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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 73 66 77
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +11
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 9 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.869% 0.313% 0.127%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.813% 1.058% 0.538%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 1
Average salary £37,500 £43,064 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.92% -4.30%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
320 189 186
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 30.89% 29.62% 23.54%
Number of salaries quoted 264 165 160
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSE
Oxfordshire

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

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

Oxford MCSE Salary Histogram

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 18 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (88.89%) Windows
3 14 (77.78%) Microsoft
4 12 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 12 (66.67%) MS Exchange
4 12 (66.67%) MCITP
5 10 (55.56%) TCP/IP
5 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
6 9 (50.00%) DNS
6 9 (50.00%) Cisco
6 9 (50.00%) IIS
6 9 (50.00%) DHCP
6 9 (50.00%) Firewall
7 7 (38.89%) VoIP
7 7 (38.89%) Hyper-V
8 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
8 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
8 6 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
8 6 (33.33%) SQL Server
8 6 (33.33%) MCP
8 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (33.33%) Finance
8 6 (33.33%) VMware
8 6 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
9 5 (27.78%) SQL
10 4 (22.22%) C
10 4 (22.22%) MS Office
10 4 (22.22%) HNC
10 4 (22.22%) HND
10 4 (22.22%) Linux

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 12 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 9 (50.00%) IIS
3 6 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (11.11%) Office Communications Server
4 2 (11.11%) Lync
5 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (5.556%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) MS Office
2 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
3 1 (5.556%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (55.56%) TCP/IP
2 9 (50.00%) DNS
2 9 (50.00%) DHCP
2 9 (50.00%) Firewall
3 7 (38.89%) VoIP
4 3 (16.67%) Internet
4 3 (16.67%) SAN
4 3 (16.67%) PBX
4 3 (16.67%) VPN
4 3 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (16.67%) iSCSI
5 1 (5.556%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
1 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
1 6 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (33.33%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Manufacturing
2 4 (22.22%) Back Office
2 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Field Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Field Service Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Network Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
3 3 (16.67%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Messaging Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Technical Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) IT Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Systems Support
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.556%) Clustering
2 1 (5.556%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (88.89%) Windows
2 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (5.556%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (5.556%) Migration
2 1 (5.556%) Identity Management
2 1 (5.556%) ITIL
2 1 (5.556%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) SQL
2 4 (22.22%) C
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (66.67%) MCITP
3 6 (33.33%) MCP
4 4 (22.22%) HNC
4 4 (22.22%) HND
4 4 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (22.22%) CCNP
4 4 (22.22%) MCDST
5 2 (11.11%) CCEE
5 2 (11.11%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (5.556%) MCTS
6 1 (5.556%) Degree
6 1 (5.556%) CCNA
6 1 (5.556%) CCAA
6 1 (5.556%) CCIA
6 1 (5.556%) VCAP
6 1 (5.556%) NCDA
6 1 (5.556%) NCIE
6 1 (5.556%) VCDX
System Software
1 12 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 7 (38.89%) Hyper-V
3 2 (11.11%) vSphere
3 2 (11.11%) XenApp
3 2 (11.11%) XenServer
3 2 (11.11%) XenDesktop
3 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) WSUS
2 2 (11.11%) SCCM
2 2 (11.11%) SCOM
3 1 (5.556%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 9 (50.00%) Cisco
3 6 (33.33%) VMware
4 3 (16.67%) HP
4 3 (16.67%) Veeam
5 2 (11.11%) Citrix
6 1 (5.556%) Postini
6 1 (5.556%) NetApp
6 1 (5.556%) MobileIron