Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 16 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 currently tracked.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank230150161
Rank change year-on-year
Down-80Up+11
Matching contract IT job ads303413779
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.639 %1.029 %0.954 %
As % of the Qualifications category4.458 %5.675 %6.583 %
Daily rates quoted137132233
Average daily rate£315£286£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.950 %-11.92 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£189£165£187
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£400£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£263£281£325
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-13.46 %
Hourly rates quoted5379149
Average hourly rate£19.00£21.75£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.64 %+8.750 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.75£12.95£13.20
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£26.33£37.01£31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.25£21.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-17.85 %+5.000 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6797727711834
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.32 %18.13 %14.50 %
Daily rates quoted296124283596
Average daily rate£350£375£370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.660 %+1.350 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£200£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£525£523
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted5417161302
Average hourly rate£20.50£25.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.00 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£13.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.15£41.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£27.25£25.00
% change year-on-year
-26.60 %+9.000 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MCSE within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

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 within the UK.

MCSE Daily Rate Trend

MCSE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCSE within the UK over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

MCSE Daily Rate Histogram

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MCSE Hourly Rate Trend

MCSE
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCSE within the UK over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

MCSE Hourly Rate Histogram

MCSE
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 16 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-77283£315+5.00 %
LondonDown-88146£325+9.24 %
South EastDown-2855£313-2.34 %
City of LondonDown-5051£325+3.17 %
North WestDown-416£240-12.72 %
YorkshireUp+1615£250-
West YorkshireUp+1215£250-
BerkshireUp+415£388+6.16 %
East of EnglandDown-515£306+22.50 %
South WestUp+314£325+103.12 %
LeedsUp+1213£250-
HampshireUp+813£275+10.00 %
East MidlandsNo change012£245+45.18 %
ScotlandDown-512£184-12.50 %
CambridgeshireUp+68£313+10.61 %
ReadingUp+18£400+9.58 %
West MidlandsDown-18£288-
OxfordshireDown-78£200+14.28 %
CheshireDown-138£240-4.00 %
WalesUp+147£264-
South WalesUp+107£264-
GlasgowDown-47£123-
SurreyDown-147£313-13.79 %
WiltshireUp+116£200+25.00 %
BuckinghamshireDown-266--
SwindonUp+75£200+25.00 %
CambridgeUp+15--
OxfordNo change05--
BristolDown-94£325-
Milton KeynesDown-144--

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1641 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2435 (67.86 %)Windows
3297 (46.33 %)Microsoft
4268 (41.81 %)Windows Server 2003
5264 (41.19 %)Active Directory
6167 (26.05 %)MS Exchange
7165 (25.74 %)MCP
8163 (25.43 %)Citrix
9149 (23.24 %)VMware
10148 (23.09 %)ITIL
11108 (16.85 %)SQL
12106 (16.54 %)Windows Server 2008
13104 (16.22 %)Windows 2000
1497 (15.13 %)MCSA
1595 (14.82 %)MS Excel
1595 (14.82 %)Finance
1694 (14.66 %)Exchange Server 2003
1793 (14.51 %)Cisco
1890 (14.04 %)Cisco Certification
1988 (13.73 %)Windows XP
2086 (13.42 %)MS Office
2179 (12.32 %)CCNA
2179 (12.32 %)Security Cleared
2278 (12.17 %)SQL Server
2372 (11.23 %)SAN
2372 (11.23 %)HP
2372 (11.23 %)TCP/IP
2372 (11.23 %)DNS
2470 (10.92 %)Banking
2561 (9.516 %)Windows 2000 Server

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
120 (3.120 %).NET
216 (2.496 %)Application Packaging
38 (1.248 %)Software Packaging
47 (1.092 %).NET Framework
56 (0.936 %)COM
65 (0.780 %)XML
74 (0.624 %)Web Services
83 (0.468 %)Spring
83 (0.468 %)J2EE
92 (0.312 %)Middleware
92 (0.312 %)WSH
92 (0.312 %)SAX
92 (0.312 %)JMS
92 (0.312 %)HTML
92 (0.312 %)ASP.NET
92 (0.312 %)Java EE
92 (0.312 %)WebSphere
101 (0.156 %)Windows SharePoint Services
101 (0.156 %)WMI
101 (0.156 %)CSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1167 (26.05 %)MS Exchange
294 (14.66 %)Exchange Server 2003
359 (9.204 %)Exchange Server 2007
444 (6.864 %)IIS
444 (6.864 %)SharePoint
528 (4.368 %)Exchange Server 2000
624 (3.744 %)Lotus Notes
715 (2.340 %)Office Communications Server
811 (1.716 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
98 (1.248 %)SharePoint Server 2007
105 (0.780 %)WebLogic
105 (0.780 %)Documentum
105 (0.780 %)Lotus Domino
114 (0.624 %)Exchange Server 5.5
122 (0.312 %)Oracle HTTP Server
122 (0.312 %)Apache
122 (0.312 %)Tomcat
122 (0.312 %)WebSphere Application Server
122 (0.312 %)IBM HTTP Server
122 (0.312 %)CMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
195 (14.82 %)MS Excel
286 (13.42 %)MS Office
312 (1.872 %)MS Project
47 (1.092 %)MS Visio
53 (0.468 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.312 %)InfoPath
71 (0.156 %)PrintSoft PReS
71 (0.156 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
18 (1.248 %)assyst
24 (0.624 %)Oracle Applications
32 (0.312 %)3000 Xtra
32 (0.312 %)WebTrends
41 (0.156 %)SoftGrid
41 (0.156 %)Academy Housing
41 (0.156 %)arcHouse
41 (0.156 %)Microsoft CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
172 (11.23 %)SAN
172 (11.23 %)TCP/IP
172 (11.23 %)DNS
255 (8.580 %)Firewall
354 (8.424 %)WAN
444 (6.864 %)LAN
543 (6.708 %)DHCP
628 (4.368 %)Internet
725 (3.900 %)VPN
815 (2.340 %)VoIP
914 (2.184 %)Intranet
1012 (1.872 %)VLAN
119 (1.404 %)MPLS
119 (1.404 %)Extranet
119 (1.404 %)Wireless
128 (1.248 %)SSL
136 (0.936 %)NAS
136 (0.936 %)Network Security
136 (0.936 %)HTTP
136 (0.936 %)IP Telephony
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
178 (12.17 %)SQL Server
232 (4.992 %)SQL Server 2005
323 (3.588 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (0.936 %)SQL Server 2008
55 (0.780 %)MySQL
62 (0.312 %)MSDE
62 (0.312 %)BusinessObjects
62 (0.312 %)Oracle 8/8i
62 (0.312 %)ETL
62 (0.312 %)DTS
62 (0.312 %)SQL Server Integration Services
62 (0.312 %)Essbase
71 (0.156 %)NonStop SQL
71 (0.156 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
71 (0.156 %)DB2
71 (0.156 %)MS Access
71 (0.156 %)Oracle 10g
71 (0.156 %)GIS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.156 %)JIRA
11 (0.156 %)Visual Studio
11 (0.156 %)VSS/SourceSafe
11 (0.156 %)LoadRunner
11 (0.156 %)InstallShield
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
195 (14.82 %)Finance
270 (10.92 %)Banking
343 (6.708 %)Government
418 (2.808 %)Education
516 (2.496 %)Investment Banking
612 (1.872 %)Back Office
612 (1.872 %)Law
711 (1.716 %)Legal
810 (1.560 %)Health
810 (1.560 %)Insurance
99 (1.404 %)Financial Institution
108 (1.248 %)Telecoms
108 (1.248 %)Manufacturing
108 (1.248 %)Retail
114 (0.624 %)Front Office
123 (0.468 %)Publishing
123 (0.468 %)Retail Banking
132 (0.312 %)Billing
132 (0.312 %)Military
141 (0.156 %)Criminal Justice
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1111 (17.32 %)Analyst
294 (14.66 %)Support Engineer
354 (8.424 %)Consultant
448 (7.488 %)3rd Line Support
546 (7.176 %)Server Engineer
643 (6.708 %)Support Analyst
739 (6.084 %)Desktop Support
835 (5.460 %)Architect
932 (4.992 %)Server Support
1028 (4.368 %)Systems Engineer
1126 (4.056 %)Desktop Engineer
1225 (3.900 %)Administrator
1323 (3.588 %)Service Desk Analyst
1323 (3.588 %)Technical Architect
1323 (3.588 %)IT Support
1421 (3.276 %)Technical Support
1421 (3.276 %)Service Analyst
1421 (3.276 %)2nd Line Support
1520 (3.120 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
1619 (2.964 %)Trainer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
134 (5.304 %)Blackberry
224 (3.744 %)Clustering
319 (2.964 %)Fixed Income
417 (2.652 %)Derivative
511 (1.716 %)PDA
68 (1.248 %)NHS
75 (0.780 %)Replication
75 (0.780 %)PKI
75 (0.780 %)Client/Server
75 (0.780 %)French Language
75 (0.780 %)German Language
84 (0.624 %)Computer Science
93 (0.468 %)CLARiiON
93 (0.468 %)Thin Client
93 (0.468 %)Fat Client
102 (0.312 %)Cloud Computing
102 (0.312 %)EqualLogic
102 (0.312 %)Amazon EC2
102 (0.312 %)Celerra
102 (0.312 %)Informatics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1435 (67.86 %)Windows
2268 (41.81 %)Windows Server 2003
3106 (16.54 %)Windows Server 2008
4104 (16.22 %)Windows 2000
588 (13.73 %)Windows XP
661 (9.516 %)Windows 2000 Server
740 (6.240 %)Linux
838 (5.928 %)Windows Vista
925 (3.900 %)UNIX
1013 (2.028 %)Solaris
118 (1.248 %)Windows NT
126 (0.936 %)Red Hat Linux
135 (0.780 %)AIX
144 (0.624 %)Windows 7
153 (0.468 %)Windows Mobile
153 (0.468 %)HPUX
153 (0.468 %)NetWare
162 (0.312 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
171 (0.156 %)Debian
171 (0.156 %)Mac OS X
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1148 (23.09 %)ITIL
258 (9.048 %)Migration
330 (4.680 %)Project Management
426 (4.056 %)Service Management
524 (3.744 %)Service Delivery
618 (2.808 %)PRINCE2
716 (2.496 %)ITSM
812 (1.872 %)Incident Management
99 (1.404 %)Network Design
108 (1.248 %)Disaster Recovery
108 (1.248 %)Validation
117 (1.092 %)Problem Management
126 (0.936 %)Change Management
126 (0.936 %)Document Management
126 (0.936 %)Asset Management
126 (0.936 %)Load Balancing
126 (0.936 %)Workflow
135 (0.780 %)Information Security
135 (0.780 %)Data Protection
144 (0.624 %)Capacity Planning
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1108 (16.85 %)SQL
225 (3.900 %)C
322 (3.432 %)VB
418 (2.808 %)VBScript
513 (2.028 %)PowerShell
68 (1.248 %)C#
74 (0.624 %)T-SQL
83 (0.468 %)VBA
92 (0.312 %)C-shell
92 (0.312 %)Bash shell
92 (0.312 %)Shell Script
92 (0.312 %)VB.NET
92 (0.312 %)Korn
92 (0.312 %)Jython
101 (0.156 %)Java
101 (0.156 %)JavaScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1641 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2165 (25.74 %)MCP
397 (15.13 %)MCSA
490 (14.04 %)Cisco Certification
579 (12.32 %)CCNA
579 (12.32 %)Security Cleared
655 (8.580 %)SC Cleared
752 (8.112 %)MCITP
838 (5.928 %)MCDST
936 (5.616 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
936 (5.616 %)Degree
1032 (4.992 %)Citrix Certification
1129 (4.524 %)MCTS
1225 (3.900 %)A+ Certification
1324 (3.744 %)CCA
1421 (3.276 %)CCNP
1520 (3.120 %)Novell Certification
1615 (2.340 %)ITIL Certification
1714 (2.184 %)MCDBA
1813 (2.028 %)CNE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (2.340 %)SLA
210 (1.560 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
36 (0.936 %)ISO27001
45 (0.780 %)PCI DSS
54 (0.624 %)QA
54 (0.624 %)ISO17799
62 (0.312 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1264 (41.19 %)Active Directory
260 (9.360 %)VMware Infrastructure
332 (4.992 %)VMware ESX
420 (3.120 %)ISA Server
518 (2.808 %)XenApp
615 (2.340 %)Terminal Services
714 (2.184 %)vSphere
812 (1.872 %)Hyper-V
911 (1.716 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1010 (1.560 %)Terminal Server
115 (0.780 %)MetaFrame
115 (0.780 %)XenServer
122 (0.312 %)XenDesktop
122 (0.312 %)VMware Server
122 (0.312 %)VMware Workstation
131 (0.156 %)Squid
131 (0.156 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
131 (0.156 %)MailMarshal
131 (0.156 %)WebMarshal
131 (0.156 %)Xen
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
131 (4.836 %)SCCM
230 (4.680 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
322 (3.432 %)SCOM
413 (2.028 %)Backup Exec
512 (1.872 %)Norton AntiVirus
610 (1.560 %)WSUS
77 (1.092 %)MOM
86 (0.936 %)McAfee ePO
86 (0.936 %)Tivoli
95 (0.780 %)OpenView Configuration Management
95 (0.780 %)Legato
95 (0.780 %)MSI
103 (0.468 %)OVOW
103 (0.468 %)OpenView
103 (0.468 %)MAILsweeper
103 (0.468 %)OVPA
112 (0.312 %)ServiceCenter
112 (0.312 %)HP Data Protector
112 (0.312 %)Unicenter
112 (0.312 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1297 (46.33 %)Microsoft
2163 (25.43 %)Citrix
3149 (23.24 %)VMware
493 (14.51 %)Cisco
572 (11.23 %)HP
631 (4.836 %)Lotus
729 (4.524 %)IBM
827 (4.212 %)Symantec
922 (3.432 %)McAfee
922 (3.432 %)Compaq
1017 (2.652 %)Oracle
1017 (2.652 %)Remedy
1116 (2.496 %)NetApp
1214 (2.184 %)Dell
1214 (2.184 %)Altiris
1313 (2.028 %)CheckPoint
1313 (2.028 %)Juniper
1411 (1.716 %)Novell
1510 (1.560 %)EMC
168 (1.248 %)Veritas