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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) in IT jobs within the North West region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank10193
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching permanent IT job ads191264
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.106 %0.111 %
As % of the category below8.678 %9.854 %
Salaries quoted179225
Average minimum salary£28,672£27,280
Average salary£30,716£28,913
% change on same period last year+6.23 %
Average maximum salary£32,760£30,547
UK excluding London average salary£34,103£33,578
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads22012679
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.222 %1.128 %
Salaries quoted18622349
Average minimum salary£32,960£35,652
Average salary£36,143£38,896
% change on same period last year-7.07 %
Average maximum salary£39,326£42,140
UK excluding London average salary£37,908£38,528
% change on same period last year-1.61 %
MCSE EnglandMCSE
England

MCSE
Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE across the North West region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+1594£32,051+16.25 %
CheshireDown-4738£28,095-6.38 %
LancashireDown-1034£26,904-8.80 %
MerseysideUp+131£34,798+11.93 %
CumbriaNew entry-5£25,200-
MCSE EnglandMCSE
England

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1474 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2329 (69.41 %)Windows
3308 (64.98 %)Microsoft
4232 (48.95 %)Active Directory
5223 (47.05 %)Windows Server 2003
6196 (41.35 %)MS Exchange
7164 (34.60 %)MS Excel
8154 (32.49 %)MCP
9136 (28.69 %)Cisco
10116 (24.47 %)Citrix
11115 (24.26 %)Exchange Server 2003
11115 (24.26 %)Windows 2000 Server
12114 (24.05 %)WAN
1399 (20.89 %)Cisco Certification
1497 (20.46 %)SQL Server
1594 (19.83 %)MCSA
1687 (18.35 %)SQL
1786 (18.14 %)CCNA
1885 (17.93 %)LAN
1983 (17.51 %)ITIL
2080 (16.88 %)Windows XP
2179 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
2269 (14.56 %)DNS
2366 (13.92 %)Windows 2000
2464 (13.50 %)VPN
2558 (12.24 %)Exchange Server 2007
2657 (12.03 %)Windows Vista
2755 (11.60 %)MS Office
2854 (11.39 %)Firewall
2952 (10.97 %)Finance

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (3.376 %).NET
28 (1.688 %)ASP.NET
36 (1.266 %)WSH
36 (1.266 %)ODBC
44 (0.844 %)EDI
53 (0.633 %)XML
53 (0.633 %)Application Packaging
53 (0.633 %)MDX
62 (0.422 %)ASP
71 (0.211 %)WebServices
71 (0.211 %)Adobe Flex
71 (0.211 %)Java RMI
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1196 (41.35 %)MS Exchange
2115 (24.26 %)Exchange Server 2003
358 (12.24 %)Exchange Server 2007
449 (10.34 %)Exchange Server 2000
545 (9.494 %)IIS
623 (4.852 %)SharePoint
722 (4.641 %)Lotus Notes
88 (1.688 %)Exchange Server 5.5
95 (1.055 %)Office Communications Server
103 (0.633 %)WorkSite
103 (0.633 %)BizTalk Server
103 (0.633 %)GroupWise
112 (0.422 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
112 (0.422 %)Apache
121 (0.211 %)Oracle 9iAS
121 (0.211 %)Oracle Application Server
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1164 (34.60 %)MS Excel
255 (11.60 %)MS Office
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (1.477 %)Axapta
17 (1.477 %)Dynamics CRM
23 (0.633 %)e-Work
23 (0.633 %)SAP CRM
31 (0.211 %)GoldMine
31 (0.211 %)Line 50
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1114 (24.05 %)WAN
285 (17.93 %)LAN
379 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
469 (14.56 %)DNS
564 (13.50 %)VPN
654 (11.39 %)Firewall
738 (8.017 %)DHCP
835 (7.384 %)SAN
916 (3.376 %)Internet
1014 (2.954 %)VoIP
1014 (2.954 %)Network Security
1112 (2.532 %)SMS
129 (1.899 %)Cisco IPT
129 (1.899 %)Wireless
137 (1.477 %)DSL
137 (1.477 %)Cisco PIX
146 (1.266 %)IP Telephony
155 (1.055 %)3G
155 (1.055 %)MPLS
164 (0.844 %)LDAP
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
197 (20.46 %)SQL Server
217 (3.586 %)SQL Server 2000
316 (3.376 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (1.688 %)SQL Server Integration Services
48 (1.688 %)DTS
56 (1.266 %)MSDE
56 (1.266 %)Datawarehouse
64 (0.844 %)SQL Server 7
73 (0.633 %)MySQL
73 (0.633 %)ETL
82 (0.422 %)RDBMS
82 (0.422 %)Oracle 8/8i
82 (0.422 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
91 (0.211 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
91 (0.211 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
91 (0.211 %)Oracle 9i
91 (0.211 %)Crystal Reports
91 (0.211 %)Oracle 10g
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.211 %)Oracle Forms
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
152 (10.97 %)Finance
242 (8.861 %)Pensions
324 (5.063 %)Telecoms
415 (3.165 %)Law
513 (2.743 %)Legal
513 (2.743 %)Health
612 (2.532 %)Manufacturing
79 (1.899 %)Government
79 (1.899 %)Back Office
86 (1.266 %)Construction
95 (1.055 %)Education
95 (1.055 %)Pharmaceutical
95 (1.055 %)Banking
95 (1.055 %)Insurance
104 (0.844 %)Retail
113 (0.633 %)Billing
122 (0.422 %)Local Government
131 (0.211 %)Auditing
131 (0.211 %)Electric
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
155 (11.60 %)Support Engineer
246 (9.705 %)Administrator
246 (9.705 %)Analyst
340 (8.439 %)Network Engineer
431 (6.540 %)Systems Engineer
530 (6.329 %)Support Analyst
625 (5.274 %)Systems Administrator
724 (5.063 %)Team Leader
823 (4.852 %)Infrastructure Engineer
823 (4.852 %)2nd Line Support
823 (4.852 %)Consultant
823 (4.852 %)Architect
920 (4.219 %)Technical Support
1018 (3.797 %)Field Engineer
1018 (3.797 %)Technical Specialist
1018 (3.797 %)Network Support
1116 (3.376 %)Desktop Support
1215 (3.165 %)Senior Support Engineer
1314 (2.954 %)Technical Engineer
1314 (2.954 %)Citrix Specialist
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
122 (4.641 %)Thin Client
122 (4.641 %)Fat Client
213 (2.743 %)Blackberry
39 (1.899 %)Management Information System
48 (1.688 %)Replication
48 (1.688 %)Clustering
55 (1.055 %)Video Conferencing
62 (0.422 %)AS400
71 (0.211 %)VAX
71 (0.211 %)PDA
71 (0.211 %)CCTV
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1329 (69.41 %)Windows
2223 (47.05 %)Windows Server 2003
3115 (24.26 %)Windows 2000 Server
480 (16.88 %)Windows XP
566 (13.92 %)Windows 2000
657 (12.03 %)Windows Vista
732 (6.751 %)UNIX
826 (5.485 %)Linux
924 (5.063 %)Windows Server 2008
1016 (3.376 %)Windows NT
1110 (2.110 %)AIX
129 (1.899 %)Solaris
138 (1.688 %)Red Hat Linux
145 (1.055 %)OpenVMS
145 (1.055 %)NetWare
151 (0.211 %)Debian
151 (0.211 %)VMS
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
183 (17.51 %)ITIL
237 (7.806 %)Migration
317 (3.586 %)Service Delivery
415 (3.165 %)Project Management
415 (3.165 %)CRM
514 (2.954 %)PRINCE2
612 (2.532 %)ERP
612 (2.532 %)Disaster Recovery
612 (2.532 %)Web Development
76 (1.266 %)Time Management
76 (1.266 %)E-Commerce
85 (1.055 %)Problem Management
94 (0.844 %)Security Management
94 (0.844 %)Service Management
94 (0.844 %)Load Balancing
94 (0.844 %)Information Security
102 (0.422 %)Web Design
102 (0.422 %)Penetration Testing
102 (0.422 %)Logistics
102 (0.422 %)Systems Analysis
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
187 (18.35 %)SQL
211 (2.321 %)C
39 (1.899 %)VBScript
48 (1.688 %)VB
48 (1.688 %)C#
57 (1.477 %)Transact-SQL
63 (0.633 %)PL/SQL
72 (0.422 %)JavaScript
81 (0.211 %)Perl
81 (0.211 %)PHP
81 (0.211 %)Shell Script
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1474 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2154 (32.49 %)MCP
399 (20.89 %)Cisco Certification
494 (19.83 %)MCSA
586 (18.14 %)CCNA
636 (7.595 %)Citrix Certification
731 (6.540 %)Degree
822 (4.641 %)MCDST
920 (4.219 %)ITIL Certification
1014 (2.954 %)CCA
1014 (2.954 %)CCNP
1014 (2.954 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1110 (2.110 %)HND
129 (1.899 %)MCDBA
129 (1.899 %)MCT
138 (1.688 %)MCTS
147 (1.477 %)CCEA
156 (1.266 %)CNE
156 (1.266 %)Novell Certification
156 (1.266 %)A+ Certification
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (4.641 %)SLA
21 (0.211 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.211 %)ISO27001
21 (0.211 %)PCI DSS
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1232 (48.95 %)Active Directory
243 (9.072 %)Terminal Services
342 (8.861 %)ISA Server
422 (4.641 %)VMware Infrastructure
520 (4.219 %)MetaFrame
619 (4.008 %)Citrix Presentation Server
716 (3.376 %)VMware ESX
88 (1.688 %)MSMQ
88 (1.688 %)Backup Exec
92 (0.422 %)Terminal Server
101 (0.211 %)NetBackup
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
116 (3.376 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
25 (1.055 %)Tivoli
33 (0.633 %)Norton AntiVirus
33 (0.633 %)BMC Marimba
42 (0.422 %)SCCM
42 (0.422 %)SCOM
42 (0.422 %)OpenView Configuration Management
51 (0.211 %)MOM
51 (0.211 %)MIMEsweeper
51 (0.211 %)WSUS
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1308 (64.98 %)Microsoft
2136 (28.69 %)Cisco
3116 (24.47 %)Citrix
452 (10.97 %)VMware
549 (10.34 %)HP
633 (6.962 %)Dell
723 (4.852 %)Intel
822 (4.641 %)Lotus
917 (3.586 %)Compaq
1015 (3.165 %)BMC
1113 (2.743 %)CA
1212 (2.532 %)AppSense
1311 (2.321 %)Mitel
1311 (2.321 %)Novell
1410 (2.110 %)Oracle
159 (1.899 %)Symantec
168 (1.688 %)Red Hat
168 (1.688 %)SAP
168 (1.688 %)Sun
168 (1.688 %)VERITAS