The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 23 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 Glasgow 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 74 48 59
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +11
Contract jobs citing MCSE 8 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.846% 1.164% 0.565%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.298% 12.50% 5.479%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 0
Average daily rate £342 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.45% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £265
% change year-on-year
+9.09% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £15.00 - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-2.63% -
All Qualifications
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
151 72 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 15.96% 9.314% 10.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 33 30
Average daily rate £314 £275 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.09% -21.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £255 £274
10% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 5
Average hourly rate £14.75 £15.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.66% -62.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.20 £36.70 £175.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCSE
Scotland

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow MCSE Hourly Rate Trend

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 7 (70.00%) MS Excel
2 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
4 5 (50.00%) MS Office
5 4 (40.00%) ITIL
5 4 (40.00%) MCP
5 4 (40.00%) Windows XP
5 4 (40.00%) Finance
5 4 (40.00%) Migration
6 3 (30.00%) VMware
6 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
6 3 (30.00%) MCDST
6 3 (30.00%) Citrix
6 3 (30.00%) Lotus
6 3 (30.00%) Lotus Notes
6 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
7 2 (20.00%) XML
7 2 (20.00%) C#
7 2 (20.00%) SQL
7 2 (20.00%) T-SQL
7 2 (20.00%) VBScript
7 2 (20.00%) VB.NET
7 2 (20.00%) .NET
7 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
7 2 (20.00%) Client/Server
7 2 (20.00%) ERP
7 2 (20.00%) Agresso
7 2 (20.00%) XML Schema

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 (20.00%) XML
1 2 (20.00%) .NET
1 2 (20.00%) XML Schema
1 2 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) MS Excel
2 5 (50.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) SAN
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (20.00%) Data Mart
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) German Language
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Wintel Support
3 1 (10.00%) Build Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Support
3 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (20.00%) Taxonomies
2 2 (20.00%) Cryptography
3 1 (10.00%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
1 4 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (20.00%) ERP
2 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
2 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (20.00%) Information Architecture
2 2 (20.00%) Service Management
2 2 (20.00%) Document Management
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) OpenUP
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C#
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
1 2 (20.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (20.00%) VBScript
1 2 (20.00%) VB.NET
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (40.00%) MCP
3 3 (30.00%) MCDST
4 2 (20.00%) MCITP
4 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (10.00%) CISSP
5 1 (10.00%) MCSA
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (10.00%) XenApp
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) WSUS
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
1 1 (10.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) VMware
2 3 (30.00%) Citrix
2 3 (30.00%) Lotus
3 1 (10.00%) HP
3 1 (10.00%) Compaq
3 1 (10.00%) Intel
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