The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 24 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 Lancashire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank - 33 21
Contract jobs citing MCSE 0 9 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - 2.184% 4.741%
As % of the Qualifications category - 4.918% 18.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 5
Average daily rate - £300 £205
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +46.34%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £265
% change year-on-year
+9.09% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year
- -2.63%
All Qualifications
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
51 183 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 24.17% 44.42% 25.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 109 30
Average daily rate £331 £423 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.59% +30.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £90 £277 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £545 £408
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 12
Average hourly rate £19.04 £22.75 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.30% -36.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £14.00 £27.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.50 £29.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCSE
North West

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire MCSE Hourly Rate Trend

MCSE
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (80.00%) MCDST
3 3 (60.00%) MS Office
3 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (60.00%) Sage
4 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (20.00%) MCITP
5 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
5 1 (20.00%) XenDesktop
5 1 (20.00%) MCP
5 1 (20.00%) MCSA
5 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
5 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (20.00%) DNS
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 1 (20.00%) Citrix
5 1 (20.00%) CCA
5 1 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (20.00%) CCEA

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Operations Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Operations Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Citrix Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (80.00%) MCDST
3 1 (20.00%) MCITP
3 1 (20.00%) MCP
3 1 (20.00%) MCSA
3 1 (20.00%) CCA
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (20.00%) CCEA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) XenDesktop
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Sage
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
Preston, Lancashire
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Rate: From £250 to £300 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013