The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Nottinghamshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 29 39 34
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -5
Contract jobs citing MCSE 10 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 2.899% 0.357% 0.958%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.74% 3.333% 5.172%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £300 £275 £230
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +19.56%
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £275 £263
% change year-on-year
+11.81% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £21.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £19.00 £18.70
% change year-on-year
+10.52% +1.60%
All Qualifications
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
46 30 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 13.33% 10.71% 18.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 16 20
Average daily rate £314 £275 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.09% -17.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £205 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £435 £378
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 4
Average hourly rate £21.00 £17.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -14.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
MCSE
East Midlands

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire MCSE Hourly Rate Trend

MCSE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Nottingham +2 8 £300 +9.09% 1
Sutton-in-Ashfield - - - -
MCSE
East Midlands

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 15 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (93.33%) Windows
3 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
3 11 (73.33%) Active Directory
4 9 (60.00%) Citrix
5 8 (53.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (40.00%) MCITP
6 6 (40.00%) Windows XP
6 6 (40.00%) SQL Server
6 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
7 5 (33.33%) CCA
7 5 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
7 5 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
7 5 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 5 (33.33%) XenApp
7 5 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (26.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (26.67%) Configuration Management
8 4 (26.67%) Service Delivery
8 4 (26.67%) VMware
8 4 (26.67%) HP
8 4 (26.67%) MCP
8 4 (26.67%) Linux
8 4 (26.67%) Windows 2000
8 4 (26.67%) SAN
8 4 (26.67%) IBM
9 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
9 3 (20.00%) Windows NT
9 3 (20.00%) MS Exchange

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 3 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (13.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (6.667%) Lync
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) SAN
2 3 (20.00%) LAN
2 3 (20.00%) WAN
3 2 (13.33%) DHCP
3 2 (13.33%) DNS
4 1 (6.667%) Intranet
4 1 (6.667%) Internet
4 1 (6.667%) Extranet
4 1 (6.667%) 3G
4 1 (6.667%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
2 5 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (6.667%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Desktop Support
3 4 (26.67%) Platform Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (13.33%) Server Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Server Support Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) 3rd Line Server Support
6 1 (6.667%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Server Support
6 1 (6.667%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Thin Client
1 1 (6.667%) Blackberry
1 1 (6.667%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 14 (93.33%) Windows
2 8 (53.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (40.00%) Windows XP
3 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (26.67%) Linux
4 4 (26.67%) Windows 2000
5 3 (20.00%) Windows NT
6 1 (6.667%) Windows Vista
6 1 (6.667%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Configuration Management
1 4 (26.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (13.33%) Matrix Management
2 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.667%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (40.00%) MCITP
3 5 (33.33%) CCA
3 5 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
4 4 (26.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (26.67%) MCP
5 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (6.667%) CNE
6 1 (6.667%) Novell Certification
System Software
1 11 (73.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 5 (33.33%) XenApp
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (60.00%) Citrix
3 4 (26.67%) VMware
3 4 (26.67%) IBM
3 4 (26.67%) HP
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco
5 1 (6.667%) SAP