MCSE Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 151 148
Rank change year-on-year +12 -3 -12
Contract jobs citing MCSE 15 16 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.47% 0.45% 0.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.84% 0.86% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 15 15
10th Percentile £325 - £225
25th Percentile £361 £400 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year +16.22% +8.82% +12.58%
75th Percentile £556 £575 £450
90th Percentile £596 £583 £462
England median daily rate £388 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -13.89% +5.88% -1.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.75 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 - £69.05
75th Percentile £15.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £21.35
% change year-on-year +2.86% -18.03% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

MCSE is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,785 1,857 1,480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 56.08% 52.38% 40.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,134 1,373 1,046
10th Percentile £353 £400 £325
25th Percentile £465 £477 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £522
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +11.03% +9.79%
75th Percentile £655 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £729 £680
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 143 87
10th Percentile £22.31 £37.91 £43.13
25th Percentile £40.00 £56.77 £52.00
Median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +2.36% +41.11%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.00 £68.68
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.00 £75.40
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +4.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing MCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCSE in the South West.

Daily rate trend for MCSE in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the South West over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MCSE in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCSE in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for MCSE in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the South West region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire +5 14 £538 -2.27% 8
Bristol +12 1 - - 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (53.33%) Confluence
3 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (6.67%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) DHCP
1 8 (53.33%) DNS
2 3 (20.00%) SAN
2 3 (20.00%) Skype
3 1 (6.67%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 8 (53.33%) JIRA
General
1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 11 (73.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (46.67%) Military
4 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Integration Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Test and Integration Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Test Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Wintel Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Field Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Field Service Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Server Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (66.67%) PKI
2 3 (20.00%) Clustering
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (86.67%) Windows
1 13 (86.67%) Windows Server
2 10 (66.67%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (20.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (13.33%) CentOS
4 2 (13.33%) Linux
5 1 (6.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Critical Thinking
2 8 (53.33%) Agile
3 7 (46.67%) Regression Testing
3 7 (46.67%) Test Scripting
4 5 (33.33%) ITIL
5 3 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Project Management
5 3 (20.00%) Service Management
5 3 (20.00%) System Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Change Management
6 2 (13.33%) Defect Management
6 2 (13.33%) High Availability
6 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (13.33%) NsoIT
6 2 (13.33%) Problem Management
6 2 (13.33%) Server Management
7 1 (6.67%) Asset Management
7 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (6.67%) Software Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) SQL
2 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (93.33%) Security Cleared
3 11 (73.33%) SC Cleared
4 9 (60.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 8 (53.33%) MCSA
6 3 (20.00%) CCNA
6 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (20.00%) Degree
6 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
7 1 (6.67%) A+ Certification
7 1 (6.67%) CCNP
7 1 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (6.67%) MCP
7 1 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 11 (73.33%) Active Directory
1 11 (73.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (13.33%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (13.33%) vSphere
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) WSUS
2 2 (13.33%) vCenter Server
3 1 (6.67%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (6.67%) SCCM
3 1 (6.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (73.33%) VMware
3 2 (13.33%) HP
3 2 (13.33%) Red Hat
3 2 (13.33%) SolarWinds
3 2 (13.33%) Veeam
4 1 (6.67%) Atlassian
4 1 (6.67%) BEA
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco
4 1 (6.67%) Dell