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 9 February 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
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank205144146
Rank change year-on-year
Down-61Up+2
Matching contract IT job ads319495894
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.729 %1.076 %1.092 %
As % of the Qualifications category5.114 %6.068 %7.328 %
Daily rates quoted134137224
Average daily rate£300£314£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.450 %-3.380 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£167£176£150
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£400£468
UK excluding London average daily rate£265£313£283
% change year-on-year
-15.33 %+10.79 %
Hourly rates quoted56108184
Average hourly rate£19.00£21.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.520 %+5.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.25£12.20£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£22.00£32.00£30.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.50£19.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-13.15 %-5.000 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6238815812200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.25 %17.74 %14.90 %
Daily rates quoted265025843748
Average daily rate£359£375£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.260 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£550£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£360£350
% change year-on-year
-9.720 %+2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted5489661399
Average hourly rate£20.50£27.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.07 %+8.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£13.50£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£29.00£25.50
% change year-on-year
-31.03 %+13.72 %

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 9 February 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-66295£313-2.34 %
LondonDown-76156£315-3.07 %
City of LondonDown-5450£325-
South EastDown-3548£400+25.00 %
YorkshireUp+1322£193-
East of EnglandUp+1122£243-3.00 %
ScotlandDown-721£198-15.05 %
West YorkshireUp+1017£193-
South WestUp+1716£180-52.00 %
MiddlesexUp+715£525+31.25 %
LeedsUp+1914£193-
BerkshireUp+314£400-11.11 %
North WestUp+912£280-2.60 %
GlasgowUp+110£150-35.48 %
East MidlandsDown-210£230+29.57 %
West MidlandsUp+119£300-
EssexNo change08£265-11.66 %
SomersetUp+207£185-19.56 %
BracknellUp+17--
SurreyDown-97£313-10.71 %
WiltshireUp+186£200-
HertfordshireUp+166£235+95.83 %
CambridgeshireUp+116£220-26.66 %
MerseysideUp+115--
Milton KeynesDown-85--
BuckinghamshireDown-105--
EdinburghDown-175£315+80.00 %
TauntonNew entry-5£250-
CambridgeUp+104£220-26.66 %
West SussexUp+14£325-

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 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.

1697 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2482 (69.15 %)Windows
3313 (44.91 %)Microsoft
4294 (42.18 %)Windows Server 2003
5291 (41.75 %)Active Directory
6187 (26.83 %)MS Exchange
7174 (24.96 %)MCP
8167 (23.96 %)Citrix
9165 (23.67 %)ITIL
10157 (22.53 %)VMware
11121 (17.36 %)Windows 2000
12116 (16.64 %)Finance
12116 (16.64 %)Exchange Server 2003
13114 (16.36 %)Cisco
14111 (15.93 %)MCSA
14111 (15.93 %)Windows Server 2008
15110 (15.78 %)Security Cleared
15110 (15.78 %)Cisco Certification
16103 (14.78 %)SQL
17101 (14.49 %)Windows XP
18100 (14.35 %)CCNA
1996 (13.77 %)MS Excel
2093 (13.34 %)SQL Server
2184 (12.05 %)TCP/IP
2279 (11.33 %)HP
2279 (11.33 %)MS Office
2279 (11.33 %)Banking
2378 (11.19 %)SAN
2475 (10.76 %)DNS
2475 (10.76 %)SC Cleared

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 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 (2.869 %).NET
215 (2.152 %)Application Packaging
39 (1.291 %)Software Packaging
47 (1.004 %).NET Framework
55 (0.717 %)Windows SharePoint Services
55 (0.717 %)COM
55 (0.717 %)XML
64 (0.574 %)Web Services
73 (0.430 %)J2EE
82 (0.287 %)HTML
82 (0.287 %)SAX
82 (0.287 %)WSRP
82 (0.287 %)JSR 168
82 (0.287 %)Spring
91 (0.143 %)WebSphere
91 (0.143 %)Java EE
91 (0.143 %)WSH
91 (0.143 %)JMS
91 (0.143 %)ASP
91 (0.143 %)CSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1187 (26.83 %)MS Exchange
2116 (16.64 %)Exchange Server 2003
360 (8.608 %)Exchange Server 2007
456 (8.034 %)IIS
542 (6.026 %)SharePoint
625 (3.587 %)Exchange Server 2000
723 (3.300 %)Lotus Notes
813 (1.865 %)Office Communications Server
911 (1.578 %)SharePoint Server 2007
105 (0.717 %)Lotus Domino
114 (0.574 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
114 (0.574 %)WebLogic
114 (0.574 %)Documentum
114 (0.574 %)Exchange Server 5.5
114 (0.574 %)CMS
122 (0.287 %)SharePoint Portal Server
131 (0.143 %)IBM HTTP Server
131 (0.143 %)Office Project Server
131 (0.143 %)Oracle HTTP Server
131 (0.143 %)Apache
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
196 (13.77 %)MS Excel
279 (11.33 %)MS Office
39 (1.291 %)MS Project
46 (0.861 %)MS Visio
53 (0.430 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.287 %)Acrobat
71 (0.143 %)PrintSoft PReS
71 (0.143 %)InfoPath
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
18 (1.148 %)assyst
24 (0.574 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.143 %)SoftGrid
31 (0.143 %)Academy Housing
31 (0.143 %)arcHouse
31 (0.143 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.143 %)WebTrends
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
184 (12.05 %)TCP/IP
278 (11.19 %)SAN
375 (10.76 %)DNS
460 (8.608 %)Firewall
559 (8.465 %)WAN
653 (7.604 %)LAN
750 (7.174 %)DHCP
832 (4.591 %)VPN
927 (3.874 %)Internet
1016 (2.296 %)VoIP
1113 (1.865 %)Intranet
1212 (1.722 %)Wireless
1311 (1.578 %)Network Security
149 (1.291 %)VLAN
149 (1.291 %)SMTP
149 (1.291 %)MPLS
149 (1.291 %)Extranet
158 (1.148 %)SSL
167 (1.004 %)NAS
176 (0.861 %)Ethernet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
193 (13.34 %)SQL Server
232 (4.591 %)SQL Server 2005
326 (3.730 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (0.574 %)SQL Server 2008
44 (0.574 %)MS Access
52 (0.287 %)MSDE
52 (0.287 %)MySQL
52 (0.287 %)ETL
52 (0.287 %)Essbase
61 (0.143 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (0.143 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61 (0.143 %)Oracle 10g
61 (0.143 %)BusinessObjects
61 (0.143 %)DTS
61 (0.143 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (0.143 %)DB2
61 (0.143 %)SQL Server 7
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (0.287 %)ClearCase
12 (0.287 %)FrontPage
21 (0.143 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.143 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (0.143 %)InstallShield
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1116 (16.64 %)Finance
279 (11.33 %)Banking
361 (8.752 %)Government
421 (3.013 %)Investment Banking
514 (2.009 %)Law
611 (1.578 %)Retail
611 (1.578 %)Telecoms
611 (1.578 %)Legal
611 (1.578 %)Education
710 (1.435 %)Back Office
710 (1.435 %)Financial Institution
710 (1.435 %)Health
88 (1.148 %)Insurance
96 (0.861 %)Retail Banking
104 (0.574 %)Manufacturing
104 (0.574 %)Publishing
113 (0.430 %)Military
122 (0.287 %)Front Office
122 (0.287 %)Automotive
122 (0.287 %)Local Government
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1126 (18.08 %)Analyst
2102 (14.63 %)Support Engineer
356 (8.034 %)Support Analyst
454 (7.747 %)Server Engineer
551 (7.317 %)Consultant
645 (6.456 %)Architect
744 (6.313 %)3rd Line Support
835 (5.022 %)Server Support
835 (5.022 %)Desktop Support
931 (4.448 %)2nd Line Support
1029 (4.161 %)Service Desk Analyst
1128 (4.017 %)Desktop Engineer
1227 (3.874 %)Technical Architect
1325 (3.587 %)Service Analyst
1424 (3.443 %)Administrator
1424 (3.443 %)Project Manager
1523 (3.300 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1622 (3.156 %)Systems Engineer
1622 (3.156 %)IT Support
1721 (3.013 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
130 (4.304 %)Blackberry
228 (4.017 %)Clustering
322 (3.156 %)Fixed Income
419 (2.726 %)Derivative
511 (1.578 %)NHS
610 (1.435 %)Fat Client
610 (1.435 %)Thin Client
78 (1.148 %)PDA
78 (1.148 %)PKI
78 (1.148 %)CLARiiON
87 (1.004 %)EMC Centera
87 (1.004 %)PMI
87 (1.004 %)Celerra
96 (0.861 %)Client/Server
105 (0.717 %)Replication
105 (0.717 %)French Language
105 (0.717 %)German Language
114 (0.574 %)Video Conferencing
122 (0.287 %)Amazon EC2
122 (0.287 %)Cloud Computing
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1482 (69.15 %)Windows
2294 (42.18 %)Windows Server 2003
3121 (17.36 %)Windows 2000
4111 (15.93 %)Windows Server 2008
5101 (14.49 %)Windows XP
662 (8.895 %)Windows 2000 Server
752 (7.461 %)Windows Vista
832 (4.591 %)Linux
931 (4.448 %)UNIX
1010 (1.435 %)Solaris
117 (1.004 %)Windows NT
125 (0.717 %)Red Hat Linux
134 (0.574 %)NetWare
143 (0.430 %)Windows Mobile
143 (0.430 %)AIX
143 (0.430 %)Windows 7
152 (0.287 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
161 (0.143 %)Debian
161 (0.143 %)HPUX
161 (0.143 %)Mac OS X
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1165 (23.67 %)ITIL
263 (9.039 %)Migration
338 (5.452 %)Service Management
437 (5.308 %)PRINCE2
531 (4.448 %)Project Management
531 (4.448 %)Service Delivery
629 (4.161 %)ITSM
714 (2.009 %)Change Management
812 (1.722 %)Validation
911 (1.578 %)Incident Management
911 (1.578 %)Data Protection
1010 (1.435 %)Load Balancing
119 (1.291 %)Problem Management
127 (1.004 %)Stakeholder Management
127 (1.004 %)Document Management
127 (1.004 %)Network Design
136 (0.861 %)Workflow
136 (0.861 %)Supplier Management
136 (0.861 %)Information Security
145 (0.717 %)Content Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1103 (14.78 %)SQL
228 (4.017 %)C
320 (2.869 %)VBScript
419 (2.726 %)VB
59 (1.291 %)C#
59 (1.291 %)PowerShell
63 (0.430 %)T-SQL
63 (0.430 %)Perl
72 (0.287 %)Java
81 (0.143 %)Jython
81 (0.143 %)Korn
81 (0.143 %)Tcl
81 (0.143 %)JavaScript
81 (0.143 %)Shell Script
81 (0.143 %)C-shell
81 (0.143 %)Bash shell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1697 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2174 (24.96 %)MCP
3111 (15.93 %)MCSA
4110 (15.78 %)Security Cleared
4110 (15.78 %)Cisco Certification
5100 (14.35 %)CCNA
675 (10.76 %)SC Cleared
746 (6.600 %)MCITP
842 (6.026 %)MCDST
936 (5.165 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1033 (4.735 %)Citrix Certification
1128 (4.017 %)MCTS
1128 (4.017 %)A+ Certification
1227 (3.874 %)Novell Certification
1227 (3.874 %)Degree
1325 (3.587 %)CCA
1422 (3.156 %)CCNP
1422 (3.156 %)CISSP
1520 (2.869 %)ITIL Certification
1617 (2.439 %)MCDBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (2.009 %)SLA
29 (1.291 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
36 (0.861 %)PCI DSS
36 (0.861 %)ISO27001
44 (0.574 %)ISO17799
52 (0.287 %)BS7799
61 (0.143 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1291 (41.75 %)Active Directory
254 (7.747 %)VMware Infrastructure
338 (5.452 %)VMware ESX
424 (3.443 %)ISA Server
523 (3.300 %)Terminal Services
621 (3.013 %)Hyper-V
720 (2.869 %)XenApp
813 (1.865 %)Terminal Server
813 (1.865 %)Citrix Presentation Server
912 (1.722 %)vSphere
912 (1.722 %)Backup Exec
105 (0.717 %)NetBackup
105 (0.717 %)XenServer
114 (0.574 %)VMware Server
114 (0.574 %)MetaFrame
123 (0.430 %)VMware Workstation
123 (0.430 %)XenDesktop
132 (0.287 %)WebMarshal
141 (0.143 %)Squid
141 (0.143 %)Xen
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
141 (5.882 %)SCCM
231 (4.448 %)SCOM
326 (3.730 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
417 (2.439 %)OpenView Configuration Management
511 (1.578 %)Norton AntiVirus
69 (1.291 %)WSUS
69 (1.291 %)MOM
69 (1.291 %)McAfee ePO
75 (0.717 %)OpenView
75 (0.717 %)Legato
75 (0.717 %)MSI
84 (0.574 %)Tivoli
84 (0.574 %)OVOW
84 (0.574 %)OVSD
93 (0.430 %)MAILsweeper
93 (0.430 %)OVPA
102 (0.287 %)MIMEsweeper
102 (0.287 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
102 (0.287 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
102 (0.287 %)Unicenter
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1313 (44.91 %)Microsoft
2167 (23.96 %)Citrix
3157 (22.53 %)VMware
4114 (16.36 %)Cisco
579 (11.33 %)HP
630 (4.304 %)Lotus
725 (3.587 %)Remedy
725 (3.587 %)IBM
823 (3.300 %)Symantec
922 (3.156 %)McAfee
1021 (3.013 %)Compaq
1021 (3.013 %)Altiris
1119 (2.726 %)Dell
1217 (2.439 %)CheckPoint
1217 (2.439 %)Juniper
1314 (2.009 %)Novell
1413 (1.865 %)Oracle
1413 (1.865 %)NetApp
1512 (1.722 %)EMC
1610 (1.435 %)Websense