East of England MCSE Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) in IT contracts within the East of England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Ascot Ashton-under-Lyne Avon Aylesbury Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bolton Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Colwyn Bay Conwy County Antrim Coventry Croydon Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England Edinburgh Egham Ely England Epsom Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Poole Portsmouth Reading Rochdale Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Spalding St Albans Stevenage Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wimbledon Witham Wolverhampton York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	93	118
Rank change on same period last year	+25
Matching contract IT job ads	54	35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.072 %	0.035 %
As % of the category below	12.36 %	6.518 %
Daily rates quoted	13	6
Average minimum daily rate	£192	£185
Average daily rate	£201	£189
% change on same period last year	+6.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£210	£193
UK excluding London average daily rate	£273	£294
% change on same period last year	-7.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.78	£24.02
Average hourly rate	£21.94	£25.62
% change on same period last year	-14.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.10	£27.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.94	£22.88
% change on same period last year	+9.00 %
Qualifications East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	437	537
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.582 %	0.543 %
Daily rates quoted	161	165
Average minimum daily rate	£289	£287
Average daily rate	£306	£305
% change on same period last year	+0.21 %
Average maximum daily rate	£323	£324
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£338
% change on same period last year	-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	85	96
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.06	£24.67
Average hourly rate	£26.22	£26.07
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.38	£27.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.98	£25.56
% change on same period last year	-2.29 %
MCSE England

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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

MCSE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MCSE across the East of England region.

MCSE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCSE across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MCSE across the East of England region.

MCSE
Hourly Rate Histogram

The 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 25 July 2008.

MCSE
Contract Locations

This section 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 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Cambridgeshire	+18	22	£185	-38.33 %
Essex	+11	12	£125	-18.39 %
Suffolk	+10	8	-	-
Hertfordshire	-3	7	£290	+45.00 %
Norfolk	-1	3	£201	+15.00 %
East Anglia	-	2	-	-
Bedfordshire	+11	1	-	-

MCSE England

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1 136 (100.00 %) Microsoft Certification 2 94 (69.12 %) Windows 3 69 (50.74 %) Microsoft 4 65 (47.79 %) Active Directory 5 47 (34.56 %) MS Exchange 6 41 (30.15 %) DNS 7 40 (29.41 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 30 (22.06 %) Windows 2000 8 30 (22.06 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 29 (21.32 %) Windows Server 2003 10 27 (19.85 %) VMware 11 24 (17.65 %) LAN 11 24 (17.65 %) MCP 11 24 (17.65 %) Cisco 12 23 (16.91 %) TCP/IP

12 23 (16.91 %) DHCP 12 23 (16.91 %) Linux 12 23 (16.91 %) Windows NT 13 22 (16.18 %) Firewall 14 20 (14.71 %) MS Excel 14 20 (14.71 %) SQL 14 20 (14.71 %) Cisco Certification 15 19 (13.97 %) WAN 16 18 (13.24 %) SharePoint 17 17 (12.50 %) MS Office 18 15 (11.03 %) Citrix 19 14 (10.29 %) SAN 19 14 (10.29 %) VMware Infrastructure 20 13 (9.559 %) CCNA 20 13 (9.559 %) Telecoms

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 4 (2.941 %) Middleware 2 1 (0.735 %) WebSphere 2 1 (0.735 %) Application Packaging 2 1 (0.735 %) HTML 2 1 (0.735 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 47 (34.56 %) MS Exchange 2 40 (29.41 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 30 (22.06 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 18 (13.24 %) SharePoint 5 5 (3.676 %) IIS 6 4 (2.941 %) Exchange Server 5.5 7 3 (2.206 %) Exchange Server 2000 8 2 (1.471 %) Lotus Notes 9 1 (0.735 %) Lotus Domino 9 1 (0.735 %) Office Project Server
Applications 1 20 (14.71 %) MS Excel 2 17 (12.50 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 41 (30.15 %) DNS 2 24 (17.65 %) LAN 3 23 (16.91 %) DHCP 3 23 (16.91 %) TCP/IP 4 22 (16.18 %) Firewall 5 19 (13.97 %) WAN 6 14 (10.29 %) SAN 7 13 (9.559 %) MPLS 8 9 (6.618 %) VoIP 9 7 (5.147 %) VPN 9 7 (5.147 %) Cisco PIX 9 7 (5.147 %) iSCSI 10 6 (4.412 %) ADSL 11 5 (3.676 %) Internet 12 4 (2.941 %) Wi-Fi 12 4 (2.941 %) Ethernet 13 3 (2.206 %) ISDN 13 3 (2.206 %) Wireless 13 3 (2.206 %) Network Security 14 2 (1.471 %) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (2.941 %) SQL Server 2 2 (1.471 %) SQL Server 2005	Development Applications 1 2 (1.471 %) MSI
General 1 13 (9.559 %) Telecoms 2 9 (6.618 %) Back Office 3 8 (5.882 %) Government 4 4 (2.941 %) Health 4 4 (2.941 %) Electronics 4 4 (2.941 %) Finance 4 4 (2.941 %) Pharmaceutical 5 1 (0.735 %) Construction 5 1 (0.735 %) Legal 5 1 (0.735 %) Manufacturing 5 1 (0.735 %) Local Government	Job Titles 1 31 (22.79 %) Support Engineer 2 23 (16.91 %) Analyst 2 23 (16.91 %) 2nd Line Support 3 22 (16.18 %) 3rd Line Support 4 17 (12.50 %) Support Analyst 5 13 (9.559 %) Server Support 6 12 (8.824 %) Server Engineer 7 11 (8.088 %) Server Support Engineer 7 11 (8.088 %) Network Engineer 8 8 (5.882 %) Desktop Support 9 7 (5.147 %) Helpdesk Support 9 7 (5.147 %) Storage Engineer 10 6 (4.412 %) Network Support 10 6 (4.412 %) Desktop Engineer 10 6 (4.412 %) Technical Support 11 5 (3.676 %) Network Support Engineer 11 5 (3.676 %) Administrator 11 5 (3.676 %) Senior Network Engineer 12 4 (2.941 %) Technical Support Analyst 12 4 (2.941 %) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 9 (6.618 %) Clustering 2 4 (2.941 %) Fat Client 2 4 (2.941 %) Thin Client 3 3 (2.206 %) NHS 4 2 (1.471 %) Client/Server 5 1 (0.735 %) PKI 5 1 (0.735 %) Video Conferencing	Operating Systems 1 94 (69.12 %) Windows 2 30 (22.06 %) Windows 2000 3 29 (21.32 %) Windows Server 2003 4 23 (16.91 %) Linux 4 23 (16.91 %) Windows NT 5 10 (7.353 %) UNIX 6 9 (6.618 %) Windows XP 7 7 (5.147 %) Solaris 8 1 (0.735 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (8.088 %) ITIL 1 11 (8.088 %) Migration 2 5 (3.676 %) Data Migration 2 5 (3.676 %) SC Cleared 2 5 (3.676 %) Security Cleared 2 5 (3.676 %) PRINCE2 3 3 (2.206 %) Change Management 3 3 (2.206 %) Disaster Recovery 4 2 (1.471 %) Project Management 4 2 (1.471 %) Service Delivery 4 2 (1.471 %) E-Commerce 4 2 (1.471 %) Project Planning 5 1 (0.735 %) Load Balancing 5 1 (0.735 %) Test Scripting 5 1 (0.735 %) Time Management 5 1 (0.735 %) Software Testing 5 1 (0.735 %) Configuration Management	Programming Languages 1 20 (14.71 %) SQL 2 7 (5.147 %) Perl 3 2 (1.471 %) VB
Qualifications 1 136 (100.00 %) Microsoft Certification 2 24 (17.65 %) MCP 3 20 (14.71 %) Cisco Certification 4 13 (9.559 %) CCNA 5 11 (8.088 %) MCSA 6 9 (6.618 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 7 5 (3.676 %) CNE 7 5 (3.676 %) Novell Certification 7 5 (3.676 %) Degree 8 3 (2.206 %) CCNP 8 3 (2.206 %) ISEB 9 2 (1.471 %) Citrix Certification 10 1 (0.735 %) CNA 10 1 (0.735 %) CCA 10 1 (0.735 %) IBM Certification 10 1 (0.735 %) MCDST	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (2.206 %) SLA 1 3 (2.206 %) QA 2 2 (1.471 %) ISO9000 3 1 (0.735 %) GxP
System Software 1 65 (47.79 %) Active Directory 2 14 (10.29 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 7 (5.147 %) NFS 4 4 (2.941 %) Terminal Server 5 3 (2.206 %) Terminal Services 5 3 (2.206 %) VMware ESX 6 1 (0.735 %) VMware Workstation 6 1 (0.735 %) Backup Exec 6 1 (0.735 %) NDS	Systems Management 1 9 (6.618 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 2 (1.471 %) WSUS 3 1 (0.735 %) MOM 3 1 (0.735 %) OpenView Configuration Management 3 1 (0.735 %) ARCserve 3 1 (0.735 %) ZENworks
Vendors 1 69 (50.74 %) Microsoft 2 27 (19.85 %) VMware 3 24 (17.65 %) Cisco 4 15 (11.03 %) Citrix 5 7 (5.147 %) NetApp 5 7 (5.147 %) HP 6 4 (2.941 %) VERITAS 6 4 (2.941 %) Sophos 7 3 (2.206 %) Altiris 7 3 (2.206 %) Novell 8 2 (1.471 %) IBM 8 2 (1.471 %) Compaq 8 2 (1.471 %) Oracle 8 2 (1.471 %) Lotus 9 1 (0.735 %) Remedy 9 1 (0.735 %) Dell 9 1 (0.735 %) Intel