The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 41 46 32
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -14
Contract jobs citing MCSE 14 15 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 2.642% 2.122% 4.085%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.485% 9.317% 17.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 18
Average daily rate £325 £157 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+107.66% -40.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £148 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £258 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £265
% change year-on-year
+9.09% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-2.63% -
All Qualifications
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
165 161 142
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 31.13% 22.77% 23.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 60 72
Average daily rate £300 £231 £281
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.72% -17.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £113 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £423 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 9
Average hourly rate £14.96 £16.50 £12.15
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.33% +35.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.18 £13.50 £9.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £50.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCSE
Buckinghamshire

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes MCSE Daily Rate Trend

MCSE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCSE across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Milton Keynes MCSE Daily Rate Histogram

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MCSE across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes MCSE Hourly Rate Trend

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 20 (100.00%) Windows
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 20 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 16 (80.00%) VMware
3 13 (65.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (60.00%) Security Cleared
4 12 (60.00%) Citrix
5 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
5 11 (55.00%) MS Exchange
5 11 (55.00%) MCP
6 10 (50.00%) SAN
6 10 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 9 (45.00%) UNIX
7 9 (45.00%) ITIL
7 9 (45.00%) Hyper-V
8 8 (40.00%) NAS
8 8 (40.00%) Degree
8 8 (40.00%) Windows 2000
8 8 (40.00%) Windows NT
8 8 (40.00%) Intel
8 8 (40.00%) Backup Exec
9 7 (35.00%) Clustering
9 7 (35.00%) Service Management
9 7 (35.00%) HP
9 7 (35.00%) MS Excel
9 7 (35.00%) SQL
9 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
9 7 (35.00%) Lync
10 6 (30.00%) DV Cleared
10 6 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2003

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 3 (15.00%) SOAP
1 3 (15.00%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 11 (55.00%) MS Exchange
2 7 (35.00%) Lync
3 6 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (25.00%) SharePoint
5 2 (10.00%) IIS
5 2 (10.00%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 7 (35.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) SAN
2 8 (40.00%) NAS
3 5 (25.00%) Broadband
4 3 (15.00%) iSCSI
4 3 (15.00%) Firewall
4 3 (15.00%) Internet
4 3 (15.00%) SMTP
5 1 (5.000%) DDNS
5 1 (5.000%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Support Analyst
3 5 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 4 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
4 4 (20.00%) Administrator
4 4 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 3 (15.00%) Windows Administrator
5 3 (15.00%) Windows Systems Administrator
5 3 (15.00%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (15.00%) Technical Architect
5 3 (15.00%) Architect
6 2 (10.00%) Wintel Engineer
6 2 (10.00%) Wintel Systems Engineer
7 1 (5.000%) Wintel Administrator
7 1 (5.000%) Wintel Analyst
7 1 (5.000%) Wintel Systems Administrator
7 1 (5.000%) Windows Systems Engineer
7 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Clustering
2 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (15.00%) Cryptography
4 2 (10.00%) Firmware
4 2 (10.00%) Thin Client
4 2 (10.00%) Mainframe
4 2 (10.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
1 20 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 10 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (45.00%) UNIX
4 8 (40.00%) Windows 2000
4 8 (40.00%) Windows NT
5 6 (30.00%) Linux
6 4 (20.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) ITIL
2 7 (35.00%) Service Management
3 6 (30.00%) Change Management
4 4 (20.00%) CRM
5 3 (15.00%) ITIL V3
5 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
5 3 (15.00%) TOGAF
6 2 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (10.00%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) SQL
2 4 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 11 (55.00%) MCP
4 8 (40.00%) Degree
5 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
6 6 (30.00%) DV Cleared
7 3 (15.00%) MCTS
7 3 (15.00%) ISEB
7 3 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (15.00%) CCSP
7 3 (15.00%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (65.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (45.00%) Hyper-V
3 5 (25.00%) VMware ESX
4 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 3 (15.00%) XenApp
6 2 (10.00%) Terminal Services
6 2 (10.00%) ISA Server
6 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (40.00%) Backup Exec
2 4 (20.00%) SCOM
3 3 (15.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (15.00%) OpenView
4 2 (10.00%) BladeLogic
5 1 (5.000%) SCCM
5 1 (5.000%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 16 (80.00%) VMware
2 12 (60.00%) Citrix
3 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
4 8 (40.00%) Intel
5 7 (35.00%) HP
6 3 (15.00%) StorageTek
6 3 (15.00%) Oracle
6 3 (15.00%) Sun
7 2 (10.00%) IBM
7 2 (10.00%) Compaq