MCSE Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 111 161 136
Rank change year-on-year
+50 -25
Contract jobs citing MCSE 115 83 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.478% 0.816% 1.222%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.922% 3.778% 5.749%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 37 67
Average daily rate £335 £275 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.81% -5.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £148 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £371
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £265
% change year-on-year
+9.09% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 17
Average hourly rate £24.88 £17.75 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.14% -26.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.98 £14.85 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.78 £23.30 £38.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-2.63% -
All Qualifications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 1942 2197 2244
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.95% 21.60% 21.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 951 985 919
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £492 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 134 206
Average hourly rate £22.38 £22.75 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.64% -1.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.04 £12.50 £11.33
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCSE
England

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East MCSE Hourly Rate Trend

MCSE
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

South East MCSE Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Oxfordshire - 43 £340 -
Berkshire +16 17 £342 +14.00%
Buckinghamshire +5 16 £220 +48.64%
Surrey +23 13 £304 +13.55%
Hampshire -14 11 £395 +33.89%
Kent +3 8 £240 -
West Sussex +8 3 £320 +0.39%
Middlesex - 3 £450 -
MCSE
England

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 160 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 96 (60.00%) Windows
3 92 (57.50%) Microsoft
4 88 (55.00%) VMware
5 70 (43.75%) MS Exchange
6 56 (35.00%) Exchange Server 2003
7 52 (32.50%) Exchange Server 2010
8 51 (31.88%) Windows Server 2008
9 48 (30.00%) SCOM
10 44 (27.50%) vSphere
11 42 (26.25%) Active Directory
11 42 (26.25%) Cisco Certification
12 40 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
13 38 (23.75%) Migration
14 37 (23.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 36 (22.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 34 (21.25%) MCP
16 34 (21.25%) VMware Infrastructure
17 33 (20.63%) ITIL
18 32 (20.00%) Citrix
18 32 (20.00%) SAN
19 31 (19.38%) Data Protection
19 31 (19.38%) MobileIron
20 30 (18.75%) HP
20 30 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
21 27 (16.88%) Security Cleared
22 26 (16.25%) DNS
23 25 (15.63%) Degree
23 25 (15.63%) Postini
23 25 (15.63%) Windows 7

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 7 (4.375%) WebSphere
2 3 (1.875%) Application Packaging
2 3 (1.875%) JMS
2 3 (1.875%) SOAP
3 2 (1.250%) JSP
4 1 (0.625%) MapReduce
4 1 (0.625%) Velocity
4 1 (0.625%) .NET
4 1 (0.625%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 70 (43.75%) MS Exchange
2 56 (35.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 52 (32.50%) Exchange Server 2010
4 37 (23.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 22 (13.75%) Lync
6 14 (8.750%) SharePoint
7 13 (8.125%) IIS
8 12 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2007
8 12 (7.500%) Office Communications Server
9 5 (3.125%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (1.250%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.625%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.625%) Windows Azure
11 1 (0.625%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.625%) CMS
11 1 (0.625%) Site Server
11 1 (0.625%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.625%) Apache
11 1 (0.625%) Lotus Notes
11 1 (0.625%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 23 (14.38%) MS Excel
2 10 (6.250%) MS Office
3 1 (0.625%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.625%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.625%) 3000 Xtra
1 1 (0.625%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 32 (20.00%) SAN
2 26 (16.25%) DNS
3 20 (12.50%) DHCP
4 19 (11.88%) Internet
4 19 (11.88%) Firewall
5 14 (8.750%) NAS
5 14 (8.750%) VoIP
6 13 (8.125%) TCP/IP
7 10 (6.250%) MPLS
7 10 (6.250%) OSPF
7 10 (6.250%) BGP
7 10 (6.250%) IPv6
7 10 (6.250%) Wireless
8 7 (4.375%) VLAN
8 7 (4.375%) LAN
9 6 (3.750%) WAN
10 5 (3.125%) Broadband
10 5 (3.125%) VPN
11 3 (1.875%) iSCSI
11 3 (1.875%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.63%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.750%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (3.125%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (1.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.250%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.625%) Big Data
5 1 (0.625%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (0.625%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.625%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.625%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.625%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.625%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (0.625%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.625%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 1 (0.625%) ClearCase
General
1 10 (6.250%) Legal
2 9 (5.625%) Publishing
3 6 (3.750%) Finance
4 4 (2.500%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.250%) French Language
6 1 (0.625%) Local Government
6 1 (0.625%) Banking
6 1 (0.625%) Military
6 1 (0.625%) Games
6 1 (0.625%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 42 (26.25%) Analyst
2 30 (18.75%) Consultant
3 24 (15.00%) Messaging Consultant
4 22 (13.75%) Support Analyst
5 17 (10.63%) Support Engineer
6 15 (9.375%) 3rd Line Support
7 13 (8.125%) Messaging Engineer
8 12 (7.500%) Network Analyst
9 11 (6.875%) Architect
10 10 (6.250%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 9 (5.625%) Administrator
12 8 (5.000%) Systems Administrator
12 8 (5.000%) Server Engineer
12 8 (5.000%) Exchange Consultant
12 8 (5.000%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 7 (4.375%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
13 7 (4.375%) 2nd Line Support
14 6 (3.750%) Systems Engineer
14 6 (3.750%) Desktop Engineer
15 5 (3.125%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.00%) Clustering
2 14 (8.750%) Blackberry
3 6 (3.750%) Thin Client
3 6 (3.750%) Fat Client
4 4 (2.500%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.500%) PKI
4 4 (2.500%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.875%) Cryptography
6 2 (1.250%) Firmware
6 2 (1.250%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.250%) Replication
6 2 (1.250%) Mathematics
6 2 (1.250%) Computer Science
6 2 (1.250%) FMCG
7 1 (0.625%) Visualisation
7 1 (0.625%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.625%) Statistics
7 1 (0.625%) CMDB
7 1 (0.625%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 96 (60.00%) Windows
2 51 (31.88%) Windows Server 2008
3 40 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 25 (15.63%) Windows 7
5 18 (11.25%) Windows XP
6 15 (9.375%) UNIX
7 13 (8.125%) Windows 2000
8 12 (7.500%) Linux
9 8 (5.000%) Windows NT
9 8 (5.000%) Windows 2000 Server
10 5 (3.125%) Windows Vista
11 3 (1.875%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.625%) CentOS
12 1 (0.625%) AIX
12 1 (0.625%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (23.75%) Migration
2 33 (20.63%) ITIL
3 31 (19.38%) Data Protection
4 30 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
5 16 (10.00%) Change Management
6 11 (6.875%) Service Management
7 7 (4.375%) Service Delivery
8 6 (3.750%) Project Management
9 5 (3.125%) Time Management
9 5 (3.125%) PRINCE2
10 4 (2.500%) CRM
11 3 (1.875%) Change Control
11 3 (1.875%) ITIL V3
11 3 (1.875%) Problem Management
11 3 (1.875%) TOGAF
11 3 (1.875%) Incident Management
11 3 (1.875%) Identity Management
11 3 (1.875%) Configuration Management
12 2 (1.250%) Business Intelligence
12 2 (1.250%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.00%) SQL
2 15 (9.375%) PowerShell
3 7 (4.375%) VB
4 4 (2.500%) VBScript
5 2 (1.250%) C
Qualifications
1 160 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 42 (26.25%) Cisco Certification
3 36 (22.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 34 (21.25%) MCP
5 27 (16.88%) Security Cleared
6 25 (15.63%) Degree
7 24 (15.00%) CCNA
8 19 (11.88%) CCNP
9 18 (11.25%) SC Cleared
10 14 (8.750%) MCITP
11 11 (6.875%) MCSA
12 10 (6.250%) RHCE
12 10 (6.250%) JNCIP
12 10 (6.250%) DV Cleared
13 8 (5.000%) Citrix Certification
14 6 (3.750%) CCA
15 5 (3.125%) MCSD
16 4 (2.500%) MCDST
17 3 (1.875%) MCTS
17 3 (1.875%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.250%) SLA
2 3 (1.875%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.250%) JSP 440
System Software
1 44 (27.50%) vSphere
2 42 (26.25%) Active Directory
3 34 (21.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (9.375%) Hyper-V
5 11 (6.875%) XenApp
6 7 (4.375%) VMware ESX
7 5 (3.125%) ISA Server
8 3 (1.875%) XenServer
8 3 (1.875%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.875%) UAG
8 3 (1.875%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (1.875%) NFS
9 2 (1.250%) Terminal Server
9 2 (1.250%) Terminal Services
9 2 (1.250%) MetaFrame
9 2 (1.250%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (1.250%) Xen
9 2 (1.250%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.625%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.625%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 48 (30.00%) SCOM
2 18 (11.25%) Backup Exec
3 12 (7.500%) SCCM
4 8 (5.000%) WSUS
5 4 (2.500%) NetBackup
5 4 (2.500%) HP SIM
6 3 (1.875%) MOM
6 3 (1.875%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (1.875%) MIIS
6 3 (1.875%) OpenView
7 2 (1.250%) MIMEsweeper
7 2 (1.250%) BladeLogic
8 1 (0.625%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.625%) Opalis
8 1 (0.625%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 92 (57.50%) Microsoft
2 88 (55.00%) VMware
3 32 (20.00%) Citrix
4 31 (19.38%) MobileIron
5 30 (18.75%) HP
6 25 (15.63%) Postini
7 19 (11.88%) Cisco
8 17 (10.63%) Juniper
9 11 (6.875%) Intel
10 9 (5.625%) Aruba
10 9 (5.625%) Mercator
10 9 (5.625%) Symantec
11 8 (5.000%) NetApp
11 8 (5.000%) CheckPoint
12 7 (4.375%) ProCurve
13 6 (3.750%) Altiris
13 6 (3.750%) F5
14 5 (3.125%) Remedy
14 5 (3.125%) Sun
15 4 (2.500%) Oracle
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