The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 21 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 Warwickshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 24 23 23
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Contract jobs citing MCSE 6 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 2.857% 1.210% 1.923%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.63% 12.00% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
Average daily rate £250 £275 £155
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +77.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £265
% change year-on-year
+9.09% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £19.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.12% -2.50%
All Qualifications
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
41 25 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 19.52% 10.08% 18.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 11
Average daily rate £325 £275 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% +7.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £195 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £288 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 7
Average hourly rate £15.50 £17.50 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.42% -38.59%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.80 £13.00 £14.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.15 £32.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
MCSE
West Midlands

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire MCSE Daily Rate Trend

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Warwickshire MCSE Hourly Rate Trend

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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Warwick -4 1 - -
MCSE
West Midlands

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (80.00%) Windows 7
4 7 (70.00%) MCITP
4 7 (70.00%) MS Office
4 7 (70.00%) Windows XP
4 7 (70.00%) VMware
5 6 (60.00%) MS Exchange
5 6 (60.00%) Windows 2000
5 6 (60.00%) Backup Exec
5 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (50.00%) VMS
7 3 (30.00%) HP
7 3 (30.00%) Symantec
7 3 (30.00%) VPN
7 3 (30.00%) VMware Server
8 2 (20.00%) Windows Vista
8 2 (20.00%) IP Telephony
8 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
8 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
8 2 (20.00%) LAN
8 2 (20.00%) WAN
8 2 (20.00%) Internet
9 1 (10.00%) Lotus
9 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (10.00%) Remedy
9 1 (10.00%) ITSM
9 1 (10.00%) Migration

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 Platforms
1 6 (60.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (10.00%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (10.00%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) MS Office
2 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) VPN
2 2 (20.00%) IP Telephony
2 2 (20.00%) LAN
2 2 (20.00%) WAN
2 2 (20.00%) Internet
3 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (10.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Server Support
2 3 (30.00%) Server Support Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Support Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Server Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Server Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Server Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 8 (80.00%) Windows 7
3 7 (70.00%) Windows XP
4 6 (60.00%) Windows 2000
4 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (50.00%) VMS
6 2 (20.00%) Windows Vista
7 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) ITSM
1 1 (10.00%) Migration
1 1 (10.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (70.00%) MCITP
3 1 (10.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) VMware Server
2 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (10.00%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) VMware
3 3 (30.00%) HP
3 3 (30.00%) Symantec
4 1 (10.00%) Lotus
4 1 (10.00%) Remedy