The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 24 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 32 30 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 4 13 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 3.361% 9.353% -
As % of the Qualifications category 9.302% 17.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 0
Average salary £25,000 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-37.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
43 75 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 36.13% 53.96% 39.66%
Number of salaries quoted 40 75 23
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSE
Manchester

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) MS Excel
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (57.14%) VMware
3 4 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (57.14%) Cisco
3 4 (57.14%) Citrix
3 4 (57.14%) MCITP
4 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (42.86%) A+ Certification
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Vista
4 3 (42.86%) Time Management
4 3 (42.86%) MCSA
4 3 (42.86%) ITIL
4 3 (42.86%) MCP
4 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
4 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
4 3 (42.86%) LAN
4 3 (42.86%) VoIP
4 3 (42.86%) WAN
4 3 (42.86%) DHCP
4 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
4 3 (42.86%) DNS
4 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
5 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (14.29%) XenApp
5 1 (14.29%) XenServer

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 6 (85.71%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) LAN
1 3 (42.86%) VoIP
1 3 (42.86%) WAN
1 3 (42.86%) DHCP
1 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
1 3 (42.86%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) NetScaler
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Support Technician
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Support Technician
1 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Virtualisation Engineer
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (42.86%) Windows Vista
3 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Time Management
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (57.14%) MCITP
3 3 (42.86%) A+ Certification
3 3 (42.86%) MCSA
3 3 (42.86%) MCP
4 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (14.29%) VCDX
4 1 (14.29%) NCDA
4 1 (14.29%) NCIE
4 1 (14.29%) VCAP
4 1 (14.29%) CCEE
4 1 (14.29%) CCAA
4 1 (14.29%) CCIA
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
4 1 (14.29%) XenApp
4 1 (14.29%) XenServer
4 1 (14.29%) XenDesktop
4 1 (14.29%) vSphere
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) VMware
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) NetApp