Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for MCSE 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. 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
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank153133
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-20
Matching contract IT job ads343949
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.999 %1.233 %
As % of the Qualifications category5.799 %8.106 %
Daily rates quoted106254
Average daily rate£220£300
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-26.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£135£175
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£364£421
UK excluding London average daily rate£200£290
% change on same period last year-31.03 %
Hourly rates quoted89192
Average hourly rate£20.00£21.25
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-5.880 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.92£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.10£38.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£22.00
% change on same period last year-9.090 %
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
591511708
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.22 %15.21 %
Daily rates quoted22253608
Average daily rate£340£375
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-9.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£197£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£538
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£350
% change on same period last year-8.570 %
Hourly rates quoted6491251
Average hourly rate£23.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-8.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£41.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£27.00
% change on same period last year-7.400 %

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009.

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 3 July 2009. 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-17317£215-28.33 %
LondonDown-20110£275-15.38 %
South EastDown-476£206-34.10 %
East of EnglandUp+1934£160-25.58 %
North WestUp+2826£170-57.50 %
City of LondonUp+426£300-0.82 %
BuckinghamshireUp+923£300-17.80 %
Milton KeynesUp+123£300-17.80 %
EssexUp+2322£155-27.90 %
West MidlandsUp+4921£275+22.22 %
South WestUp+2820£220-26.66 %
ScotlandUp+3417£275+41.02 %
East MidlandsUp+2115£200+7.38 %
HampshireUp+1815£250-13.04 %
GlasgowUp+2010--
ManchesterUp+189£170-59.15 %
BerkshireNo change09£200-42.85 %
HertfordshireUp+398£175-54.83 %
KentUp+238£360+21.00 %
SomersetUp+178£244-
YorkshireUp+78£195-29.09 %
ChelmsfordNo change08£155-
CheshireUp+367£260-35.00 %
DerbyshireUp+77£215+48.27 %
WiltshireUp+196£230-24.89 %
TauntonUp+46£325-
SurreyUp+165£243+56.45 %
West YorkshireUp+95--
LeedsUp+85--
St AlbansUp+55£175-

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

1784 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2578 (73.72 %)Windows
3397 (50.64 %)Active Directory
4356 (45.41 %)Windows Server 2003
5351 (44.77 %)Microsoft
6228 (29.08 %)MS Exchange
7201 (25.64 %)ITIL
8194 (24.74 %)VMware
9191 (24.36 %)Citrix
10163 (20.79 %)Cisco
11143 (18.24 %)Windows 2000
12142 (18.11 %)MCP
12142 (18.11 %)Cisco Certification
13135 (17.22 %)Security Cleared
14134 (17.09 %)Exchange Server 2003
15129 (16.45 %)CCNA
16122 (15.56 %)MS Excel
16122 (15.56 %)Windows XP
17114 (14.54 %)SAN
18104 (13.27 %)HP
1997 (12.37 %)DNS
2093 (11.86 %)SQL Server
2189 (11.35 %)MCSA
2287 (11.10 %)SQL
2287 (11.10 %)SC Cleared
2384 (10.71 %)VMware Infrastructure
2483 (10.59 %)Windows Server 2008
2581 (10.33 %)MS Office
2677 (9.821 %)Finance
2774 (9.439 %)DHCP

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (3.189 %).NET
214 (1.786 %)Application Packaging
311 (1.403 %)WSH
410 (1.276 %)WMI
57 (0.893 %)XML
66 (0.765 %)HTML
66 (0.765 %)SOAP
66 (0.765 %)WSDL
73 (0.383 %)CSS
82 (0.255 %)JSP
82 (0.255 %)Middleware
82 (0.255 %)Spring
91 (0.128 %)Software Packaging
91 (0.128 %)ASP
91 (0.128 %)ASP.NET
91 (0.128 %)MAPI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1228 (29.08 %)MS Exchange
2134 (17.09 %)Exchange Server 2003
369 (8.801 %)Exchange Server 2007
456 (7.143 %)IIS
549 (6.250 %)SharePoint
620 (2.551 %)Exchange Server 2000
716 (2.041 %)Lotus Domino
814 (1.786 %)Lotus Notes
912 (1.531 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1011 (1.403 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
119 (1.148 %)BizTalk Server
127 (0.893 %)GroupWise
136 (0.765 %)MapXtreme
145 (0.638 %)CMS
154 (0.510 %)Site Server
163 (0.383 %)SharePoint Portal Server
172 (0.255 %)Apache
172 (0.255 %)Exchange Server 5.5
181 (0.128 %)iPlanet
181 (0.128 %)MindAlign
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1122 (15.56 %)MS Excel
281 (10.33 %)MS Office
313 (1.658 %)MS Visio
48 (1.020 %)MS PowerPoint
53 (0.383 %)MS Project
53 (0.383 %)AutoCAD
61 (0.128 %)Pro/ENGINEER
61 (0.128 %)Photoshop
61 (0.128 %)MicroStation
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (1.148 %)SoftGrid
28 (1.020 %)Microsoft CRM
35 (0.638 %)assyst
41 (0.128 %)Remedy ITSM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1114 (14.54 %)SAN
297 (12.37 %)DNS
374 (9.439 %)DHCP
472 (9.184 %)Firewall
564 (8.163 %)TCP/IP
659 (7.526 %)WAN
757 (7.270 %)LAN
829 (3.699 %)Network Security
927 (3.444 %)Internet
1020 (2.551 %)VPN
1020 (2.551 %)NAS
1118 (2.296 %)Wireless
1217 (2.168 %)VoIP
1315 (1.913 %)SMS
148 (1.020 %)MPLS
155 (0.638 %)SNMP
155 (0.638 %)Intranet
155 (0.638 %)Ethernet
155 (0.638 %)FTP
155 (0.638 %)SSH
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
193 (11.86 %)SQL Server
236 (4.592 %)SQL Server 2005
334 (4.337 %)SQL Server 2000
49 (1.148 %)SQL Server 2008
56 (0.765 %)GIS
64 (0.510 %)IDOL
64 (0.510 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (0.383 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.128 %)Data Cleansing
81 (0.128 %)Reference Data
81 (0.128 %)MS Access
81 (0.128 %)Datawarehouse
81 (0.128 %)ETL
81 (0.128 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
81 (0.128 %)EDRMS
81 (0.128 %)MSDE
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (0.893 %)MSI
26 (0.765 %)ClearCase
35 (0.638 %)VSS/SourceSafe
44 (0.510 %)RequisitePro
44 (0.510 %)ClearQuest
51 (0.128 %)TestDirector
51 (0.128 %)CruiseControl
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
177 (9.821 %)Finance
262 (7.908 %)Government
352 (6.633 %)Banking
422 (2.806 %)Health
521 (2.679 %)Investment Banking
615 (1.913 %)Education
714 (1.786 %)Insurance
810 (1.276 %)Telecoms
99 (1.148 %)Financial Institution
106 (0.765 %)Back Office
106 (0.765 %)Retail
114 (0.510 %)Publishing
114 (0.510 %)Military
114 (0.510 %)Legal
114 (0.510 %)Local Government
114 (0.510 %)Construction
123 (0.383 %)Auditing
123 (0.383 %)Law
132 (0.255 %)Electric
132 (0.255 %)Aerospace
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1110 (14.03 %)Support Engineer
2109 (13.90 %)Analyst
369 (8.801 %)Server Engineer
467 (8.546 %)3rd Line Support
559 (7.526 %)Support Analyst
655 (7.015 %)Consultant
750 (6.378 %)Desktop Support
845 (5.740 %)Infrastructure Engineer
943 (5.485 %)Server Support
1042 (5.357 %)Administrator
1141 (5.230 %)Network Engineer
1237 (4.719 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
1335 (4.464 %)Desktop Engineer
1429 (3.699 %)2nd Line Support
1526 (3.316 %)Systems Administrator
1624 (3.061 %)Architect
1624 (3.061 %)Support Specialist
1624 (3.061 %)Team Leader
1723 (2.934 %)Desktop Support Engineer
1723 (2.934 %)Network Support
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
147 (5.995 %)Clustering
233 (4.209 %)Blackberry
324 (3.061 %)NHS
49 (1.148 %)CLARiiON
58 (1.020 %)French Language
67 (0.893 %)Fat Client
67 (0.893 %)Thin Client
76 (0.765 %)PDA
85 (0.638 %)Mathematics
94 (0.510 %)Statistics
94 (0.510 %)Dutch Language
94 (0.510 %)EMC Centera
94 (0.510 %)Client/Server
103 (0.383 %)Firmware
103 (0.383 %)Celerra
112 (0.255 %)German Language
112 (0.255 %)Computer Science
112 (0.255 %)Derivative
112 (0.255 %)Management Information System
112 (0.255 %)Fixed Income
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1578 (73.72 %)Windows
2356 (45.41 %)Windows Server 2003
3143 (18.24 %)Windows 2000
4122 (15.56 %)Windows XP
583 (10.59 %)Windows Server 2008
668 (8.673 %)Windows 2000 Server
747 (5.995 %)Windows Vista
831 (3.954 %)Windows NT
924 (3.061 %)Linux
1023 (2.934 %)UNIX
1121 (2.679 %)Solaris
127 (0.893 %)HPUX
134 (0.510 %)Red Hat Linux
134 (0.510 %)NetWare
143 (0.383 %)Windows Mobile
151 (0.128 %)Mac OS X
151 (0.128 %)MVS
151 (0.128 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
151 (0.128 %)AIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1201 (25.64 %)ITIL
262 (7.908 %)Migration
332 (4.082 %)ITSM
426 (3.316 %)Time Management
523 (2.934 %)Change Management
622 (2.806 %)Project Management
716 (2.041 %)Network Design
815 (1.913 %)Service Management
815 (1.913 %)PRINCE2
913 (1.658 %)Disaster Recovery
1012 (1.531 %)Service Delivery
1111 (1.403 %)Configuration Management
129 (1.148 %)Problem Management
138 (1.020 %)Data Migration
147 (0.893 %)Data Management
147 (0.893 %)CRM
156 (0.765 %)UML
156 (0.765 %)Incident Management
165 (0.638 %)Asset Management
174 (0.510 %)RUP
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
187 (11.10 %)SQL
237 (4.719 %)VB
324 (3.061 %)C
421 (2.679 %)PowerShell
514 (1.786 %)C#
612 (1.531 %)VBScript
77 (0.893 %)C++
86 (0.765 %)Shell Script
95 (0.638 %)VBA
95 (0.638 %)Delphi
102 (0.255 %)Tcl
102 (0.255 %)Perl
111 (0.128 %)Korn
111 (0.128 %)Java
111 (0.128 %)COBOL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1784 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2142 (18.11 %)MCP
2142 (18.11 %)Cisco Certification
3135 (17.22 %)Security Cleared
4129 (16.45 %)CCNA
589 (11.35 %)MCSA
687 (11.10 %)SC Cleared
753 (6.760 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
850 (6.378 %)Novell Certification
947 (5.995 %)CNE
1039 (4.974 %)Citrix Certification
1137 (4.719 %)CCNP
1231 (3.954 %)Degree
1326 (3.316 %)CCA
1420 (2.551 %)A+ Certification
1519 (2.423 %)ITIL Certification
1618 (2.296 %)MCDST
1717 (2.168 %)CCEA
1816 (2.041 %)MCITP
1914 (1.786 %)MCTS
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
139 (4.974 %)SLA
24 (0.510 %)QA
24 (0.510 %)PCI DSS
31 (0.128 %)TickIT
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1397 (50.64 %)Active Directory
284 (10.71 %)VMware Infrastructure
370 (8.929 %)VMware ESX
423 (2.934 %)Backup Exec
520 (2.551 %)ISA Server
618 (2.296 %)Citrix Presentation Server
717 (2.168 %)NetBackup
816 (2.041 %)Terminal Server
816 (2.041 %)Terminal Services
912 (1.531 %)XenApp
1010 (1.276 %)MetaFrame
116 (0.765 %)VMware Server
124 (0.510 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
133 (0.383 %)NFS
133 (0.383 %)Hyper-V
142 (0.255 %)XenServer
142 (0.255 %)Novell eDirectory
142 (0.255 %)MailMarshal
151 (0.128 %)NDS
151 (0.128 %)VMware Workstation
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
140 (5.102 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
231 (3.954 %)MOM
231 (3.954 %)SCCM
324 (3.061 %)SCOM
420 (2.551 %)OpenView Configuration Management
515 (1.913 %)Tivoli
69 (1.148 %)OpenView
69 (1.148 %)Legato
77 (0.893 %)EMC NetWorker
77 (0.893 %)ARCserve
77 (0.893 %)ServiceCenter
85 (0.638 %)OVOW
85 (0.638 %)WSUS
85 (0.638 %)Norton AntiVirus
94 (0.510 %)OVPI
103 (0.383 %)HP Data Protector
103 (0.383 %)WhatsUp Gold
103 (0.383 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
112 (0.255 %)CiscoWorks
112 (0.255 %)OVPA
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1351 (44.77 %)Microsoft
2194 (24.74 %)VMware
3191 (24.36 %)Citrix
4163 (20.79 %)Cisco
5104 (13.27 %)HP
633 (4.209 %)EMC
728 (3.571 %)Lotus
825 (3.189 %)Dell
825 (3.189 %)Symantec
924 (3.061 %)Altiris
1021 (2.679 %)Oracle
1118 (2.296 %)Novell
1118 (2.296 %)McAfee Security
1216 (2.041 %)Veritas
1313 (1.658 %)CheckPoint
1313 (1.658 %)IBM
1411 (1.403 %)Juniper
1411 (1.403 %)Remedy
159 (1.148 %)CA
159 (1.148 %)NetApp