Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) in IT jobs within the Oxfordshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6640
Rank change on same period last yearDown-26
Matching permanent IT job ads69141
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.046 %0.063 %
As % of the category below14.17 %15.00 %
Salaries quoted66129
Average minimum salary£34,136£34,162
Average salary£36,705£36,262
% change on same period last year+1.22 %
Average maximum salary£39,273£38,362
UK excluding London average salary£33,650£33,570
% change on same period last year+0.23 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads487940
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.326 %0.419 %
Salaries quoted434853
Average minimum salary£34,188£33,488
Average salary£39,394£36,492
% change on same period last year+7.95 %
Average maximum salary£44,599£39,495
UK excluding London average salary£37,946£37,910
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
MCSE South EastMCSE
South East

MCSE
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
OxfordUp+340£37,803+12.70 %
AbingdonDown-1716£34,656-5.31 %
BanburyUp+25£28,400-8.87 %
WitneyUp+41--
MCSE South EastMCSE
South East

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1192 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2129 (67.19 %)Microsoft
3107 (55.73 %)Windows
492 (47.92 %)Cisco Certification
590 (46.88 %)CCNA
682 (42.71 %)Windows Server 2003
774 (38.54 %)Active Directory
870 (36.46 %)Cisco
965 (33.85 %)MCSA
1064 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
1162 (32.29 %)DNS
1259 (30.73 %)Linux
1259 (30.73 %)Windows 2000
1356 (29.17 %)MS Excel
1454 (28.13 %)CCNP
1548 (25.00 %)MCP
1548 (25.00 %)Education
1646 (23.96 %)Internet
1743 (22.40 %)MCTS
1842 (21.88 %)VMware
1935 (18.23 %)Firewall
1935 (18.23 %)MCITP
2032 (16.67 %)SAN
2131 (16.15 %)ITIL
2131 (16.15 %)SharePoint
2229 (15.10 %)SQL Server
2327 (14.06 %)MS Exchange
2327 (14.06 %)DHCP
2426 (13.54 %)Pensions
2525 (13.02 %)Degree

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (7.292 %).NET
211 (5.729 %)ASP.NET
35 (2.604 %)HTML
44 (2.083 %)AJAX
44 (2.083 %)XML
51 (0.521 %)WSH
51 (0.521 %)Windows SharePoint Services
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
131 (16.15 %)SharePoint
227 (14.06 %)MS Exchange
323 (11.98 %)Exchange Server 2003
417 (8.854 %)IIS
55 (2.604 %)SharePoint Server 2007
64 (2.083 %)Apache
72 (1.042 %)Tomcat
72 (1.042 %)Commerce Server
72 (1.042 %)Commerce Server 2007
72 (1.042 %)Office Communications Server
72 (1.042 %)Lotus Domino
72 (1.042 %)Exchange Server 2000
81 (0.521 %)SharePoint Portal Server
81 (0.521 %)Exchange Server 2007
81 (0.521 %)Content Management Server
81 (0.521 %)Lotus Notes
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
156 (29.17 %)MS Excel
27 (3.646 %)MS Office
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
164 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
262 (32.29 %)DNS
346 (23.96 %)Internet
435 (18.23 %)Firewall
532 (16.67 %)SAN
627 (14.06 %)DHCP
723 (11.98 %)LAN
819 (9.896 %)WAN
914 (7.292 %)VPN
1011 (5.729 %)ADSL
119 (4.688 %)Intranet
125 (2.604 %)VoIP
134 (2.083 %)SMTP
142 (1.042 %)Ethernet
142 (1.042 %)SNMP
142 (1.042 %)SSL
151 (0.521 %)CTI
151 (0.521 %)MPLS
151 (0.521 %)NetScreen
151 (0.521 %)SMS
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
129 (15.10 %)SQL Server
28 (4.167 %)SQL Server 2000
28 (4.167 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (1.563 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (0.521 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (0.521 %)MySQL
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (4.167 %)MSI
24 (2.083 %)Visual Studio
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
148 (25.00 %)Education
226 (13.54 %)Pensions
319 (9.896 %)Health
411 (5.729 %)Games
510 (5.208 %)Telecoms
62 (1.042 %)Finance
71 (0.521 %)Automotive
71 (0.521 %)Government
71 (0.521 %)Retail
71 (0.521 %)Legal
71 (0.521 %)Publishing
71 (0.521 %)Back Office
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
137 (19.27 %)Systems Engineer
226 (13.54 %)Support Engineer
323 (11.98 %)Consultant
420 (10.42 %)Analyst
519 (9.896 %)Administrator
618 (9.375 %)IT Support Engineer
717 (8.854 %)Team Leader
717 (8.854 %)2nd Line Support
717 (8.854 %)Support Analyst
816 (8.333 %)Systems Administrator
816 (8.333 %)Support Consultant
915 (7.813 %)Field Engineer
1012 (6.250 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1012 (6.250 %)Infrastructure Team Leader
1111 (5.729 %)Server Engineer
128 (4.167 %)MSI Packager
128 (4.167 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
137 (3.646 %)Trainer
146 (3.125 %)Network Engineer
146 (3.125 %)Design Engineer
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
125 (13.02 %)Client/Server
212 (6.250 %)Blackberry
34 (2.083 %)Replication
34 (2.083 %)Clustering
41 (0.521 %)SecurID
41 (0.521 %)CLARiiON
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1107 (55.73 %)Windows
282 (42.71 %)Windows Server 2003
359 (30.73 %)Linux
359 (30.73 %)Windows 2000
413 (6.771 %)Windows 2000 Server
511 (5.729 %)Windows XP
68 (4.167 %)Windows Server 2008
75 (2.604 %)Windows Vista
84 (2.083 %)UNIX
93 (1.563 %)NetWare
102 (1.042 %)Solaris
111 (0.521 %)Windows NT
111 (0.521 %)Mac OS X
111 (0.521 %)Red Hat Linux
111 (0.521 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
131 (16.15 %)ITIL
216 (8.333 %)Project Management
315 (7.813 %)PRINCE2
48 (4.167 %)PRINCE
55 (2.604 %)E-Commerce
64 (2.083 %)Network Design
73 (1.563 %)Project Planning
82 (1.042 %)CRM
91 (0.521 %)Six Sigma
91 (0.521 %)Service Delivery
91 (0.521 %)Migration
91 (0.521 %)Content Management
91 (0.521 %)Ethical Hacking
91 (0.521 %)Web Development
91 (0.521 %)OSSTMM
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (11.46 %)SQL
24 (2.083 %)C#
33 (1.563 %)JavaScript
33 (1.563 %)Transact-SQL
33 (1.563 %)VBScript
42 (1.042 %)C
42 (1.042 %)PHP
42 (1.042 %)PowerHouse
51 (0.521 %)Perl
51 (0.521 %)VB
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1192 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
292 (47.92 %)Cisco Certification
390 (46.88 %)CCNA
465 (33.85 %)MCSA
554 (28.13 %)CCNP
648 (25.00 %)MCP
743 (22.40 %)MCTS
835 (18.23 %)MCITP
925 (13.02 %)Degree
1022 (11.46 %)CCIE
1121 (10.94 %)RHCT
1210 (5.208 %)MCSD
138 (4.167 %)MCDBA
138 (4.167 %)PRINCE2 Certification
147 (3.646 %)CCVP
147 (3.646 %)MCDST
156 (3.125 %)A+ Certification
165 (2.604 %)MCT
174 (2.083 %)Citrix Certification
174 (2.083 %)Network+ Certification
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (4.167 %)SLA
21 (0.521 %)ISO27001
21 (0.521 %)ISO9001
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
174 (38.54 %)Active Directory
215 (7.813 %)Terminal Services
311 (5.729 %)VMware ESX
311 (5.729 %)Backup Exec
49 (4.688 %)ISA Server
51 (0.521 %)Terminal Server
51 (0.521 %)Squid
51 (0.521 %)VMware Infrastructure
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (5.729 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
24 (2.083 %)MOM
31 (0.521 %)Nagios
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1129 (67.19 %)Microsoft
270 (36.46 %)Cisco
342 (21.88 %)VMware
422 (11.46 %)Citrix
56 (3.125 %)IBM
63 (1.563 %)Lotus
63 (1.563 %)Altiris
72 (1.042 %)Oracle
72 (1.042 %)Novell
72 (1.042 %)CheckPoint
72 (1.042 %)Dell
72 (1.042 %)EMC
72 (1.042 %)Intel
81 (0.521 %)Sun
81 (0.521 %)HP
81 (0.521 %)Compaq
81 (0.521 %)McAfee Security
81 (0.521 %)Websense
81 (0.521 %)Hummingbird
81 (0.521 %)Avaya