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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 51 57 37
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -20
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 5 12 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 1.337% 2.367% 5.414%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.495% 6.818% 16.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 12
Average salary £33,750 £42,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.64% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,250 £31,150 £30,550
10% offered a salary of more than £53,250 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
91 176 104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 24.33% 34.71% 33.12%
Number of salaries quoted 73 137 87
Average salary £37,500 £44,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.77% +25.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,350 £26,800
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSE
Merseyside

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

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

Liverpool MCSE Salary Histogram

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 11 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 10 (90.91%) Active Directory
3 9 (81.82%) VMware
3 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
3 9 (81.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (81.82%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (72.73%) MCITP
4 8 (72.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 8 (72.73%) MS Exchange
4 8 (72.73%) ITIL
4 8 (72.73%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (36.36%) VPN
5 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (27.27%) CCNA
6 3 (27.27%) MCSA
6 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
6 3 (27.27%) Windows XP
6 3 (27.27%) Citrix
6 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (27.27%) Service Desk Management
7 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (18.18%) Cisco
7 2 (18.18%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (18.18%) MCP
7 2 (18.18%) MS Office
7 2 (18.18%) XenDesktop
7 2 (18.18%) XenApp

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 8 (72.73%) MS Exchange
2 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (9.091%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (9.091%) Lync
4 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
2 2 (18.18%) MS Office
3 1 (9.091%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) VPN
2 1 (9.091%) NetScaler
2 1 (9.091%) DNS
2 1 (9.091%) DHCP
2 1 (9.091%) Ethernet
2 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Help Desk Manager
2 2 (18.18%) IT Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Service Desk Team Leader
3 1 (9.091%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) IT Support
3 1 (9.091%) SCCM Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Support Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (9.091%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Team Leader
3 1 (9.091%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Technical Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) Help Desk Team Lead
3 1 (9.091%) Help Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 9 (81.82%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (72.73%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (27.27%) Windows XP
5 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
6 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) Service Desk Management
3 1 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (9.091%) ITIL V3
3 1 (9.091%) Service Management
3 1 (9.091%) Change Management
3 1 (9.091%) ITSM
3 1 (9.091%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (72.73%) MCITP
2 8 (72.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (27.27%) CCNA
3 3 (27.27%) MCSA
3 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (18.18%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (18.18%) MCP
4 2 (18.18%) MCTS
5 1 (9.091%) VCDX
5 1 (9.091%) NCDA
5 1 (9.091%) NCIE
5 1 (9.091%) VCAP
5 1 (9.091%) CCEE
5 1 (9.091%) CCAA
5 1 (9.091%) CCIA
5 1 (9.091%) CCA
System Software
1 10 (90.91%) Active Directory
2 9 (81.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (18.18%) XenDesktop
3 2 (18.18%) XenApp
4 1 (9.091%) XenServer
4 1 (9.091%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) SCCM
1 1 (9.091%) SCOM
1 1 (9.091%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) VMware
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Citrix
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco
4 1 (9.091%) NetApp
4 1 (9.091%) Red Hat