The first 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 21 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 180 165 172
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +7
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 153 175 174
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.300% 1.332% 1.148%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.480% 5.963% 5.496%
Number of salaries quoted 139 165 160
Average salary £43,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.44% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £62,500 £60,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
2792 2935 3166
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 23.73% 22.34% 20.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2410 2664 2861
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSE
London

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 City of London region.

City of London MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

City of London MCSE Salary Histogram

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 326 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 284 (87.12%) Windows
3 219 (67.18%) Microsoft
4 200 (61.35%) Active Directory
5 178 (54.60%) VMware
6 165 (50.61%) Windows Server 2008
7 124 (38.04%) VMware Infrastructure
8 122 (37.42%) MS Exchange
9 119 (36.50%) Windows Server 2003
10 112 (34.36%) ITIL
11 106 (32.52%) MS Excel
11 106 (32.52%) Citrix
12 98 (30.06%) Cisco
13 90 (27.61%) MCITP
14 87 (26.69%) MCP
15 82 (25.15%) MCSA
16 78 (23.93%) Finance
17 77 (23.62%) Exchange Server 2010
18 76 (23.31%) SAN
19 69 (21.17%) Cisco Certification
19 69 (21.17%) TCP/IP
20 65 (19.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
21 62 (19.02%) MS Office
21 62 (19.02%) XenApp
22 60 (18.40%) Exchange Server 2007
22 60 (18.40%) DNS
23 57 (17.48%) CCNA
24 54 (16.56%) Blackberry
25 53 (16.26%) Firewall
26 51 (15.64%) LAN

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 11 (3.374%) Application Packaging
2 9 (2.761%) ODBC
3 4 (1.227%) XML
4 2 (0.613%) WCF
4 2 (0.613%) .NET
4 2 (0.613%) J2EE
4 2 (0.613%) ADO.NET
4 2 (0.613%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.613%) LAMP
4 2 (0.613%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.307%) Middleware
5 1 (0.307%) COM
5 1 (0.307%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 122 (37.42%) MS Exchange
2 77 (23.62%) Exchange Server 2010
3 60 (18.40%) Exchange Server 2007
4 43 (13.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 35 (10.74%) SharePoint
6 24 (7.362%) Exchange Server 2003
7 23 (7.055%) Lync
8 21 (6.442%) Office Communications Server
9 18 (5.521%) Lotus Notes
10 17 (5.215%) IIS
11 9 (2.761%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
11 9 (2.761%) SharePoint 2010
12 8 (2.454%) Lotus Domino
13 3 (0.920%) Exchange Server 2000
14 1 (0.307%) Exchange Server 2013
14 1 (0.307%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.307%) MSMQ
14 1 (0.307%) Apache
14 1 (0.307%) Confluence
Applications
1 106 (32.52%) MS Excel
2 62 (19.02%) MS Office
3 2 (0.613%) Office 365
3 2 (0.613%) MS Project
4 1 (0.307%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.307%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.840%) assyst
2 4 (1.227%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.613%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.307%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.307%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.307%) 3000 Xtra
Communications & Networking
1 76 (23.31%) SAN
2 69 (21.17%) TCP/IP
3 60 (18.40%) DNS
4 53 (16.26%) Firewall
5 51 (15.64%) LAN
6 41 (12.58%) DHCP
7 38 (11.66%) WAN
8 22 (6.748%) VPN
9 18 (5.521%) NAS
10 17 (5.215%) Network Security
11 16 (4.908%) LDAP
12 14 (4.294%) VoIP
13 13 (3.988%) Internet
13 13 (3.988%) HTTP
13 13 (3.988%) IP Telephony
14 12 (3.681%) Ethernet
15 11 (3.374%) FTP
16 10 (3.067%) SMTP
16 10 (3.067%) SSL
17 9 (2.761%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (12.58%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.374%) Oracle 8/8i
3 10 (3.067%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (2.454%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (1.227%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (0.613%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.613%) MySQL
6 2 (0.613%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (0.307%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.307%) Big Data
7 1 (0.307%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (2.761%) MSI
2 8 (2.454%) InstallShield
3 7 (2.147%) Git (software)
4 2 (0.613%) JIRA
5 1 (0.307%) FishEye
General
1 78 (23.93%) Finance
2 24 (7.362%) Law
3 20 (6.135%) Banking
4 13 (3.988%) Advertising
5 10 (3.067%) Legal
6 6 (1.840%) Investment Banking
6 6 (1.840%) Telecoms
7 5 (1.534%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (1.227%) Spanish Language
8 4 (1.227%) Games
9 3 (0.920%) Electronics
9 3 (0.920%) Back Office
10 2 (0.613%) German Language
10 2 (0.613%) Marketing
11 1 (0.307%) Front Office
11 1 (0.307%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.307%) Retail
11 1 (0.307%) Polish Language
11 1 (0.307%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.307%) French Language
Job Titles
1 64 (19.63%) Analyst
2 37 (11.35%) Support Analyst
3 32 (9.816%) Consultant
4 30 (9.202%) Administrator
5 29 (8.896%) Support Engineer
5 29 (8.896%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 27 (8.282%) Desktop Support
7 25 (7.669%) Architect
8 23 (7.055%) Systems Administrator
9 22 (6.748%) Team Leader
10 20 (6.135%) IT Support
11 14 (4.294%) Desktop Analyst
11 14 (4.294%) Infrastructure Manager
11 14 (4.294%) 3rd Line Support
11 14 (4.294%) Desktop Support Analyst
12 11 (3.374%) IT Support Engineer
12 11 (3.374%) 2nd Line Support
12 11 (3.374%) Technical Manager
12 11 (3.374%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
13 10 (3.067%) Technical Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 54 (16.56%) Blackberry
2 23 (7.055%) Replication
3 20 (6.135%) Clustering
4 15 (4.601%) Thin Client
4 15 (4.601%) Fat Client
5 11 (3.374%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.374%) Statistics
6 10 (3.067%) iPhone
7 8 (2.454%) Computer Science
7 8 (2.454%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.534%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.227%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.227%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (0.920%) PMI
11 2 (0.613%) SWIFT
11 2 (0.613%) Digital Media
11 2 (0.613%) Handset
12 1 (0.307%) IaaS
12 1 (0.307%) CLARiiON
12 1 (0.307%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 284 (87.12%) Windows
2 165 (50.61%) Windows Server 2008
3 119 (36.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 43 (13.19%) Windows 7
4 43 (13.19%) Linux
4 43 (13.19%) Windows XP
5 33 (10.12%) UNIX
6 32 (9.816%) Windows Vista
7 28 (8.589%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (5.215%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (3.374%) Windows 2000 Server
10 10 (3.067%) AIX
11 9 (2.761%) HPUX
11 9 (2.761%) CentOS
12 5 (1.534%) Windows Phone
12 5 (1.534%) Windows 8
12 5 (1.534%) Solaris
13 4 (1.227%) Windows 2000
13 4 (1.227%) OpenVMS
14 2 (0.613%) Mac OS X Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (34.36%) ITIL
2 31 (9.509%) Disaster Recovery
3 27 (8.282%) Project Management
4 26 (7.975%) Service Delivery
5 22 (6.748%) Migration
6 18 (5.521%) Service Management
7 15 (4.601%) PRINCE2
7 15 (4.601%) Incident Management
8 12 (3.681%) Asset Management
8 12 (3.681%) Workflow
9 11 (3.374%) Validation
10 10 (3.067%) ITSM
11 9 (2.761%) Scrum
11 9 (2.761%) CRM
11 9 (2.761%) Problem Management
12 8 (2.454%) Business Continuity
13 7 (2.147%) Kanban
13 7 (2.147%) Performance Management
14 6 (1.840%) TOGAF
14 6 (1.840%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (14.72%) SQL
2 13 (3.988%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.067%) Python
4 8 (2.454%) Bash shell
4 8 (2.454%) Perl
5 7 (2.147%) PHP
5 7 (2.147%) C
6 6 (1.840%) Ruby
7 3 (0.920%) Java
7 3 (0.920%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.613%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.307%) VBScript
9 1 (0.307%) VB
9 1 (0.307%) C#
Qualifications
1 326 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 90 (27.61%) MCITP
3 87 (26.69%) MCP
4 82 (25.15%) MCSA
5 69 (21.17%) Cisco Certification
6 65 (19.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 57 (17.48%) CCNA
8 36 (11.04%) Degree
9 33 (10.12%) ITIL Certification
10 21 (6.442%) CCNP
11 19 (5.828%) MCDST
12 16 (4.908%) Citrix Certification
13 15 (4.601%) RHCE
14 13 (3.988%) CCA
15 10 (3.067%) Microsoft Certified Master
16 8 (2.454%) MCTS
17 6 (1.840%) CCEE
17 6 (1.840%) A+ Certification
18 5 (1.534%) CCIE
18 5 (1.534%) Microsoft Certified Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (11.96%) SLA
2 14 (4.294%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (2.147%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.920%) COBIT
5 1 (0.307%) ISO/IEC 17799
5 1 (0.307%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 200 (61.35%) Active Directory
2 124 (38.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (19.02%) XenApp
4 46 (14.11%) vSphere
5 38 (11.66%) Hyper-V
6 29 (8.896%) VMware ESX
7 22 (6.748%) XenDesktop
8 19 (5.828%) VMware Server
8 19 (5.828%) Microsoft App-V
9 9 (2.761%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (2.454%) Terminal Services
10 8 (2.454%) NFS
11 7 (2.147%) Xen
12 4 (1.227%) XenServer
13 3 (0.920%) IAG
14 2 (0.613%) UAG
14 2 (0.613%) vCloud
14 2 (0.613%) Citrix Presentation Server
14 2 (0.613%) ISA Server
14 2 (0.613%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 36 (11.04%) Tivoli
1 36 (11.04%) SCCM
2 32 (9.816%) WSUS
3 28 (8.589%) Backup Exec
4 24 (7.362%) Norton AntiVirus
4 24 (7.362%) SCOM
5 20 (6.135%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 13 (3.988%) Puppet
6 13 (3.988%) McAfee ePO
7 10 (3.067%) ARCserve
8 9 (2.761%) OpenView
8 9 (2.761%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 7 (2.147%) MAILsweeper
9 7 (2.147%) Nagios
9 7 (2.147%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 7 (2.147%) Cobbler
9 7 (2.147%) Splunk
10 5 (1.534%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.920%) HP SIM
11 3 (0.920%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 219 (67.18%) Microsoft
2 178 (54.60%) VMware
3 106 (32.52%) Citrix
4 98 (30.06%) Cisco
5 41 (12.58%) IBM
6 39 (11.96%) HP
7 32 (9.816%) Symantec
8 30 (9.202%) EMC
9 29 (8.896%) NetApp
10 23 (7.055%) McAfee
10 23 (7.055%) Red Hat
11 22 (6.748%) Oracle
12 19 (5.828%) Juniper
13 18 (5.521%) Lotus
14 17 (5.215%) Dell
15 16 (4.908%) Veritas
16 13 (3.988%) Veeam
16 13 (3.988%) 3PAR
17 11 (3.374%) Bloomberg
17 11 (3.374%) Riverbed
City of London
Microsoft 3rd Line Support Engineer LondonPermanent Up to £36,000 My client is a growing managed service provider, who is looking for a 3rd line support engineer. The...
Satigo
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
You will have the following skill set: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Active Directory, Exchange, basic telephony including blackberry and iPhones, LAN/WAN, TCP/IP networking, DNS, DHCP...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £23000.00 - £27000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
City, London
Monitor Windows 2003/2008/2012 servers and troubleshoot problems... Administering MS Exchange 2003/2007/2010. Administering MS SQL. Working with VMWare ESX/ESXi... Qualifications: MCSE/MCSA or equivalent.
Brightred Resourcing Limited
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Respond to client and business needs in a prompt and professional manner Responsible for the management and support of SharePoint infrastructure and services Support a multi-site Microsoft...
Brightred Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
IT Manager, Project Manager, Infrastructure, Windows, Network, CCNA, CCNP, MCSA, MCSE... Requirements: 5+ years of IT Management Windows server 2003 and 2008 Systems Administration Network Administration ITIL MCSE...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Maintaining incident management software... Knowledge of ITIL Service desk and incident management disciplines. Working understanding of Active Directory administration... MCP, MCSA or MCSE) but this is not essential.
Give-A-Grad-A-Go Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + (DOE)
Posted: 2 May 2013
City of London
Strong experience of XenServer 5.6 & Presentation Server. Very good experience of XenApp 5.0 - 6.5, XenDesktop 5.5 - 5.6, Presentation server 4.0... General understanding...
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £53000 - £59000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
City, London
Strong experience of XenServer 5.6 & Presentation Server. Very good experience of XenApp 5.0 - 6.5, XenDesktop 5.5 - 5.6, Presentation server 4.0... General understanding...
Cogence Search
Salary: £53000 - £59000 per annum + BENS
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Strong experience of XenServer 5.6 & Presentation Server. Very good experience of XenApp 5.0 - 6.5, XenDesktop 5.5 - 5.6, Presentation server 4.0... General understanding...
Cogence Search
Salary: £53000 - £59000 per annum + BENS
Posted: 17 May 2013