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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the City of London region.

 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank169104148
Rank change year-on-year
Down-65Up+44
Matching permanent IT job ads119159233
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London1.055 %1.915 %1.265 %
As % of the Qualifications category5.782 %9.962 %6.709 %
Salaries quoted107114191
Average salary£35,500£36,250£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.060 %-3.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£27,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£66,000£55,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.560 %-1.530 %
City of London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
205815963473
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London18.25 %19.22 %18.86 %
Salaries quoted180213262747
Average salary£45,000£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£29,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£70,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCSE LondonMCSE
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MCSE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MCSE across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

City of London MCSE Demand Trend

MCSE
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCSE across the City of London region.

City of London MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE across the City of London region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

City of London MCSE Salary Histogram

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1263 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2220 (83.65 %)Windows
3120 (45.63 %)Active Directory
4118 (44.87 %)MS Exchange
5102 (38.78 %)Microsoft
698 (37.26 %)Windows Server 2003
698 (37.26 %)Finance
786 (32.70 %)Windows XP
882 (31.18 %)Citrix
882 (31.18 %)Exchange Server 2003
970 (26.62 %)Exchange Server 2007
1069 (26.24 %)ITIL
1167 (25.48 %)SQL
1262 (23.57 %)VMware
1354 (20.53 %)MCSA
1354 (20.53 %)Cisco Certification
1354 (20.53 %)Cisco
1453 (20.15 %)MS Office
1552 (19.77 %)TCP/IP
1651 (19.39 %)MS Excel
1749 (18.63 %)CCNA
1847 (17.87 %)Windows Server 2008
1946 (17.49 %)DNS
2042 (15.97 %)DHCP
2140 (15.21 %)Firewall
2239 (14.83 %)VMware Infrastructure
2338 (14.45 %)SQL Server
2435 (13.31 %)SAN
2534 (12.93 %)HP
2633 (12.55 %)IIS

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
114 (5.323 %)Web Services
212 (4.563 %).NET
311 (4.183 %)XML
410 (3.802 %)HTML
54 (1.521 %)Application Packaging
62 (0.760 %)WSH
62 (0.760 %)JRules
62 (0.760 %)WebSphere
62 (0.760 %)Software Packaging
71 (0.380 %)Windows SharePoint Services
71 (0.380 %)WMI
71 (0.380 %)ADO.NET
71 (0.380 %)ASP
71 (0.380 %)ASP.NET
71 (0.380 %)EDI
71 (0.380 %)ADSI
City of London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1118 (44.87 %)MS Exchange
282 (31.18 %)Exchange Server 2003
370 (26.62 %)Exchange Server 2007
433 (12.55 %)IIS
518 (6.844 %)SharePoint
612 (4.563 %)BizTalk Server
711 (4.183 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
810 (3.802 %)SAS
99 (3.422 %)GroupWise
107 (2.662 %)Exchange Server 2000
116 (2.281 %)Exchange Server 5.5
124 (1.521 %)Lotus Notes
124 (1.521 %)LiveLink
124 (1.521 %)SharePoint Server 2007
132 (0.760 %)WebSphere MQ
132 (0.760 %)WebSphere Application Server
132 (0.760 %)WebSphere Process Server
132 (0.760 %)SharePoint Portal Server
132 (0.760 %)WebSphere Message Broker
141 (0.380 %)CMS
City of London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
153 (20.15 %)MS Office
251 (19.39 %)MS Excel
35 (1.901 %)Acrobat
44 (1.521 %)MS Visio
53 (1.141 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.760 %)MS Project
City of London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (1.141 %)assyst
22 (0.760 %)Microsoft CRM
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
152 (19.77 %)TCP/IP
246 (17.49 %)DNS
342 (15.97 %)DHCP
440 (15.21 %)Firewall
535 (13.31 %)SAN
623 (8.745 %)NAS
721 (7.985 %)LAN
721 (7.985 %)WAN
812 (4.563 %)VPN
98 (3.042 %)SNMP
98 (3.042 %)FTP
106 (2.281 %)Internet
106 (2.281 %)VoIP
113 (1.141 %)SMTP
113 (1.141 %)PBX
113 (1.141 %)SMS
113 (1.141 %)Ethernet
113 (1.141 %)MPLS
122 (0.760 %)OSPF
122 (0.760 %)HTTP
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
138 (14.45 %)SQL Server
220 (7.605 %)SQL Server 2005
318 (6.844 %)SQL Server 2000
414 (5.323 %)SQL Server 2008
512 (4.563 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
610 (3.802 %)Oracle 10g
610 (3.802 %)Crystal Reports
610 (3.802 %)Oracle 8/8i
610 (3.802 %)Oracle 9i
610 (3.802 %)DTS
610 (3.802 %)Oracle Reports
610 (3.802 %)Oracle OWB
610 (3.802 %)Oracle 11g
610 (3.802 %)SQL Server Integration Services
72 (0.760 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
81 (0.380 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
81 (0.380 %)GIS
81 (0.380 %)OLAP
81 (0.380 %)RDBMS
City of London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
198 (37.26 %)Finance
233 (12.55 %)Banking
329 (11.03 %)Front Office
424 (9.125 %)Investment Banking
520 (7.605 %)Pensions
613 (4.943 %)Government
711 (4.183 %)Education
810 (3.802 %)Insurance
96 (2.281 %)Marketing
103 (1.141 %)Financial Institution
103 (1.141 %)Legal
112 (0.760 %)Telecoms
112 (0.760 %)Back Office
112 (0.760 %)Retail
121 (0.380 %)Construction
121 (0.380 %)Advertising
121 (0.380 %)Health
121 (0.380 %)Law
City of London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
144 (16.73 %)Analyst
235 (13.31 %)Support Engineer
331 (11.79 %)3rd Line Support
425 (9.506 %)Support Analyst
425 (9.506 %)Architect
520 (7.605 %)Desktop Support
617 (6.464 %)Administrator
716 (6.084 %)Systems Administrator
716 (6.084 %)Systems Engineer
814 (5.323 %)Consultant
912 (4.563 %)Desktop Engineer
1011 (4.183 %)Technical Support
1011 (4.183 %)Desktop Support Engineer
1011 (4.183 %)Systems Architect
1110 (3.802 %)Technical Analyst
1110 (3.802 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1110 (3.802 %)SQL Server DBA
1110 (3.802 %)SQL DBA
1110 (3.802 %)DBA
129 (3.422 %)Virtualisation Consultant
City of London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
124 (9.125 %)Blackberry
220 (7.605 %)Clustering
312 (4.563 %)Replication
48 (3.042 %)SaaS
56 (2.281 %)Fixed Income
56 (2.281 %)Derivative
65 (1.901 %)Spread Betting
74 (1.521 %)Computer Science
83 (1.141 %)PDA
92 (0.760 %)IVR
92 (0.760 %)CMDB
101 (0.380 %)Video Conferencing
101 (0.380 %)French Language
101 (0.380 %)German Language
101 (0.380 %)Spanish Language
101 (0.380 %)Statistics
City of London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1220 (83.65 %)Windows
298 (37.26 %)Windows Server 2003
386 (32.70 %)Windows XP
447 (17.87 %)Windows Server 2008
525 (9.506 %)Windows Vista
623 (8.745 %)Windows 2000
717 (6.464 %)Windows 2000 Server
816 (6.084 %)Linux
912 (4.563 %)Windows 7
109 (3.422 %)NetWare
118 (3.042 %)UNIX
126 (2.281 %)Solaris
134 (1.521 %)Windows NT
142 (0.760 %)AIX
142 (0.760 %)Debian
142 (0.760 %)Red Hat Linux
142 (0.760 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
169 (26.24 %)ITIL
230 (11.41 %)Electronic Trading
314 (5.323 %)Service Delivery
413 (4.943 %)Change Management
57 (2.662 %)Project Management
65 (1.901 %)Incident Management
65 (1.901 %)Load Balancing
65 (1.901 %)MOF
74 (1.521 %)PRINCE2
74 (1.521 %)Information Security
83 (1.141 %)Problem Management
83 (1.141 %)Service Management
83 (1.141 %)Risk Management
83 (1.141 %)ERP
92 (0.760 %)CRM
92 (0.760 %)Configuration Management
92 (0.760 %)Network Design
92 (0.760 %)Security Architecture
92 (0.760 %)Financial Modelling
101 (0.380 %)Digital Marketing
City of London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
167 (25.48 %)SQL
224 (9.125 %)VBScript
319 (7.224 %)VB
413 (4.943 %)C
512 (4.563 %)PowerShell
611 (4.183 %)T-SQL
74 (1.521 %)Perl
81 (0.380 %)PL/SQL
81 (0.380 %)C#
81 (0.380 %)VB.NET
81 (0.380 %)VBA
City of London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1263 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
254 (20.53 %)MCSA
254 (20.53 %)Cisco Certification
349 (18.63 %)CCNA
429 (11.03 %)MCP
527 (10.27 %)Degree
623 (8.745 %)MCITP
714 (5.323 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
813 (4.943 %)Citrix Certification
912 (4.563 %)MCDBA
1011 (4.183 %)CCA
119 (3.422 %)CCNP
119 (3.422 %)CCEA
128 (3.042 %)VCDX
128 (3.042 %)VCP4
137 (2.662 %)ITIL Certification
145 (1.901 %)CCIE
154 (1.521 %)MCDST
154 (1.521 %)Security Cleared
163 (1.141 %)MCTS
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (6.084 %)SLA
City of London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1120 (45.63 %)Active Directory
239 (14.83 %)VMware Infrastructure
310 (3.802 %)Oracle RMAN
310 (3.802 %)VMware ESX
310 (3.802 %)vSphere
49 (3.422 %)XenApp
58 (3.042 %)XenServer
58 (3.042 %)XenDesktop
58 (3.042 %)Citrix Presentation Server
65 (1.901 %)VMware Workstation
74 (1.521 %)Terminal Server
74 (1.521 %)VMware GSX
83 (1.141 %)Hyper-V
83 (1.141 %)Terminal Services
92 (0.760 %)MSMQ
101 (0.380 %)DFS Replication
101 (0.380 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
City of London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
119 (7.224 %)Backup Exec
218 (6.844 %)SCCM
317 (6.464 %)SCOM
413 (4.943 %)NetBackup
55 (1.901 %)Norton AntiVirus
63 (1.141 %)MSI
63 (1.141 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
72 (0.760 %)OpenView
72 (0.760 %)MOM
72 (0.760 %)OVSD
81 (0.380 %)HP Data Protector
81 (0.380 %)WSUS
81 (0.380 %)Tivoli
City of London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1102 (38.78 %)Microsoft
282 (31.18 %)Citrix
362 (23.57 %)VMware
454 (20.53 %)Cisco
534 (12.93 %)HP
622 (8.365 %)Symantec
718 (6.844 %)Oracle
810 (3.802 %)Veritas
99 (3.422 %)Remedy
107 (2.662 %)IBM
116 (2.281 %)EMC
125 (1.901 %)Altiris
125 (1.901 %)Lotus
125 (1.901 %)Avaya
125 (1.901 %)Adobe
134 (1.521 %)Sun
134 (1.521 %)CommVault
143 (1.141 %)LANDesk
143 (1.141 %)Blue Coat
143 (1.141 %)Bloomberg