The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 86 92 103
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +11
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 36 16 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.964% 1.087% 0.185%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.372% 3.810% 0.763%
Number of salaries quoted 33 16 3
Average salary £30,000 £39,564 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.17% +52.16%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
565 420 393
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 30.82% 28.53% 24.26%
Number of salaries quoted 482 366 332
Average salary £42,500 £36,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.05% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSE
South East

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

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 17 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
Oxford -11 9 £37,500 +21.69%
Witney -3 8 £35,000 -15.15%
Abingdon - 5 £24,000 -
Bicester -2 3 £19,000 -30.90%
Banbury - 3 £19,000 -
Carterton - 1 £23,500 -
MCSE
South East

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 65 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 62 (95.38%) Windows
3 40 (61.54%) Microsoft
4 37 (56.92%) Active Directory
4 37 (56.92%) Windows Server 2008
5 33 (50.77%) MS Exchange
6 30 (46.15%) MCITP
7 29 (44.62%) Cisco
8 27 (41.54%) VMware
9 25 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
10 22 (33.85%) CCNA
10 22 (33.85%) Windows Server 2003
11 21 (32.31%) SC Cleared
11 21 (32.31%) Security Cleared
12 19 (29.23%) VoIP
13 18 (27.69%) TCP/IP
13 18 (27.69%) SAN
14 17 (26.15%) Hyper-V
15 16 (24.62%) VMware Infrastructure
15 16 (24.62%) Firewall
15 16 (24.62%) Linux
16 15 (23.08%) SQL
17 14 (21.54%) ITIL
18 13 (20.00%) MCP
18 13 (20.00%) MS Excel
18 13 (20.00%) DNS
19 12 (18.46%) MS Office
20 11 (16.92%) LAN
21 10 (15.38%) DHCP
21 10 (15.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Platforms
1 33 (50.77%) MS Exchange
2 9 (13.85%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 9 (13.85%) IIS
2 9 (13.85%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (10.77%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (4.615%) Office Communications Server
4 3 (4.615%) Lync
4 3 (4.615%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.538%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.538%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 13 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 12 (18.46%) MS Office
3 1 (1.538%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (29.23%) VoIP
2 18 (27.69%) TCP/IP
2 18 (27.69%) SAN
3 16 (24.62%) Firewall
4 13 (20.00%) DNS
5 11 (16.92%) LAN
6 10 (15.38%) DHCP
7 9 (13.85%) WAN
8 4 (6.154%) VPN
8 4 (6.154%) Internet
8 4 (6.154%) MPLS
8 4 (6.154%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (4.615%) iSCSI
9 3 (4.615%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (4.615%) NAS
9 3 (4.615%) SNMP
9 3 (4.615%) IP Telephony
9 3 (4.615%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (4.615%) VLAN
9 3 (4.615%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.231%) SQL Server
1 6 (9.231%) SQL Server 2005
1 6 (9.231%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 6 (9.231%) Finance
2 4 (6.154%) Manufacturing
2 4 (6.154%) Back Office
2 4 (6.154%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.615%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 29 (44.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 20 (30.77%) Analyst
3 18 (27.69%) Support Engineer
4 13 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
5 9 (13.85%) Service Analyst
5 9 (13.85%) Service Desk Analyst
6 8 (12.31%) IT Support Engineer
6 8 (12.31%) Systems Analyst
6 8 (12.31%) IT Support
7 5 (7.692%) Service Desk Engineer
7 5 (7.692%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 4 (6.154%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (6.154%) 3rd Line Support
8 4 (6.154%) Field Service Engineer
8 4 (6.154%) Field Engineer
8 4 (6.154%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 3 (4.615%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 3 (4.615%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 3 (4.615%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 3 (4.615%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Blackberry
2 3 (4.615%) Computer Science
2 3 (4.615%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (4.615%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.538%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.538%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 62 (95.38%) Windows
2 37 (56.92%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (33.85%) Windows Server 2003
4 16 (24.62%) Linux
5 8 (12.31%) Windows XP
6 7 (10.77%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.54%) ITIL
2 9 (13.85%) Change Management
3 7 (10.77%) Project Management
4 6 (9.231%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (3.077%) Migration
5 2 (3.077%) Project Planning
5 2 (3.077%) Data Protection
5 2 (3.077%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (1.538%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (1.538%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.08%) SQL
2 4 (6.154%) C
Qualifications
1 65 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 30 (46.15%) MCITP
3 25 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (33.85%) CCNA
5 21 (32.31%) SC Cleared
5 21 (32.31%) Security Cleared
6 13 (20.00%) MCP
7 10 (15.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 9 (13.85%) CCNP
8 9 (13.85%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (12.31%) MCSA
10 4 (6.154%) HNC
10 4 (6.154%) HND
10 4 (6.154%) MCDST
11 2 (3.077%) MCTS
11 2 (3.077%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (3.077%) CCEE
12 1 (1.538%) CCAA
12 1 (1.538%) CCIA
12 1 (1.538%) Degree
System Software
1 37 (56.92%) Active Directory
2 17 (26.15%) Hyper-V
3 16 (24.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.615%) vSphere
5 2 (3.077%) XenApp
5 2 (3.077%) XenServer
5 2 (3.077%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (9.231%) WSUS
2 3 (4.615%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (4.615%) Backup Exec
2 3 (4.615%) SCOM
2 3 (4.615%) FortiGate
3 2 (3.077%) SCCM
4 1 (1.538%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 40 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 29 (44.62%) Cisco
3 27 (41.54%) VMware
4 8 (12.31%) HP
5 6 (9.231%) Citrix
6 5 (7.692%) Dell
7 4 (6.154%) Apple
7 4 (6.154%) WatchGuard
7 4 (6.154%) Veeam
8 3 (4.615%) SolarWinds
8 3 (4.615%) Symantec
8 3 (4.615%) Sophos
8 3 (4.615%) Avaya
8 3 (4.615%) Juniper
9 2 (3.077%) MobileIron
9 2 (3.077%) Postini
10 1 (1.538%) NetApp
Oxfordshire
A suitable Network Engineer will have the following skills: Windows Server 2003/2008. VMware (either v4 or v5) SAN/NAS. IP-Telephony or VOIP abilities - (preference, not essential)...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
BSc Computer Science, MCSE, MCITP, CCNP) the successful IT Manager must have an excellent understanding of a variety of technologies including: * Windows Server 2008 R2 , Active Directory, Exchange...
Reed Technology
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013