Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised for the Taunton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Taunton region.

 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank14--
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching contract IT job ads100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton2.564 %--
As % of the Qualifications category4.762 %--
Daily rates quoted000
Average daily rate---
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£283£325
% change year-on-year
-11.50 %-13.07 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.25£20.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-13.75 %-
Taunton IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Taunton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
212239
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton53.85 %35.48 %76.47 %
Daily rates quoted1218
Average daily rate£238£400£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.62 %-11.11 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£221£400£134
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£440£400£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted010
Average hourly rate-£25.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£28.11£25.00
% change year-on-year
-28.85 %+12.44 %
MCSE SomersetMCSE
Somerset

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.

MCSE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MCSE across the Taunton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Taunton MCSE Demand Trend

MCSE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MCSE across the Taunton region.

Taunton MCSE Daily Rate Trend

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Taunton MCSE Hourly Rate Trend

MCSE
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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.

15 (100.00 %)HP
15 (100.00 %)Compaq
15 (100.00 %)Citrix
15 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
15 (100.00 %)SAN
15 (100.00 %)Apple
15 (100.00 %)ITIL
15 (100.00 %)MCP
15 (100.00 %)UNIX
15 (100.00 %)Windows
15 (100.00 %)Service Management
15 (100.00 %)Service Delivery
15 (100.00 %)VMware
15 (100.00 %)VMware ESX
15 (100.00 %)Backup Exec
15 (100.00 %)assyst
15 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
15 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
15 (100.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
15 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2008
15 (100.00 %)vSphere
24 (80.00 %)SC Cleared
24 (80.00 %)Security Cleared
24 (80.00 %)Back Office
33 (60.00 %)Government
33 (60.00 %)MS Excel
41 (20.00 %)Microsoft
41 (20.00 %)MCITP

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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.

Taunton IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
15 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Taunton IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (60.00 %)MS Excel
Taunton IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (100.00 %)assyst
Taunton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (100.00 %)SAN
Taunton IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (80.00 %)Back Office
23 (60.00 %)Government
Taunton IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Support Technician
21 (20.00 %)3rd Line Support
Taunton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (100.00 %)UNIX
15 (100.00 %)Windows
15 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2008
Taunton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (100.00 %)ITIL
15 (100.00 %)Service Management
15 (100.00 %)Service Delivery
Taunton IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
15 (100.00 %)MCP
24 (80.00 %)SC Cleared
24 (80.00 %)Security Cleared
31 (20.00 %)MCITP
Taunton IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (100.00 %)VMware ESX
15 (100.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
15 (100.00 %)vSphere
Taunton IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (100.00 %)Backup Exec
Taunton IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (100.00 %)HP
15 (100.00 %)Compaq
15 (100.00 %)Citrix
15 (100.00 %)Apple
15 (100.00 %)VMware
21 (20.00 %)Microsoft