The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford 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 Oxford 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 8 35 20
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -15
Contract jobs citing MCSE 29 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 13.43% 0.625% 3.352%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.80% 3.333% 19.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 0 1
Average daily rate £365 - £120
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £275 £263
% change year-on-year
+11.81% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £15.00 - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £19.00 £18.70
% change year-on-year
+10.52% +1.60%
All Qualifications
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
81 60 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 37.50% 18.75% 17.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 21 15
Average daily rate £360 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £228 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £423 £498 £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 7
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.06 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.22% -12.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
MCSE
Oxfordshire

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford MCSE Hourly Rate Trend

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 40 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 40 (100.00%) VMware
2 39 (97.50%) MS Exchange
3 38 (95.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 38 (95.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 33 (82.50%) vSphere
4 33 (82.50%) SCOM
4 33 (82.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 32 (80.00%) Migration
6 29 (72.50%) Microsoft
7 28 (70.00%) MobileIron
8 27 (67.50%) Data Protection
8 27 (67.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 23 (57.50%) Postini
10 22 (55.00%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (30.00%) Lync
11 12 (30.00%) Office Communications Server
12 9 (22.50%) Publishing
12 9 (22.50%) Mercator
13 3 (7.500%) Windows
14 2 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
15 1 (2.500%) EMC NetWorker
15 1 (2.500%) Finance
15 1 (2.500%) AIX
15 1 (2.500%) MS Excel
15 1 (2.500%) SQL Server
15 1 (2.500%) MS Office
15 1 (2.500%) UNIX
15 1 (2.500%) HP
15 1 (2.500%) Citrix

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 39 (97.50%) MS Exchange
2 38 (95.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 38 (95.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 33 (82.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 12 (30.00%) Office Communications Server
4 12 (30.00%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (2.500%) MS Office
1 1 (2.500%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.500%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (22.50%) Publishing
2 1 (2.500%) Finance
Job Titles
1 27 (67.50%) Consultant
2 23 (57.50%) Messaging Consultant
3 11 (27.50%) Messaging Engineer
4 10 (25.00%) Exchange Consultant
5 4 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
5 4 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Administrator
6 2 (5.000%) Exchange Engineer
6 2 (5.000%) Messaging Administrator
6 2 (5.000%) Exchange Administrator
7 1 (2.500%) Microsoft Consultant
7 1 (2.500%) Messaging Support Analyst
7 1 (2.500%) Analyst
7 1 (2.500%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.500%) Messaging Analyst
7 1 (2.500%) Migration Consultant
7 1 (2.500%) Systems Support Analyst
7 1 (2.500%) IT Administrator
7 1 (2.500%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 1 (2.500%) Systems Support
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.500%) Windows
2 1 (2.500%) AIX
2 1 (2.500%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (80.00%) Migration
2 27 (67.50%) Data Protection
3 22 (55.00%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 40 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (67.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 33 (82.50%) vSphere
2 2 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 33 (82.50%) SCOM
2 1 (2.500%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 40 (100.00%) VMware
2 29 (72.50%) Microsoft
3 28 (70.00%) MobileIron
4 23 (57.50%) Postini
5 9 (22.50%) Mercator
6 1 (2.500%) HP
6 1 (2.500%) Citrix
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Experience with Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2010 as well as working on large scale migration projects will also be required in this role. * The successful Exchange Messaging Consultant...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Rate: Up to £420 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013