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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) in IT jobs within the South East 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5358
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads14091568
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.744 %0.642 %
As % of the category below15.61 %14.79 %
Salaries quoted12581248
Average minimum salary£33,748£33,841
Average salary£36,094£36,071
% change on same period last year+0.06 %
Average maximum salary£38,439£38,300
UK excluding London average salary£33,938£33,257
% change on same period last year+2.04 %
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads902410601
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.764 %4.341 %
Salaries quoted76768687
Average minimum salary£36,643£36,917
Average salary£39,849£40,346
% change on same period last year-1.23 %
Average maximum salary£43,056£43,776
UK excluding London average salary£37,731£38,242
% change on same period last year-1.33 %
MCSE EnglandMCSE
England

MCSE
Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East MCSE Salary Histogram

MCSE
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
SurreyUp+8397£34,169-6.97 %
BerkshireDown-2365£37,848+3.40 %
HampshireDown-11156£34,481-2.14 %
OxfordshireUp+11147£35,115+17.44 %
BuckinghamshireUp+22128£35,337+10.74 %
MiddlesexUp+599£40,828+5.50 %
West SussexUp+1843£36,919+2.38 %
KentDown-924£29,619-21.51 %
M4 CorridorUp+1620£35,700+7.53 %
East SussexUp+1220£35,789+17.98 %
Home CountiesUp+1018£39,806-4.46 %
Thames ValleyUp+1611£39,000-22.14 %
SussexUp+208£43,125+19.79 %
Isle of WightNew entry-1£50,000-
MCSE EnglandMCSE
England

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

12908 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21875 (64.48 %)Windows
31515 (52.10 %)Microsoft
41316 (45.25 %)Active Directory
51099 (37.79 %)MS Exchange
6809 (27.82 %)Cisco
7799 (27.48 %)VMware
8733 (25.21 %)Exchange Server 2003
9719 (24.72 %)MS Excel
10716 (24.62 %)Citrix
11705 (24.24 %)Cisco Certification
12678 (23.31 %)MCP
13597 (20.53 %)TCP/IP
14575 (19.77 %)Windows 2000
15556 (19.12 %)CCNA
16522 (17.95 %)MCSA
17497 (17.09 %)SQL
18467 (16.06 %)Windows Server 2003
19436 (14.99 %)Firewall
20420 (14.44 %)SQL Server
21415 (14.27 %)VMware Infrastructure
22414 (14.24 %)WAN
23407 (14.00 %)LAN
24386 (13.27 %)SAN
25372 (12.79 %)Linux
26360 (12.38 %)Exchange Server 2000
27344 (11.83 %)DNS
28319 (10.97 %)IIS
29305 (10.49 %)Degree
30291 (10.01 %)ITIL

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
169 (2.373 %).NET
225 (0.860 %)HTML
322 (0.757 %)ASP.NET
420 (0.688 %)XML
519 (0.653 %)WebSphere
614 (0.481 %)Application Packaging
713 (0.447 %).NET Framework
812 (0.413 %)Windows SharePoint Services
812 (0.413 %)ASP
910 (0.344 %)WMI
109 (0.309 %)COM
109 (0.309 %)WebServices
118 (0.275 %)COM+
127 (0.241 %)J2EE
136 (0.206 %)Software Packaging
145 (0.172 %)ADSI
152 (0.069 %)WSH
152 (0.069 %)CGI
152 (0.069 %)Middleware
152 (0.069 %)JSP
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11099 (37.79 %)MS Exchange
2733 (25.21 %)Exchange Server 2003
3360 (12.38 %)Exchange Server 2000
4319 (10.97 %)IIS
5258 (8.872 %)Exchange Server 2007
6185 (6.362 %)SharePoint
770 (2.407 %)Office Communications Server
864 (2.201 %)Lotus Notes
943 (1.479 %)BizTalk Server
1034 (1.169 %)Apache
1131 (1.066 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1226 (0.894 %)Lotus Domino
1226 (0.894 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1322 (0.757 %)Tomcat
1420 (0.688 %)GroupWise
1518 (0.619 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1617 (0.585 %)WebLogic
1711 (0.378 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1810 (0.344 %)Live Communications Server
198 (0.275 %)JBoss
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1719 (24.72 %)MS Excel
2270 (9.285 %)MS Office
312 (0.413 %)MS Project
312 (0.413 %)MS PowerPoint
44 (0.138 %)MS Visio
52 (0.069 %)InfoPath
61 (0.034 %)Spreadsheet
61 (0.034 %)Acrobat
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
123 (0.791 %)Microsoft CRM
214 (0.481 %)Dynamics CRM
310 (0.344 %)Dynamics AX
49 (0.309 %)SAP Business One
49 (0.309 %)Dynamics NAV
58 (0.275 %)GoldMine
63 (0.103 %)SoftGrid
72 (0.069 %)Navision
81 (0.034 %)assyst
81 (0.034 %)Line 100
81 (0.034 %)Sage MMS
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1597 (20.53 %)TCP/IP
2436 (14.99 %)Firewall
3414 (14.24 %)WAN
4407 (14.00 %)LAN
5386 (13.27 %)SAN
6344 (11.83 %)DNS
7223 (7.669 %)Internet
8205 (7.050 %)VPN
9187 (6.431 %)DHCP
1087 (2.992 %)Network Security
1171 (2.442 %)VoIP
1255 (1.891 %)Cisco PIX
1354 (1.857 %)ADSL
1452 (1.788 %)SMS
1549 (1.685 %)Wireless
1644 (1.513 %)NetScreen
1733 (1.135 %)VLAN
1831 (1.066 %)IP Telephony
1930 (1.032 %)Intranet
2028 (0.963 %)SMTP
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1420 (14.44 %)SQL Server
2116 (3.989 %)SQL Server 2000
3115 (3.955 %)SQL Server 2005
449 (1.685 %)SQL Server 7
535 (1.204 %)MySQL
69 (0.309 %)Oracle 10g
77 (0.241 %)Crystal Reports
86 (0.206 %)Oracle 9i
86 (0.206 %)RDBMS
86 (0.206 %)Oracle 11g
95 (0.172 %)SQL Server Integration Services
103 (0.103 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
103 (0.103 %)Oracle 8/8i
103 (0.103 %)DB2
112 (0.069 %)Oracle Reports
121 (0.034 %)MS Access
121 (0.034 %)BusinessObjects
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
131 (1.066 %)MSI
210 (0.344 %)Visual Studio
35 (0.172 %)InstallShield
43 (0.103 %)AdminStudio
43 (0.103 %)WinRunner
43 (0.103 %)TestDirector
43 (0.103 %)LoadRunner
51 (0.034 %)ClearCase
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1219 (7.531 %)Pensions
2199 (6.843 %)Finance
3187 (6.431 %)Health
4106 (3.645 %)Telecoms
598 (3.370 %)Insurance
696 (3.301 %)Education
773 (2.510 %)Retail
853 (1.823 %)Government
943 (1.479 %)Back Office
1033 (1.135 %)Automotive
1131 (1.066 %)Manufacturing
1224 (0.825 %)Local Government
1315 (0.516 %)Marketing
1315 (0.516 %)Banking
149 (0.309 %)Legal
157 (0.241 %)Games
165 (0.172 %)Construction
165 (0.172 %)Electronics
174 (0.138 %)Publishing
174 (0.138 %)Multimedia
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1638 (21.94 %)Consultant
2446 (15.34 %)Analyst
3421 (14.48 %)Support Engineer
4273 (9.388 %)Support Analyst
5258 (8.872 %)Technical Consultant
6225 (7.737 %)Systems Engineer
7213 (7.325 %)Administrator
8175 (6.018 %)Network Engineer
9167 (5.743 %)3rd Line Support
10154 (5.296 %)Microsoft Consultant
11153 (5.261 %)Technical Support
12149 (5.124 %)Field Engineer
13144 (4.952 %)2nd Line Support
14138 (4.746 %)Systems Administrator
15125 (4.298 %)Server Support
16106 (3.645 %)Desktop Support
17105 (3.611 %)Technical Engineer
1897 (3.336 %)Network Support
1990 (3.095 %)Systems Support
2087 (2.992 %)Server Engineer
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1190 (6.534 %)Clustering
296 (3.301 %)Blackberry
383 (2.854 %)Client/Server
461 (2.098 %)Thin Client
461 (2.098 %)Fat Client
548 (1.651 %)German Language
633 (1.135 %)French Language
725 (0.860 %)Video Conferencing
817 (0.585 %)Spanish Language
914 (0.481 %)Computer Science
914 (0.481 %)Replication
1012 (0.413 %)Firmware
1012 (0.413 %)Italian Language
1111 (0.378 %)EPoS
129 (0.309 %)AS400
137 (0.241 %)EMC Centera
146 (0.206 %)PKI
146 (0.206 %)Celerra
155 (0.172 %)CLARiiON
155 (0.172 %)Smartcard
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11875 (64.48 %)Windows
2575 (19.77 %)Windows 2000
3467 (16.06 %)Windows Server 2003
4372 (12.79 %)Linux
5266 (9.147 %)Windows XP
6220 (7.565 %)Windows NT
7211 (7.256 %)UNIX
852 (1.788 %)Solaris
939 (1.341 %)AIX
1017 (0.585 %)NetWare
1115 (0.516 %)Windows Vista
1212 (0.413 %)Windows Mobile
139 (0.309 %)SUSE
143 (0.103 %)Mac OS X
143 (0.103 %)HPUX
152 (0.069 %)FreeBSD
161 (0.034 %)VMS
161 (0.034 %)OpenVMS
161 (0.034 %)Fedora
161 (0.034 %)Ubuntu
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1291 (10.01 %)ITIL
2193 (6.637 %)Project Management
371 (2.442 %)Disaster Recovery
371 (2.442 %)PRINCE2
466 (2.270 %)Migration
546 (1.582 %)Security Cleared
638 (1.307 %)Network Design
638 (1.307 %)PRINCE
737 (1.272 %)CRM
737 (1.272 %)Business Continuity
831 (1.066 %)Load Balancing
929 (0.997 %)Data Management
1027 (0.928 %)Service Management
1124 (0.825 %)Service Delivery
1221 (0.722 %)Incident Management
1319 (0.653 %)Problem Management
1418 (0.619 %)Network Load Balancing
1517 (0.585 %)E-Commerce
1614 (0.481 %)Change Management
1614 (0.481 %)Content Management
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1497 (17.09 %)SQL
247 (1.616 %)VBScript
343 (1.479 %)C
442 (1.444 %)VB
528 (0.963 %)Shell Script
622 (0.757 %)C#
720 (0.688 %)C++
817 (0.585 %)PHP
916 (0.550 %)JavaScript
1014 (0.481 %)Perl
1111 (0.378 %)Java
1111 (0.378 %)Transact-SQL
129 (0.309 %)PowerShell
135 (0.172 %)VB.NET
142 (0.069 %)AWK
151 (0.034 %)VBA
151 (0.034 %)PL/SQL
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12908 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2705 (24.24 %)Cisco Certification
3678 (23.31 %)MCP
4556 (19.12 %)CCNA
5522 (17.95 %)MCSA
6305 (10.49 %)Degree
7281 (9.663 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8225 (7.737 %)Citrix Certification
9171 (5.880 %)CCNP
10157 (5.399 %)CCA
11103 (3.542 %)CCEA
1268 (2.338 %)MCTS
1347 (1.616 %)CCIE
1445 (1.547 %)Novell Certification
1445 (1.547 %)RHCE
1538 (1.307 %)A+ Certification
1636 (1.238 %)CNE
1734 (1.169 %)MCDBA
1827 (0.928 %)MCSD
1827 (0.928 %)ITIL Certification
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
177 (2.648 %)SLA
210 (0.344 %)QA
37 (0.241 %)ISO9000
45 (0.172 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
53 (0.103 %)ISO9001
62 (0.069 %)ISO27001
62 (0.069 %)JSP 440
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11316 (45.25 %)Active Directory
2415 (14.27 %)VMware Infrastructure
3216 (7.428 %)ISA Server
486 (2.957 %)Terminal Services
581 (2.785 %)Backup Exec
676 (2.613 %)VMware ESX
770 (2.407 %)Citrix Presentation Server
867 (2.304 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
949 (1.685 %)Terminal Server
1046 (1.582 %)MetaFrame
1138 (1.307 %)NetBackup
1224 (0.825 %)Xen
1312 (0.413 %)VMware Server
147 (0.241 %)VMware Workstation
155 (0.172 %)NFS
164 (0.138 %)NDS
172 (0.069 %)VMware GSX
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1189 (6.499 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2184 (6.327 %)MOM
336 (1.238 %)SCCM
435 (1.204 %)Norton AntiVirus
533 (1.135 %)Legato
533 (1.135 %)SCOM
632 (1.100 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
728 (0.963 %)WSUS
826 (0.894 %)Tivoli
923 (0.791 %)EMC NetWorker
1017 (0.585 %)MAILsweeper
1112 (0.413 %)Unicenter
1211 (0.378 %)CA SiteMinder
137 (0.241 %)Windows Storage Server
137 (0.241 %)OpenView
137 (0.241 %)CiscoWorks
145 (0.172 %)ARCserve
153 (0.103 %)BMC PATROL
153 (0.103 %)Tivoli Monitoring
162 (0.069 %)OpenView Configuration Management
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11515 (52.10 %)Microsoft
2809 (27.82 %)Cisco
3799 (27.48 %)VMware
4716 (24.62 %)Citrix
5291 (10.01 %)HP
6174 (5.983 %)EMC
7127 (4.367 %)IBM
8122 (4.195 %)VERITAS
9105 (3.611 %)NetApp
10104 (3.576 %)Red Hat
1187 (2.992 %)Oracle
1282 (2.820 %)Novell
1379 (2.717 %)Lotus
1476 (2.613 %)Dell
1476 (2.613 %)Altiris
1569 (2.373 %)Symantec
1660 (2.063 %)CheckPoint
1754 (1.857 %)PlateSpin
1853 (1.823 %)Intel
1853 (1.823 %)CommVault
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