The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 22 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 Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 47 62 33
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -29
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 23 13 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 3.485% 1.675% 5.815%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.31% 4.610% 17.29%
Number of salaries quoted 22 12 44
Average salary £36,750 £31,250 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.60% +7.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,300 £20,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £68,750 £36,450 £34,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.33% +7.14%
All Qualifications
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
141 282 266
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 21.36% 36.34% 33.63%
Number of salaries quoted 126 259 249
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £26,200
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £40,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSE
East Midlands

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Northampton +10 16 £38,500 +92.50%
Daventry - 3 £19,000 -
MCSE
East Midlands

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 52 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 38 (73.08%) Windows
3 34 (65.38%) ITIL
4 30 (57.69%) VMware
5 26 (50.00%) Microsoft
6 25 (48.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 24 (46.15%) Linux
8 23 (44.23%) CCNA
8 23 (44.23%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (40.38%) Active Directory
10 19 (36.54%) MCITP
11 16 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
11 16 (30.77%) MS Exchange
12 15 (28.85%) SAN
12 15 (28.85%) Cisco
12 15 (28.85%) VMware Infrastructure
13 14 (26.92%) MCSA
14 12 (23.08%) Degree
15 9 (17.31%) MPLS
15 9 (17.31%) PRINCE2
15 9 (17.31%) MCP
15 9 (17.31%) SQL
16 8 (15.38%) TCP/IP
16 8 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
17 7 (13.46%) Unified Communications
17 7 (13.46%) Enterprise Storage
17 7 (13.46%) NAS
17 7 (13.46%) HP AIS
17 7 (13.46%) HP ASE
17 7 (13.46%) HP

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 16 (30.77%) MS Exchange
2 8 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (5.769%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (3.846%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (13.46%) MS Office
1 7 (13.46%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.923%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 15 (28.85%) SAN
2 9 (17.31%) MPLS
3 8 (15.38%) TCP/IP
4 7 (13.46%) Unified Communications
4 7 (13.46%) NAS
4 7 (13.46%) Wireless
5 4 (7.692%) Firewall
5 4 (7.692%) VoIP
6 3 (5.769%) Internet
7 2 (3.846%) DHCP
7 2 (3.846%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.615%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (7.692%) Manufacturing
1 4 (7.692%) Back Office
1 4 (7.692%) Telecoms
2 2 (3.846%) Finance
Job Titles
1 24 (46.15%) Analyst
2 14 (26.92%) Support Analyst
3 10 (19.23%) 3rd Line Support
4 9 (17.31%) Support Engineer
5 7 (13.46%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 7 (13.46%) Server Analyst
5 7 (13.46%) Architect
5 7 (13.46%) Technical Architect
6 5 (9.615%) IT Manager
7 4 (7.692%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (7.692%) Field Engineer
7 4 (7.692%) Technical Support
7 4 (7.692%) Field Service Engineer
8 3 (5.769%) 1st Line Support
8 3 (5.769%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (5.769%) Network Engineer
8 3 (5.769%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.769%) Technical Support Analyst
8 3 (5.769%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (5.769%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.46%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 38 (73.08%) Windows
2 24 (46.15%) Linux
3 16 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (13.46%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (9.615%) Windows XP
6 4 (7.692%) Windows Vista
7 3 (5.769%) UNIX
7 3 (5.769%) Windows 7
8 2 (3.846%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.923%) Windows NT
9 1 (1.923%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (65.38%) ITIL
2 9 (17.31%) PRINCE2
3 5 (9.615%) Project Management
3 5 (9.615%) Infrastructure Management
4 3 (5.769%) Service Delivery
4 3 (5.769%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (5.769%) Business Development
5 2 (3.846%) Budget Control
5 2 (3.846%) Service Management
6 1 (1.923%) ITSM
6 1 (1.923%) Project Planning
6 1 (1.923%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.31%) SQL
2 4 (7.692%) C
Qualifications
1 52 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 25 (48.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 23 (44.23%) CCNA
3 23 (44.23%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (36.54%) MCITP
5 14 (26.92%) MCSA
6 12 (23.08%) Degree
7 9 (17.31%) MCP
8 7 (13.46%) HP AIS
8 7 (13.46%) HP ASE
9 6 (11.54%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (7.692%) MCDST
10 4 (7.692%) HNC
10 4 (7.692%) HND
11 3 (5.769%) Security Cleared
12 2 (3.846%) SC Cleared
12 2 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (1.923%) VCP5
13 1 (1.923%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.54%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (40.38%) Active Directory
2 15 (28.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.692%) VMware ESX
4 3 (5.769%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.846%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.923%) ISA Server
6 1 (1.923%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (1.923%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (5.769%) SCOM
2 2 (3.846%) SCCM
3 1 (1.923%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 30 (57.69%) VMware
2 26 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 15 (28.85%) Cisco
4 7 (13.46%) HP
5 5 (9.615%) Dell
5 5 (9.615%) Oracle
6 2 (3.846%) Remedy
6 2 (3.846%) Citrix
6 2 (3.846%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.923%) Symantec
7 1 (1.923%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.923%) SolarWinds
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