+7.89% +3.26%
All Qualifications
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
408 549 464
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 18.17% 18.42% 16.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 264 165
Average daily rate £300 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £125 £95
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £438 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 66 81
Average hourly rate £25.00 £33.00 £20.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.24% +59.03%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.30 £47.50 £39.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £21.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -14.00%
MCSE
England

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England MCSE Hourly Rate Trend

MCSE
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCSE across the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

East of England MCSE Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 20 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
Essex -14 10 £225 +15.38% 2
Cambridgeshire -6 7 - - 6
Hertfordshire +23 5 - - 3
Suffolk +17 2 - -
Bedfordshire 0 2 - -
MCSE
England

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 57 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 43 (75.44%) Windows
3 39 (68.42%) Microsoft
4 26 (45.61%) Active Directory
5 23 (40.35%) VMware
6 19 (33.33%) MS Exchange
7 16 (28.07%) Citrix
8 15 (26.32%) Cisco
8 15 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
9 14 (24.56%) Exchange Server 2003
9 14 (24.56%) Exchange Server 2010
9 14 (24.56%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (22.81%) SAN
10 13 (22.81%) TCP/IP
10 13 (22.81%) VB
11 12 (21.05%) Backup Exec
11 12 (21.05%) VBScript
11 12 (21.05%) WAN
12 11 (19.30%) MCP
12 11 (19.30%) CCNA
12 11 (19.30%) MCITP
13 10 (17.54%) Migration
13 10 (17.54%) Firewall
13 10 (17.54%) HP
13 10 (17.54%) Remedy
13 10 (17.54%) Windows Server 2008
14 9 (15.79%) Forefront TMG
14 9 (15.79%) SLA
14 9 (15.79%) SQL
14 9 (15.79%) MCSA

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 2 (3.509%) Web Services
2 1 (1.754%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 19 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 14 (24.56%) Exchange Server 2003
2 14 (24.56%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (12.28%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (10.53%) SharePoint
5 2 (3.509%) IBM Notes
5 2 (3.509%) IIS
6 1 (1.754%) Apache
6 1 (1.754%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (1.754%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.754%) Amazon AWS
6 1 (1.754%) Lync
Applications
1 7 (12.28%) MS Office
2 6 (10.53%) MS Excel
3 3 (5.263%) Acrobat
4 2 (3.509%) MS Visio
4 2 (3.509%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.754%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.81%) SAN
1 13 (22.81%) TCP/IP
2 12 (21.05%) WAN
3 10 (17.54%) Firewall
4 6 (10.53%) LAN
5 5 (8.772%) DNS
5 5 (8.772%) iSCSI
6 4 (7.018%) VoIP
6 4 (7.018%) VPN
7 3 (5.263%) NAS
8 2 (3.509%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (3.509%) Wireless
8 2 (3.509%) Internet
8 2 (3.509%) DHCP
9 1 (1.754%) FTP
9 1 (1.754%) HTTP
9 1 (1.754%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.04%) SQL Server
2 6 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (10.53%) SQL Server 2000
2 6 (10.53%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.754%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (15.79%) MSI
2 7 (12.28%) InstallShield
3 5 (8.772%) AdminStudio
4 1 (1.754%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 5 (8.772%) Telecoms
2 4 (7.018%) Welsh Language
3 2 (3.509%) Danish Language
3 2 (3.509%) French Language
3 2 (3.509%) German Language
3 2 (3.509%) Hebrew Language
3 2 (3.509%) Swedish Language
3 2 (3.509%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (3.509%) Finance
4 1 (1.754%) Local Government
4 1 (1.754%) Back Office
4 1 (1.754%) Electronics
4 1 (1.754%) Legal
4 1 (1.754%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (22.81%) Analyst
2 9 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support
2 9 (15.79%) Support Engineer
3 8 (14.04%) Applications Packager
3 8 (14.04%) Consultant
4 5 (8.772%) Support Analyst
4 5 (8.772%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (7.018%) Migration Engineer
6 2 (3.509%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 2 (3.509%) Exchange Engineer
6 2 (3.509%) Microsoft Consultant
6 2 (3.509%) IT Support
6 2 (3.509%) Desktop Support
6 2 (3.509%) Network Engineer
6 2 (3.509%) Server Support
6 2 (3.509%) Help Desk Analyst
6 2 (3.509%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (3.509%) Administrator
6 2 (3.509%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (3.509%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) Clustering
1 7 (12.28%) PACS
2 5 (8.772%) NHS
3 3 (5.263%) Thin Client
3 3 (5.263%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.754%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.754%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.754%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 43 (75.44%) Windows
2 10 (17.54%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (14.04%) Windows XP
4 6 (10.53%) Windows 7
4 6 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (8.772%) UNIX
6 2 (3.509%) Windows 8
6 2 (3.509%) Windows 2000
7 1 (1.754%) Linux
7 1 (1.754%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (17.54%) Migration
2 8 (14.04%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (14.04%) ITIL
3 6 (10.53%) Performance Management
3 6 (10.53%) Service Delivery
3 6 (10.53%) Validation
4 4 (7.018%) Network Management
5 3 (5.263%) Change Control
5 3 (5.263%) Load Balancing
6 2 (3.509%) Release Management
6 2 (3.509%) Problem Management
6 2 (3.509%) Build Automation
6 2 (3.509%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (3.509%) Project Management
7 1 (1.754%) PRINCE2
7 1 (1.754%) E-Commerce
7 1 (1.754%) CAD
7 1 (1.754%) Configuration Management
7 1 (1.754%) Incident Management
7 1 (1.754%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 13 (22.81%) VB
2 12 (21.05%) VBScript
3 9 (15.79%) SQL
4 7 (12.28%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.754%) C
5 1 (1.754%) Perl
5 1 (1.754%) Python
5 1 (1.754%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 57 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (24.56%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (19.30%) MCP
3 11 (19.30%) CCNA
3 11 (19.30%) MCITP
4 9 (15.79%) MCSA
5 7 (12.28%) Degree
6 5 (8.772%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (5.263%) CCNP
7 3 (5.263%) Citrix Certification
7 3 (5.263%) CCEE
8 2 (3.509%) VCP4
9 1 (1.754%) HND
9 1 (1.754%) ECDL
9 1 (1.754%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.754%) MCDST
9 1 (1.754%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (45.61%) Active Directory
2 15 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (15.79%) Forefront TMG
4 8 (14.04%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (12.28%) ISA Server
5 7 (12.28%) Terminal Services
5 7 (12.28%) Hyper-V
6 5 (8.772%) XenApp
7 2 (3.509%) XenDesktop
7 2 (3.509%) IAG
7 2 (3.509%) vSphere
8 1 (1.754%) VMware ESX
8 1 (1.754%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (1.754%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 12 (21.05%) Backup Exec
2 6 (10.53%) SCCM
3 3 (5.263%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 2 (3.509%) WSUS
4 2 (3.509%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.754%) Nagios
5 1 (1.754%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (1.754%) SCOM
5 1 (1.754%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 39 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 23 (40.35%) VMware
3 16 (28.07%) Citrix
4 15 (26.32%) Cisco
5 10 (17.54%) HP
5 10 (17.54%) Remedy
6 8 (14.04%) Dell
7 7 (12.28%) ADIC
7 7 (12.28%) CommVault
7 7 (12.28%) Veritas
7 7 (12.28%) Compaq
7 7 (12.28%) Oracle
8 4 (7.018%) AppSense
8 4 (7.018%) Adobe
9 3 (5.263%) CheckPoint
9 3 (5.263%) Symantec
10 2 (3.509%) SolarWinds
10 2 (3.509%) LANDesk
10 2 (3.509%) Lotus
11 1 (1.754%) McAfee
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
2nd Line Support- MCSE, CCNA, Windows, Vmware, Hardware, Firewall. We currently require the services of a 2nd Line Support Engineer to work for a well respected client based...
Rullion IT Plus
Rate: £15 - £16 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Austin Fraser are currently looking to recruit a 2nd/3rd Line Technical Engineer, for a client based in Hemel Hempstead. The successful candidate will be required to: Provide...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day + NEG
Posted: 18 June 2013
Basildon, Essex
Active Directory 2008... -Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010. -Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008. -Windows Server 2008 Clustering Technology. -HP EVA and P4000 SAN technologies. -CommVault Simpana...
Skye Group
Rate: £25 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
MS Windows Server 2003 and 2008 (MCSE Preferred) SCOM/SCCM 2007 R2 Hyper-V... PHP/Perl knowledge GIT Python NFS, especially via NetApp Filers. Nagios (Opsview) Splunk. SharePoint...
Experis IT
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 19 June 2013
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