MCSE Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 17 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 West Midlands 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 82 82 75
Rank change year-on-year
0 -7
Contract jobs citing MCSE 13 21 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.787% 0.941% 1.003%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.200% 6.731% 6.376%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 8
Average daily rate £255 £285 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% -22.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £148 £268 £204
10% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £330 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £299 £275 £265
% change year-on-year
+8.72% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 2
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £13.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +28.44%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £19.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +5.40%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 250 312 298
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.14% 13.98% 15.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 141 136
Average daily rate £325 £300 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £438 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 33 25
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.00 £31.25 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
MCSE
England

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands MCSE Daily Rate Trend

MCSE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCSE across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands MCSE Daily Rate Histogram

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Warwickshire +1 6 £250 -9.09%
Walsall - 1 £350 -
Wolverhampton - 1 - -
Herefordshire - 1 £135 -
Shropshire - 1 - -
MCSE
England

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 24 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 18 (75.00%) Windows
4 14 (58.33%) VMware
5 10 (41.67%) Windows 7
6 9 (37.50%) MCITP
6 9 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
6 9 (37.50%) Windows XP
6 9 (37.50%) MS Exchange
7 8 (33.33%) MS Office
8 7 (29.17%) Active Directory
8 7 (29.17%) Exchange Server 2010
9 6 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
9 6 (25.00%) Windows 2000
9 6 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (25.00%) Backup Exec
10 5 (20.83%) MS Excel
10 5 (20.83%) VMS
10 5 (20.83%) Windows Vista
11 4 (16.67%) VMware Server
11 4 (16.67%) DNS
11 4 (16.67%) LAN
11 4 (16.67%) WAN
11 4 (16.67%) ITIL
11 4 (16.67%) MCP
11 4 (16.67%) Symantec
12 3 (12.50%) VPN
12 3 (12.50%) DHCP
12 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
12 3 (12.50%) HP

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 9 (37.50%) MS Exchange
2 7 (29.17%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
4 2 (8.333%) Lync
4 2 (8.333%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (4.167%) IIS
5 1 (4.167%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 8 (33.33%) MS Office
2 5 (20.83%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) CODA-Financials
1 1 (4.167%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) LAN
1 4 (16.67%) WAN
1 4 (16.67%) DNS
2 3 (12.50%) DHCP
2 3 (12.50%) VPN
3 2 (8.333%) TCP/IP
3 2 (8.333%) Internet
3 2 (8.333%) IP Telephony
4 1 (4.167%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.167%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (4.167%) Finance
1 1 (4.167%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Server Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Server Support
3 3 (12.50%) Support Specialist
3 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (12.50%) Server Support Specialist
3 3 (12.50%) Server Specialist
4 2 (8.333%) Support Engineer
4 2 (8.333%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (8.333%) Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) IT Consultant
4 2 (8.333%) Consultant
5 1 (4.167%) Development Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) Technical Support
5 1 (4.167%) Architect
5 1 (4.167%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Desktop Support
5 1 (4.167%) Service Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) Applications Support
5 1 (4.167%) Desktop Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Blackberry
1 1 (4.167%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 18 (75.00%) Windows
2 10 (41.67%) Windows 7
3 9 (37.50%) Windows XP
3 9 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (25.00%) Windows 2000
4 6 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (20.83%) Windows Vista
5 5 (20.83%) VMS
6 1 (4.167%) Windows NT
6 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) ITIL
2 2 (8.333%) PRINCE2
3 1 (4.167%) CRM
3 1 (4.167%) PRINCE
3 1 (4.167%) Six Sigma
3 1 (4.167%) Project Management
3 1 (4.167%) Service Management
3 1 (4.167%) ITSM
3 1 (4.167%) Migration
3 1 (4.167%) Programme Management
3 1 (4.167%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.167%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (37.50%) MCITP
3 4 (16.67%) MCP
4 2 (8.333%) MCSA
5 1 (4.167%) MCSD
5 1 (4.167%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (4.167%) MCDST
5 1 (4.167%) Degree
5 1 (4.167%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Certified Master
5 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Certified Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) SLA
1 1 (4.167%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (29.17%) Active Directory
2 6 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (16.67%) VMware Server
4 3 (12.50%) Hyper-V
5 1 (4.167%) DFS Replication
5 1 (4.167%) vSphere
5 1 (4.167%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (4.167%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Backup Exec
2 2 (8.333%) SCOM
2 2 (8.333%) SCVMM
3 1 (4.167%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (4.167%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 20 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 14 (58.33%) VMware
3 4 (16.67%) Symantec
4 3 (12.50%) HP
4 3 (12.50%) Citrix
5 2 (8.333%) Lotus
6 1 (4.167%) CODA
6 1 (4.167%) Sage
6 1 (4.167%) Remedy
6 1 (4.167%) McAfee
6 1 (4.167%) Cisco
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