The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 17 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 Hertfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 57 63 63
Rank change year-on-year
+6 0
Contract jobs citing MCSE 6 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.933% 0.517% 0.346%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.263% 2.841% 2.439%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £299 £275 £265
% change year-on-year
+8.72% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £17.50 - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £19.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +5.40%
All Qualifications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
114 176 123
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 17.73% 18.18% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 71 32
Average daily rate £400 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £200 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £450 £555
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 27
Average hourly rate £25.25 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.85% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £14.50 £16.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
MCSE
East of England

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire MCSE Hourly Rate Trend

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
2 7 (87.50%) Windows
3 4 (50.00%) MCSA
3 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (50.00%) MS Office
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
3 4 (50.00%) Welsh Language
4 3 (37.50%) VMware
4 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (25.00%) Change Control
5 2 (25.00%) Build Automation
5 2 (25.00%) Programme Office Management
5 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (25.00%) Load Balancing
5 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
5 2 (25.00%) Release Management
5 2 (25.00%) Fat Client
5 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
5 2 (25.00%) MS Project
5 2 (25.00%) MCP
5 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
5 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
5 2 (25.00%) Lotus Notes
5 2 (25.00%) SLA
5 2 (25.00%) Lotus
5 2 (25.00%) Thin Client

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 1 (12.50%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (25.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) MS Office
2 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (25.00%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
1 1 (12.50%) MPLS
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) IPsec
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (12.50%) WAAS
1 1 (12.50%) FWSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Welsh Language
2 2 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Help Desk Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Thin Client
1 2 (25.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (25.00%) Release Management
1 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (25.00%) Programme Office Management
1 2 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (25.00%) Change Control
1 2 (25.00%) Build Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Network Design
2 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (50.00%) MCSA
2 4 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) MCP
4 1 (12.50%) CCEE
4 1 (12.50%) CCSP
4 1 (12.50%) CCNP
4 1 (12.50%) CCNA
4 1 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (12.50%) CCSA
4 1 (12.50%) CCSE
4 1 (12.50%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 1 (12.50%) XenApp
3 1 (12.50%) XenServer
3 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop
3 1 (12.50%) vSphere
3 1 (12.50%) ProxySG
3 1 (12.50%) Snort
3 1 (12.50%) NFS
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCOM
1 1 (12.50%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) Lotus
4 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 1 (12.50%) Wyse
4 1 (12.50%) AppSense
4 1 (12.50%) Blue Coat
4 1 (12.50%) Sourcefire
4 1 (12.50%) Crossbeam
4 1 (12.50%) F5
4 1 (12.50%) Citrix
4 1 (12.50%) Juniper
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (12.50%) SAP
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco