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

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 40 - 31
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 6 0 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 1.974% - 4.369%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.977% - 13.85%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 9
Average salary £42,500 - £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
All Qualifications
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
86 68 65
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 28.29% 33.01% 31.55%
Number of salaries quoted 78 58 63
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £40,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSE
Hampshire

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

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

Portsmouth MCSE Salary Histogram

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (88.89%) VMware
2 8 (88.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (77.78%) Windows
3 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
4 6 (66.67%) MS Excel
4 6 (66.67%) Citrix
4 6 (66.67%) Citrix Certification
4 6 (66.67%) MS Exchange
4 6 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (55.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (55.56%) CCA
5 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
5 5 (55.56%) Cisco
6 4 (44.44%) SQL
6 4 (44.44%) Firewall
6 4 (44.44%) SAN
6 4 (44.44%) MCITP
6 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (33.33%) SonicWALL
7 3 (33.33%) Hyper-V
7 3 (33.33%) XenApp
7 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (33.33%) Dell
7 3 (33.33%) ITIL
8 2 (22.22%) CCNA
8 2 (22.22%) Client/Server
8 2 (22.22%) HP
8 2 (22.22%) CCEA

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 6 (66.67%) MS Exchange
1 6 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (11.11%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (11.11%) Lync
4 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Office 365
2 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) SAN
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) MPLS
2 2 (22.22%) LAN
2 2 (22.22%) VoIP
2 2 (22.22%) WAN
2 2 (22.22%) DHCP
2 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 2 (22.22%) VPN
2 2 (22.22%) DNS
2 2 (22.22%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (11.11%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) MySQL
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) IT Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Technical Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Microsoft Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Client/Server
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
4 2 (22.22%) Linux
5 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) CRM
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Service Management
2 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (11.11%) ITSM
2 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
2 1 (11.11%) Budget Control
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (66.67%) Citrix Certification
3 5 (55.56%) CCA
3 5 (55.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (44.44%) MCITP
5 2 (22.22%) MCTS
5 2 (22.22%) CCNA
5 2 (22.22%) CCEA
5 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (11.11%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (11.11%) MCP
6 1 (11.11%) MCSA
6 1 (11.11%) MCT
6 1 (11.11%) CCEE
6 1 (11.11%) CCAA
6 1 (11.11%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
3 3 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 3 (33.33%) XenApp
4 2 (22.22%) XenDesktop
5 1 (11.11%) vSphere
5 1 (11.11%) VMware ESX
5 1 (11.11%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (11.11%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) ARCserve
1 1 (11.11%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) SCOM
1 1 (11.11%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) VMware
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 6 (66.67%) Citrix
4 5 (55.56%) Cisco
5 3 (33.33%) Dell
5 3 (33.33%) SonicWALL
6 2 (22.22%) HP
6 2 (22.22%) Juniper
7 1 (11.11%) Veritas
7 1 (11.11%) Symantec
7 1 (11.11%) McAfee
7 1 (11.11%) Kaseya