The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 89 124 108
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -16
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 154 91 104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.862% 1.494% 1.921%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.918% 4.674% 6.851%
Number of salaries quoted 140 83 98
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £28,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1945 1947 1518
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 36.15% 31.96% 28.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1496 1647 1258
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,950 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSE
South East

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Berkshire MCSE Salary Histogram

MCSE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +37 66 £45,000 +28.57% 10
Bracknell -1 37 £30,500 -19.73%
Newbury +29 25 £31,000 -27.05% 2
Slough +3 13 £45,000 +20.80% 1
Maidenhead +12 12 £57,500 +76.92%
Wokingham +21 9 £55,000 +57.14% 1
Windsor +4 1 £43,000 +22.85%
MCSE
South East

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 232 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 211 (90.95%) Windows
3 173 (74.57%) Microsoft
4 107 (46.12%) Active Directory
5 98 (42.24%) MCSA
6 94 (40.52%) MCP
7 93 (40.09%) Cisco
7 93 (40.09%) MS Excel
7 93 (40.09%) Cisco Certification
8 92 (39.66%) CCNA
9 91 (39.22%) Windows Server 2003
10 88 (37.93%) VMware
11 82 (35.34%) DNS
12 80 (34.48%) Windows Server 2008
13 73 (31.47%) Firewall
14 72 (31.03%) MCITP
15 68 (29.31%) TCP/IP
15 68 (29.31%) VMware Infrastructure
16 64 (27.59%) DHCP
17 58 (25.00%) HP
18 53 (22.84%) Linux
18 53 (22.84%) Degree
19 50 (21.55%) Sun
19 50 (21.55%) Solaris
20 48 (20.69%) RDBMS
20 48 (20.69%) Windows XP
21 47 (20.26%) SQL
21 47 (20.26%) French Language
22 46 (19.83%) SCCM
23 45 (19.40%) Security Management

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 Development
1 12 (5.172%) XML
1 12 (5.172%) HTML
2 10 (4.310%) .NET
3 9 (3.879%) ASP.NET
4 5 (2.155%) MSMQ
4 5 (2.155%) XSLT
5 3 (1.293%) Middleware
6 2 (0.862%) COM
7 1 (0.431%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 1 (0.431%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 38 (16.38%) MS Exchange
2 27 (11.64%) IIS
3 23 (9.914%) Exchange Server 2010
4 19 (8.190%) Lync
4 19 (8.190%) SharePoint
5 15 (6.466%) Exchange Server 2003
6 14 (6.034%) Office Communications Server
7 13 (5.603%) Exchange Server 2013
8 9 (3.879%) Exchange Server 2007
9 7 (3.017%) Apache
9 7 (3.017%) SAS
10 6 (2.586%) IBM Notes
11 5 (2.155%) Lotus Domino
12 4 (1.724%) Exchange Server 2000
12 4 (1.724%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 93 (40.09%) MS Excel
2 32 (13.79%) MS Office
3 14 (6.034%) Office 365
4 2 (0.862%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.155%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.431%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 82 (35.34%) DNS
2 73 (31.47%) Firewall
3 68 (29.31%) TCP/IP
4 64 (27.59%) DHCP
5 30 (12.93%) SAN
6 27 (11.64%) WAN
7 17 (7.328%) LAN
8 16 (6.897%) SMTP
9 10 (4.310%) Internet
9 10 (4.310%) LDAP
10 9 (3.879%) Wireshark
10 9 (3.879%) SNMP
10 9 (3.879%) Unified Communications
11 8 (3.448%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (3.017%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (3.017%) tcpdump
12 7 (3.017%) snoop
12 7 (3.017%) FWSM
13 6 (2.586%) NAS
13 6 (2.586%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (20.69%) RDBMS
2 29 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.879%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (3.879%) Big Data
4 6 (2.586%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (0.862%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.431%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 47 (20.26%) French Language
2 37 (15.95%) Finance
3 34 (14.66%) German Language
4 25 (10.78%) Italian Language
5 24 (10.34%) Telecoms
5 24 (10.34%) Retail
6 2 (0.862%) Local Government
6 2 (0.862%) Advertising
6 2 (0.862%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 92 (39.66%) Support Engineer
2 51 (21.98%) Technical Support
3 47 (20.26%) Technical Engineer
4 45 (19.40%) Technical Support Engineer
5 33 (14.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 28 (12.07%) Consultant
6 28 (12.07%) Desktop Support
6 28 (12.07%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 28 (12.07%) Desktop Engineer
7 27 (11.64%) 2nd Line Support
7 27 (11.64%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 25 (10.78%) Analyst
9 17 (7.328%) 3rd Line Support
9 17 (7.328%) Support Analyst
10 12 (5.172%) Technical Consultant
10 12 (5.172%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 9 (3.879%) Senior Consultant
12 8 (3.448%) Windows Engineer
12 8 (3.448%) Administrator
13 7 (3.017%) Senior Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.483%) Blackberry
2 14 (6.034%) Computer Science
3 13 (5.603%) SaaS
3 13 (5.603%) Replication
4 12 (5.172%) Clustering
5 11 (4.741%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.879%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (3.017%) Firmware
8 6 (2.586%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (2.155%) N-Tier
10 3 (1.293%) Fat Client
10 3 (1.293%) Thin Client
11 2 (0.862%) Open Source
11 2 (0.862%) CMDB
11 2 (0.862%) PKI
12 1 (0.431%) PDA
12 1 (0.431%) iPhone
12 1 (0.431%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 211 (90.95%) Windows
2 91 (39.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 80 (34.48%) Windows Server 2008
4 53 (22.84%) Linux
5 50 (21.55%) Solaris
6 48 (20.69%) Windows XP
7 44 (18.97%) UNIX
8 23 (9.914%) Windows 7
9 16 (6.897%) Windows 2000
10 14 (6.034%) Windows Vista
11 9 (3.879%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (3.017%) Windows Server 2012
13 4 (1.724%) Windows 2000 Server
13 4 (1.724%) Nucleus RTOS
14 3 (1.293%) Windows 8
15 2 (0.862%) Windows NT
16 1 (0.431%) Windows Phone
16 1 (0.431%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (19.40%) Security Management
2 44 (18.97%) ITIL
3 24 (10.34%) Software Deployment
4 20 (8.621%) Service Delivery
4 20 (8.621%) Software Distribution
5 19 (8.190%) Project Management
6 13 (5.603%) Change Management
6 13 (5.603%) Service Management
7 12 (5.172%) Problem Management
8 10 (4.310%) ITSM
9 9 (3.879%) Identity Management
10 8 (3.448%) Migration
10 8 (3.448%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (3.017%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (3.017%) Web Development
11 7 (3.017%) PRINCE2
12 6 (2.586%) Asset Management
13 5 (2.155%) Incident Management
13 5 (2.155%) Configuration Management
13 5 (2.155%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (20.26%) SQL
2 12 (5.172%) Java
2 12 (5.172%) PowerShell
3 7 (3.017%) Perl
4 5 (2.155%) PL/SQL
4 5 (2.155%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.155%) C#
4 5 (2.155%) C++
5 4 (1.724%) VB
Qualifications
1 232 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 98 (42.24%) MCSA
3 94 (40.52%) MCP
4 93 (40.09%) Cisco Certification
5 92 (39.66%) CCNA
6 72 (31.03%) MCITP
7 53 (22.84%) Degree
8 43 (18.53%) MCDBA
9 38 (16.38%) Security Cleared
10 36 (15.52%) SC Cleared
11 30 (12.93%) MCTS
12 23 (9.914%) CCNP
13 16 (6.897%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 10 (4.310%) Citrix Certification
15 7 (3.017%) CCA
16 6 (2.586%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (2.586%) MCDST
17 4 (1.724%) CCIA
17 4 (1.724%) MCSD
18 3 (1.293%) CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.879%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.017%) QA
3 2 (0.862%) SLA
System Software
1 107 (46.12%) Active Directory
2 68 (29.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (11.21%) Hyper-V
4 23 (9.914%) vSphere
5 16 (6.897%) VMware ESX
5 16 (6.897%) XenApp
6 12 (5.172%) ISA Server
7 10 (4.310%) Forefront TMG
8 9 (3.879%) Microsoft App-V
9 8 (3.448%) XenDesktop
10 6 (2.586%) Terminal Services
11 5 (2.155%) Novell eDirectory
11 5 (2.155%) Xen
11 5 (2.155%) XenServer
12 3 (1.293%) UAG
13 2 (0.862%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.862%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.862%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.431%) MetaFrame
14 1 (0.431%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 46 (19.83%) SCCM
2 31 (13.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 22 (9.483%) SCOM
4 20 (8.621%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 7 (3.017%) SCVMM
6 5 (2.155%) ZENworks
6 5 (2.155%) MOM
7 4 (1.724%) MIMEsweeper
8 3 (1.293%) NetBackup
8 3 (1.293%) Backup Exec
8 3 (1.293%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.862%) MIIS
10 1 (0.431%) ARCserve
10 1 (0.431%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
10 1 (0.431%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 173 (74.57%) Microsoft
2 93 (40.09%) Cisco
3 88 (37.93%) VMware
4 58 (25.00%) HP
5 50 (21.55%) Sun
6 37 (15.95%) Citrix
7 24 (10.34%) Fujitsu
8 21 (9.052%) McAfee
9 20 (8.621%) Sophos
10 14 (6.034%) Dell
11 12 (5.172%) F5
12 10 (4.310%) Juniper
12 10 (4.310%) NetApp
12 10 (4.310%) IBM
13 9 (3.879%) Oracle
13 9 (3.879%) Red Hat
13 9 (3.879%) Symantec
13 9 (3.879%) Foundry
14 8 (3.448%) MobileIron
14 8 (3.448%) WatchGuard
Newbury, Berkshire
Network Engineer, Systems Administrator, Network Administrator, Support, Windows server, MCSA/MSCE, CCNA/CCNP, VWware, Hyper-V... You will be an ambitious self motivated individual with either an MCSA...
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Salary: £25000 - £37000 per annum + EX BENS
Posted: 18 June 2013
Slough, Thames Valley
The successful candidate will take responsibility to provide infrastructure support on a Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory network. Core skills will include MS Windows XP, MS Office, MS...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 30 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Install, configure and maintain windows server 2003/2008R2... * VM Ware -Vsphere... * VM WARE. * Active Directory. * Knowledge of SAN... * Blackberry Enterprise experience. Desirable skills * MCSE or MCSA * IT related...
Roc Search
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
SC or DV Security Cleared Senior Service Desk Technical Remote Specialist III... Overview: This is a senior role within a Service Desk team; There will be a requirement...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £0000 - £9999 per annum + Excellent benefits Package
Posted: 13 June 2013
Wokingham, Berkshire
1st Line Support, Support Analyst, Service Desk Analyst, Windows, MCSA, MCSE, Cloud computing, Big Data 1st Line Support Analyst urgently needed by this global award winning pioneers of...
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Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
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Salary: £23000 - £28000 per annum
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Salary: From £55,000 to £60,000 per annum + 10-15% bonus + mileage + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Salary: £24000 - £26000 per annum
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Salary: £36000 - £37000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
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Salary: £23k - 25k per year + bonus, laptop and mobile
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Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Salary: £20,000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
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Salary: £18000 - £26000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
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Verizon
Salary: Excellent Salary, Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013