The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 101 95 82
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -13
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 22 33 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.223% 1.643% 2.241%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.656% 6.286% 11.71%
Number of salaries quoted 16 33 32
Average salary £25,000 £40,000 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-37.50% +10.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,000 £24,200 £29,350
10% offered a salary of more than £44,750 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
389 525 316
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 21.62% 26.15% 19.14%
Number of salaries quoted 292 473 257
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £23,800
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £46,400 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSE
North West

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Macclesfield - 9 £45,000 -
Northwich - 4 £25,000 -
Warrington +12 3 £25,000 -41.17%
Runcorn -1 3 £25,000 -26.47%
MCSE
North West

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 34 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 32 (94.12%) Windows
3 27 (79.41%) MCITP
4 23 (67.65%) MS Exchange
5 21 (61.76%) Windows Server 2003
5 21 (61.76%) VMware
6 20 (58.82%) Active Directory
7 19 (55.88%) SharePoint
8 18 (52.94%) Cisco
8 18 (52.94%) Windows Server 2008
8 18 (52.94%) Exchange Server 2010
9 17 (50.00%) Microsoft
10 16 (47.06%) CCNA
10 16 (47.06%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (44.12%) SAN
11 15 (44.12%) MS Excel
12 14 (41.18%) ITIL
12 14 (41.18%) HP
13 13 (38.24%) VoIP
13 13 (38.24%) Exchange Server 2003
14 12 (35.29%) MCP
14 12 (35.29%) Windows 7
15 11 (32.35%) vSphere
15 11 (32.35%) ITIL Certification
16 10 (29.41%) NetApp
16 10 (29.41%) Windows XP
16 10 (29.41%) SolarWinds
16 10 (29.41%) SCCM
17 9 (26.47%) SQL Server 2008
17 9 (26.47%) Windows Server 2012

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 23 (67.65%) MS Exchange
2 19 (55.88%) SharePoint
3 18 (52.94%) Exchange Server 2010
4 13 (38.24%) Exchange Server 2003
5 9 (26.47%) SharePoint Server
5 9 (26.47%) IIS
6 8 (23.53%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (8.824%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (2.941%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (2.941%) Lync
8 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (44.12%) MS Excel
2 4 (11.76%) MS Office
3 1 (2.941%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (44.12%) SAN
2 13 (38.24%) VoIP
3 6 (17.65%) Firewall
4 5 (14.71%) DNS
4 5 (14.71%) LAN
4 5 (14.71%) WAN
5 4 (11.76%) NAS
6 3 (8.824%) DHCP
6 3 (8.824%) SNMP
7 2 (5.882%) TCP/IP
7 2 (5.882%) VPN
8 1 (2.941%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (26.47%) SQL Server 2008
1 9 (26.47%) SQL Server 2005
1 9 (26.47%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (2.941%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Server Engineer
1 10 (29.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (26.47%) Senior Server Engineer
3 8 (23.53%) Support Technician
4 7 (20.59%) Support Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (8.824%) Windows Support Engineer
6 3 (8.824%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (5.882%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (5.882%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.882%) Technical Support Engineer
7 2 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (5.882%) Technical Support
7 2 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (2.941%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
8 1 (2.941%) Consultant
8 1 (2.941%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.824%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.941%) iPhone
2 1 (2.941%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.941%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 32 (94.12%) Windows
2 21 (61.76%) Windows Server 2003
3 18 (52.94%) Windows Server 2008
4 12 (35.29%) Windows 7
5 10 (29.41%) Windows XP
6 9 (26.47%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (26.47%) Windows Vista
7 5 (14.71%) Linux
8 4 (11.76%) Windows NT
9 1 (2.941%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) ITIL
2 8 (23.53%) Performance Management
3 7 (20.59%) Change Control
3 7 (20.59%) Capacity Management
4 4 (11.76%) PRINCE2
4 4 (11.76%) Migration
4 4 (11.76%) Change Management
5 3 (8.824%) Network Management
5 3 (8.824%) Time Management
6 1 (2.941%) Data Migration
6 1 (2.941%) Software Distribution
6 1 (2.941%) Business Analysis
6 1 (2.941%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (79.41%) MCITP
3 16 (47.06%) CCNA
3 16 (47.06%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (35.29%) MCP
5 11 (32.35%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (26.47%) MCTS
7 3 (8.824%) MCSA
8 2 (5.882%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 20 (58.82%) Active Directory
2 11 (32.35%) vSphere
3 9 (26.47%) ISA Server
4 6 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (5.882%) Xen
6 1 (2.941%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (29.41%) SCCM
2 7 (20.59%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 21 (61.76%) VMware
2 18 (52.94%) Cisco
3 17 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 14 (41.18%) HP
5 10 (29.41%) NetApp
5 10 (29.41%) SolarWinds
6 7 (20.59%) FrontRange
6 7 (20.59%) Citrix
7 2 (5.882%) IBM
7 2 (5.882%) Dell
8 1 (2.941%) Altiris
8 1 (2.941%) LANDesk
8 1 (2.941%) EMC
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