The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 22 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 38 39 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 11 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 4.382% 1.942% -
As % of the Qualifications category 17.46% 4.545% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 0
Average salary £39,500 £21,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+85.88% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.33% +7.14%
All Qualifications
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
63 88 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 25.10% 42.72% 33.74%
Number of salaries quoted 60 85 54
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +21.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £22,800
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSE
Bedfordshire

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford MCSE Jobs Demand Trend

MCSE
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCSE across the Bedford region.

Bedford MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bedford MCSE Salary Histogram

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MCSE.

1 27 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (96.30%) Windows
3 23 (85.19%) VMware
4 21 (77.78%) MS Exchange
4 21 (77.78%) Active Directory
4 21 (77.78%) Exchange Server 2010
5 19 (70.37%) SAN
5 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
6 18 (66.67%) CCNA
6 18 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (62.96%) Windows Server 2008
8 16 (59.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 15 (55.56%) SQL Server
10 13 (48.15%) Linux
10 13 (48.15%) MCITP
10 13 (48.15%) Exchange Server 2007
11 12 (44.44%) ITIL
12 11 (40.74%) NAS
13 10 (37.04%) SQL Server 2008
14 9 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
14 9 (33.33%) TCP/IP
14 9 (33.33%) DNS
15 7 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
15 7 (25.93%) Degree
15 7 (25.93%) VLAN
15 7 (25.93%) MCP
16 6 (22.22%) Cisco
16 6 (22.22%) Migration
17 5 (18.52%) VMware ESX
17 5 (18.52%) MPLS

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MCSE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 21 (77.78%) MS Exchange
1 21 (77.78%) Exchange Server 2010
2 13 (48.15%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (18.52%) SharePoint
3 5 (18.52%) IIS
3 5 (18.52%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (11.11%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) MS Excel
2 3 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (70.37%) SAN
2 11 (40.74%) NAS
3 9 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 9 (33.33%) DNS
4 7 (25.93%) VLAN
5 5 (18.52%) MPLS
5 5 (18.52%) Firewall
5 5 (18.52%) HTTP
5 5 (18.52%) HTTPS
5 5 (18.52%) SSL
5 5 (18.52%) Network Security
6 4 (14.81%) LAN
6 4 (14.81%) WAN
6 4 (14.81%) DHCP
7 3 (11.11%) VPN
8 2 (7.407%) Internet
9 1 (3.704%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (3.704%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (55.56%) SQL Server
2 10 (37.04%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (3.704%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Analyst
2 10 (37.04%) Server Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Support Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) 3rd Line Support
3 8 (29.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (29.63%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 4 (14.81%) Data Centre Specialist
5 4 (14.81%) Network Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Data Centre Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) Server Support Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) Server Support
6 3 (11.11%) Wintel Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) Wintel Support
6 3 (11.11%) Wintel Server Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) Wintel Support Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) 3rd Line Server Support
7 2 (7.407%) Support Engineer
7 2 (7.407%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 1 (3.704%) Network Administrator
Operating Systems
1 26 (96.30%) Windows
2 17 (62.96%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (48.15%) Linux
4 9 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (18.52%) Windows XP
5 5 (18.52%) Windows Vista
5 5 (18.52%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) ITIL
2 6 (22.22%) Migration
3 4 (14.81%) Change Management
4 3 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (7.407%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 27 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (66.67%) CCNA
2 18 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (59.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 13 (48.15%) MCITP
5 7 (25.93%) Degree
5 7 (25.93%) MCP
6 5 (18.52%) CCSP
6 5 (18.52%) CCNP
6 5 (18.52%) CCIP
7 4 (14.81%) MCSA
System Software
1 21 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 7 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (18.52%) VMware ESX
3 5 (18.52%) Terminal Server
4 4 (14.81%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (14.81%) vSphere
5 2 (7.407%) Forefront TMG
5 2 (7.407%) UAG
5 2 (7.407%) Terminal Services
5 2 (7.407%) ISA Server
6 1 (3.704%) Samba
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 23 (85.19%) VMware
2 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
3 6 (22.22%) Cisco
4 5 (18.52%) Citrix
5 4 (14.81%) HP
6 3 (11.11%) Symantec
6 3 (11.11%) Dell
7 1 (3.704%) Oracle