The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 23 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 45 - 31
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 7 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 2.811% - 1.508%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.931% - 4.000%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 2
Average salary £37,000 - £20,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
101 55 75
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 40.56% 34.38% 37.69%
Number of salaries quoted 63 41 47
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £19,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £40,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSE
West Midlands

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE across the Solihull region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Solihull MCSE Salary Histogram

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) MS Exchange
3 5 (62.50%) Cisco
3 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (62.50%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (62.50%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (62.50%) SCCM
3 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (62.50%) Hyper-V
4 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (50.00%) VMware
4 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (50.00%) CCNA
4 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 4 (50.00%) ITIL
5 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
5 3 (37.50%) HP
5 3 (37.50%) VoIP
5 3 (37.50%) SLA
5 3 (37.50%) MCITP
5 3 (37.50%) CCTV
5 3 (37.50%) Asset Management
5 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
5 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
5 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
5 3 (37.50%) SharePoint 2010

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 5 (62.50%) MS Exchange
1 5 (62.50%) Exchange Server 2003
1 5 (62.50%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (37.50%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) VoIP
2 2 (25.00%) NAS
2 2 (25.00%) SAN
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) Internet
General
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Network Support
1 3 (37.50%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Virtualisation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
4 2 (25.00%) Windows XP
5 1 (12.50%) UNIX
5 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Asset Management
2 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) VBScript
1 2 (25.00%) VB
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (50.00%) CCNA
3 3 (37.50%) MCITP
4 2 (25.00%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (25.00%) MCTS
4 2 (25.00%) MCP
5 1 (12.50%) CCA
5 1 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) CCEE
5 1 (12.50%) CCAA
5 1 (12.50%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Hyper-V
2 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (37.50%) Forefront TMG
4 2 (25.00%) vSphere
4 2 (25.00%) XenApp
4 2 (25.00%) VMware ESX
4 2 (25.00%) XenDesktop
5 1 (12.50%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) SCCM
2 2 (25.00%) ARCserve
2 2 (25.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco
3 4 (50.00%) VMware
4 3 (37.50%) HP
5 2 (25.00%) Avaya
5 2 (25.00%) Veritas
5 2 (25.00%) Symantec
5 2 (25.00%) McAfee
5 2 (25.00%) Citrix