Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 19 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 for the Yorkshire region.

 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank6574103
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9Up+29
Matching contract IT job ads13928
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire0.852 %0.594 %0.796 %
As % of the Qualifications category8.553 %3.689 %6.914 %
Daily rates quoted206
Average daily rate£285-£180
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£257-£115
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£313-£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£278£300
% change year-on-year
-0.900 %-7.500 %
Hourly rates quoted329
Average hourly rate£21.00£27.36£30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.24 %-10.29 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£21.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-18.60 %+7.500 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
152244405
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire9.967 %16.09 %11.51 %
Daily rates quoted6366107
Average daily rate£305£330£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.570 %-5.710 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£145£233
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£479£469£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted151547
Average hourly rate£21.00£26.75£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.49 %+33.75 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.00£17.80£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.97£33.00£30.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
MCSE EnglandMCSE
England

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

Yorkshire 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 across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire MCSE Daily Rate Trend

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
West YorkshireDown-213£285-
MCSE EnglandMCSE
England

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

127 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
215 (55.56 %)Windows
313 (48.15 %)Windows Server 2003
49 (33.33 %)MCP
49 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
58 (29.63 %)ITIL
58 (29.63 %)MCSA
67 (25.93 %)Active Directory
67 (25.93 %)TCP/IP
76 (22.22 %)Microsoft
85 (18.52 %)IBM
85 (18.52 %)HP
85 (18.52 %)Dell
85 (18.52 %)Windows NT
85 (18.52 %)SQL
85 (18.52 %)Windows Vista
85 (18.52 %)Migration
94 (14.81 %)Health
94 (14.81 %)Manufacturing
94 (14.81 %)Finance
94 (14.81 %)MCDST
94 (14.81 %)Security Cleared
94 (14.81 %)MS Exchange
94 (14.81 %)Citrix
103 (11.11 %)CCNA
103 (11.11 %)NHS
103 (11.11 %)Cisco Certification
103 (11.11 %)Project Management
103 (11.11 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
103 (11.11 %)Windows XP

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (11.11 %).NET
22 (7.407 %)Spring
22 (7.407 %)Web Services
22 (7.407 %)SAX
31 (3.704 %)XML
31 (3.704 %)CSS
31 (3.704 %)HTML
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (14.81 %)MS Exchange
23 (11.11 %)IIS
23 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (7.407 %)CMS
32 (7.407 %)Exchange Server 5.5
41 (3.704 %)SharePoint
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (3.704 %)MS Project
11 (3.704 %)MS Office
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (25.93 %)TCP/IP
22 (7.407 %)Firewall
22 (7.407 %)LAN
22 (7.407 %)WAN
22 (7.407 %)DNS
31 (3.704 %)SAN
31 (3.704 %)SMTP
31 (3.704 %)DHCP
31 (3.704 %)FTP
31 (3.704 %)LDAP
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (7.407 %)SQL Server 2005
12 (7.407 %)SQL Server
21 (3.704 %)SQL Server 2000
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (14.81 %)Health
14 (14.81 %)Manufacturing
14 (14.81 %)Finance
22 (7.407 %)Telecoms
31 (3.704 %)Government
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
18 (29.63 %)Analyst
27 (25.93 %)Systems Engineer
36 (22.22 %)Support Analyst
45 (18.52 %)3rd Line Support
54 (14.81 %)Network Support
63 (11.11 %)Server Support
63 (11.11 %)Server Analyst
63 (11.11 %)Support Engineer
72 (7.407 %)Server Support Analyst
72 (7.407 %)Systems Support Analyst
72 (7.407 %)3rd Line Support Analyst
72 (7.407 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
72 (7.407 %)Systems Analyst
72 (7.407 %)Systems Support
81 (3.704 %)Applications Developer
81 (3.704 %)Senior Systems Engineer
81 (3.704 %)Web Developer
81 (3.704 %)Senior Consultant
81 (3.704 %)Consultant
81 (3.704 %)Network Engineer
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (11.11 %)NHS
21 (3.704 %)Smartcard
21 (3.704 %)PKI
21 (3.704 %)Clustering
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
115 (55.56 %)Windows
213 (48.15 %)Windows Server 2003
39 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
45 (18.52 %)Windows NT
45 (18.52 %)Windows Vista
53 (11.11 %)Windows XP
62 (7.407 %)Windows Server 2008
71 (3.704 %)Linux
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (29.63 %)ITIL
25 (18.52 %)Migration
33 (11.11 %)Project Management
33 (11.11 %)Disaster Recovery
42 (7.407 %)Validation
42 (7.407 %)Content Management
42 (7.407 %)PRINCE2
51 (3.704 %)Project Planning
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (18.52 %)SQL
23 (11.11 %)C
32 (7.407 %)VB
41 (3.704 %)C#
41 (3.704 %)VBScript
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
127 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
29 (33.33 %)MCP
38 (29.63 %)MCSA
44 (14.81 %)MCDST
44 (14.81 %)Security Cleared
53 (11.11 %)CCNA
53 (11.11 %)Cisco Certification
62 (7.407 %)SC Cleared
62 (7.407 %)CCNP
71 (3.704 %)CCA
71 (3.704 %)Citrix Certification
71 (3.704 %)CCEA
71 (3.704 %)RHCE
71 (3.704 %)MCAD
71 (3.704 %)HP APS
71 (3.704 %)MCTS
71 (3.704 %)MCITP
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (11.11 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (3.704 %)SLA
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (25.93 %)Active Directory
23 (11.11 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (7.407 %)ISA Server
32 (7.407 %)MetaFrame
41 (3.704 %)XenApp
41 (3.704 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (22.22 %)Microsoft
25 (18.52 %)IBM
25 (18.52 %)HP
25 (18.52 %)Dell
34 (14.81 %)Citrix
43 (11.11 %)VMware
52 (7.407 %)McAfee
52 (7.407 %)NetApp
61 (3.704 %)Cisco