The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 17 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 80 98 108
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +10
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 37 19 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 2.117% 1.084% 0.444%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.146% 2.762% 1.452%
Number of salaries quoted 25 18 8
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% +3.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £29,650 £28,200
10% offered a salary of more than £40,900 £40,600 £35,900
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
602 688 551
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 34.44% 39.25% 30.59%
Number of salaries quoted 502 611 429
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSE
South West

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bristol MCSE Salary Histogram

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 59 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 56 (94.92%) Windows
3 51 (86.44%) Windows Server 2008
4 50 (84.75%) Windows Server 2003
5 45 (76.27%) MS Exchange
6 43 (72.88%) Active Directory
7 42 (71.19%) Microsoft
8 40 (67.80%) VMware
9 35 (59.32%) VMware Infrastructure
10 32 (54.24%) Exchange Server 2010
10 32 (54.24%) MS Excel
11 27 (45.76%) MCSA
12 24 (40.68%) MCITP
13 23 (38.98%) SharePoint
14 22 (37.29%) Exchange Server 2003
14 22 (37.29%) Firewall
15 21 (35.59%) Clustering
15 21 (35.59%) Exchange Server 2007
16 19 (32.20%) SQL Server
17 17 (28.81%) MCT
17 17 (28.81%) SAN
17 17 (28.81%) Blackberry
18 16 (27.12%) TCP/IP
18 16 (27.12%) DNS
19 15 (25.42%) LAN
19 15 (25.42%) WAN
19 15 (25.42%) MCTS
20 14 (23.73%) CCNA
20 14 (23.73%) Cisco Certification
21 13 (22.03%) Cisco

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 45 (76.27%) MS Exchange
2 32 (54.24%) Exchange Server 2010
3 23 (38.98%) SharePoint
4 22 (37.29%) Exchange Server 2003
5 21 (35.59%) Exchange Server 2007
6 13 (22.03%) IIS
7 11 (18.64%) SharePoint 2010
8 4 (6.780%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 3 (5.085%) Exchange Server 2000
10 2 (3.390%) MS Project Server
10 2 (3.390%) Lync
10 2 (3.390%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (1.695%) SAS
Applications
1 32 (54.24%) MS Excel
2 3 (5.085%) MS Office
3 2 (3.390%) MS Project
4 1 (1.695%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (5.085%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 22 (37.29%) Firewall
2 17 (28.81%) SAN
3 16 (27.12%) TCP/IP
3 16 (27.12%) DNS
4 15 (25.42%) LAN
4 15 (25.42%) WAN
5 11 (18.64%) VPN
5 11 (18.64%) iSCSI
6 3 (5.085%) Intranet
6 3 (5.085%) Internet
6 3 (5.085%) DHCP
7 2 (3.390%) VoIP
7 2 (3.390%) Network Security
8 1 (1.695%) Wireless
8 1 (1.695%) IP Telephony
8 1 (1.695%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (32.20%) SQL Server
2 13 (22.03%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (5.085%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (5.085%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (5.085%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (3.390%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 11 (18.64%) Marketing
2 7 (11.86%) Telecoms
3 3 (5.085%) Legal
3 3 (5.085%) Advertising
4 1 (1.695%) Law
Job Titles
1 32 (54.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (30.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (27.12%) Support Engineer
4 12 (20.34%) Systems Engineer
5 11 (18.64%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 9 (15.25%) 3rd Line Support
6 9 (15.25%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 8 (13.56%) Messaging Engineer
8 4 (6.780%) Messaging Specialist
9 3 (5.085%) Administrator
9 3 (5.085%) DBA
9 3 (5.085%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 2 (3.390%) Operations Engineer
10 2 (3.390%) Senior Operations Engineer
10 2 (3.390%) Field Engineer
10 2 (3.390%) Security Administrator
10 2 (3.390%) SQL Server DBA
10 2 (3.390%) Desktop Engineer
10 2 (3.390%) SQL DBA
11 1 (1.695%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (35.59%) Clustering
2 17 (28.81%) Blackberry
3 11 (18.64%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.695%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 56 (94.92%) Windows
2 51 (86.44%) Windows Server 2008
3 50 (84.75%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (5.085%) Linux
5 2 (3.390%) Windows 2000
6 1 (1.695%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.695%) Windows Vista
6 1 (1.695%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.03%) Information Security
2 11 (18.64%) Information Security Management
2 11 (18.64%) Security Management
2 11 (18.64%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (18.64%) ISMS
3 8 (13.56%) Migration
4 7 (11.86%) Problem Management
5 5 (8.475%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (6.780%) Change Management
6 4 (6.780%) Business Continuity
7 3 (5.085%) Data Modelling
7 3 (5.085%) Service Delivery
8 2 (3.390%) ITIL
8 2 (3.390%) ERP
8 2 (3.390%) ITSM
9 1 (1.695%) Time Management
9 1 (1.695%) Network Load Balancing
9 1 (1.695%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.86%) SQL
2 3 (5.085%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (45.76%) MCSA
3 24 (40.68%) MCITP
4 17 (28.81%) MCT
5 15 (25.42%) MCTS
6 14 (23.73%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (23.73%) CCNA
7 11 (18.64%) CCNP
7 11 (18.64%) Degree
8 5 (8.475%) SC Cleared
8 5 (8.475%) Security Cleared
9 3 (5.085%) MCP
9 3 (5.085%) Citrix Certification
10 2 (3.390%) CISSP
10 2 (3.390%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (3.390%) CISM
10 2 (3.390%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (22.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.695%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (72.88%) Active Directory
2 35 (59.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (18.64%) vSphere
4 10 (16.95%) Hyper-V
5 9 (15.25%) VMware ESX
6 5 (8.475%) XenApp
7 2 (3.390%) Forefront TMG
7 2 (3.390%) UAG
8 1 (1.695%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.695%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 12 (20.34%) MOM
2 10 (16.95%) SCOM
3 4 (6.780%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (1.695%) SCCM
4 1 (1.695%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 42 (71.19%) Microsoft
2 40 (67.80%) VMware
3 13 (22.03%) Cisco
4 11 (18.64%) NetSuite
5 8 (13.56%) Citrix
6 7 (11.86%) HP
7 4 (6.780%) Oracle
8 3 (5.085%) IBM
8 3 (5.085%) Compaq
8 3 (5.085%) Dell
9 1 (1.695%) SAP
9 1 (1.695%) Juniper
9 1 (1.695%) McAfee
9 1 (1.695%) Acronis
Bristol, South West
The successful candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: Lync OCS Hyper-V System Center Windows 2008 / 2012 Exchange 2010 / 2013 MCITP,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Training & Private Health Care
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The successful candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: Lync OCS Hyper-V System Center Windows 2008 / 2012 Exchange 2010 / 2013 MCITP,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: Windows 2003/2008 Enterprise Support Microsoft Exchange (2003/2007/2010) Exchange Clustering Microsoft...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: Windows 2003/2008 Lync/OCS Systems Support (2007/2010) (Desirable) Enterprise Support Microsoft...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + PENSION/BONUS
Posted: 15 May 2013