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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 65 55 41
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -14
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 6 18 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.870% 2.091% 3.825%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.681% 8.372% 12.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4 18 27
Average salary £21,500 £36,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-40.27% -1.36%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
163 215 216
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 23.62% 24.97% 29.51%
Number of salaries quoted 137 193 179
Average salary £39,335 £36,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.26% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSE
England

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East MCSE Salary Trend

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 North East 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
Tyne and Wear -10 5 £21,500 -39.43%
Durham +2 1 - -
MCSE
England

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 20 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (95.00%) Windows
3 17 (85.00%) Microsoft
4 13 (65.00%) C
4 13 (65.00%) MS Excel
5 12 (60.00%) MCDST
6 11 (55.00%) Active Directory
6 11 (55.00%) TCP/IP
6 11 (55.00%) Cisco
7 9 (45.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 9 (45.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (40.00%) ITIL
9 7 (35.00%) MCSA
9 7 (35.00%) Degree
10 6 (30.00%) Telecoms
10 6 (30.00%) Manufacturing
10 6 (30.00%) MS Office
10 6 (30.00%) MS Exchange
10 6 (30.00%) MCP
10 6 (30.00%) HNC
10 6 (30.00%) HND
10 6 (30.00%) Linux
10 6 (30.00%) VoIP
11 5 (25.00%) DHCP
11 5 (25.00%) DNS
11 5 (25.00%) SLA
11 5 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (25.00%) CCNA
11 5 (25.00%) CRM
11 5 (25.00%) VMware

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 4 (20.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 6 (30.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
2 4 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (5.000%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (5.000%) Lync
4 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 13 (65.00%) MS Excel
2 6 (30.00%) MS Office
3 1 (5.000%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (15.00%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (30.00%) VoIP
3 5 (25.00%) DHCP
3 5 (25.00%) DNS
4 4 (20.00%) Firewall
4 4 (20.00%) VLAN
4 4 (20.00%) SAN
4 4 (20.00%) SMTP
5 1 (5.000%) LAN
5 1 (5.000%) WAN
5 1 (5.000%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (30.00%) Telecoms
1 6 (30.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (20.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 6 (30.00%) Field Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Network Support
4 3 (15.00%) Desktop Support
4 3 (15.00%) IT Support
5 2 (10.00%) Support Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Service Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Desktop Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (5.000%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Blackberry
1 4 (20.00%) Replication
2 1 (5.000%) Psychology
2 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.000%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (95.00%) Windows
2 9 (45.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 9 (45.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (30.00%) Linux
4 4 (20.00%) Windows 8
4 4 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 3 (15.00%) Windows 7
6 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) ITIL
2 5 (25.00%) CRM
3 4 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 4 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (15.00%) E-Commerce
5 1 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.000%) TOGAF
5 1 (5.000%) Change Management
5 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2
5 1 (5.000%) Matrix Management
5 1 (5.000%) ITIL V3
5 1 (5.000%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 13 (65.00%) C
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (60.00%) MCDST
3 7 (35.00%) MCSA
3 7 (35.00%) Degree
4 6 (30.00%) MCP
4 6 (30.00%) HNC
4 6 (30.00%) HND
5 5 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (25.00%) CCNA
5 5 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (20.00%) MCITP
7 1 (5.000%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (55.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (20.00%) Forefront TMG
2 4 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (20.00%) VMware ESX
2 4 (20.00%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Backup Exec
2 2 (10.00%) SCCM
2 2 (10.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (85.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (55.00%) Cisco
3 5 (25.00%) VMware
4 4 (20.00%) Sophos
5 1 (5.000%) Remedy
County Durham
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Catalyst
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Posted: 21 May 2013
County Durham
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Catalyst
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