The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 24 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 136 165 143
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -22
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 81 50 74
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 1.544% 0.903% 1.226%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.853% 2.461% 3.702%
Number of salaries quoted 68 45 70
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +10.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,600 £31,400 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £49,000 £44,600 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1669 2032 1999
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 31.81% 36.71% 33.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1441 1751 1694
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSE
England

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bristol +11 32 £37,500 +15.38%
Wiltshire +10 21 £41,500 -
Dorset +4 15 £26,000 -35.00%
Somerset +2 6 £21,000 -40.00%
Gloucestershire +5 4 £36,000 +22.03%
Devon 0 1 £21,500 -37.68%
MCSE
England

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1 194 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 155 (79.90%) Windows
3 124 (63.92%) Microsoft
4 111 (57.22%) VMware
5 105 (54.12%) Active Directory
6 96 (49.48%) Windows Server 2008
7 89 (45.88%) MS Exchange
8 87 (44.85%) Windows Server 2003
9 84 (43.30%) VMware Infrastructure
10 81 (41.75%) MCSA
11 80 (41.24%) Cisco
12 76 (39.18%) MCITP
13 71 (36.60%) LAN
14 70 (36.08%) Firewall
15 65 (33.51%) ITIL
16 62 (31.96%) TCP/IP
17 61 (31.44%) CCNA
17 61 (31.44%) Cisco Certification
18 57 (29.38%) WAN
18 57 (29.38%) MS Excel
19 55 (28.35%) DNS
19 55 (28.35%) SAN
20 49 (25.26%) Citrix
21 47 (24.23%) Clustering
22 45 (23.20%) SQL Server
22 45 (23.20%) Exchange Server 2010
23 41 (21.13%) VPN
24 39 (20.10%) DHCP
24 39 (20.10%) MCP
25 38 (19.59%) Linux

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 Development
1 13 (6.701%) XML
1 13 (6.701%) J2EE
1 13 (6.701%) HTML
2 1 (0.515%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 89 (45.88%) MS Exchange
2 45 (23.20%) Exchange Server 2010
3 36 (18.56%) SharePoint
3 36 (18.56%) Exchange Server 2003
4 35 (18.04%) Exchange Server 2007
5 23 (11.86%) IIS
6 19 (9.794%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 14 (7.216%) Apache
8 13 (6.701%) Tomcat
9 12 (6.186%) SharePoint 2010
10 7 (3.608%) Exchange Server 2000
11 6 (3.093%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (1.546%) Lync
13 2 (1.031%) Lotus Notes
13 2 (1.031%) Lotus Domino
13 2 (1.031%) MS Project Server
13 2 (1.031%) Exchange Server 2013
13 2 (1.031%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 57 (29.38%) MS Excel
2 18 (9.278%) MS Office
3 5 (2.577%) Office 365
4 4 (2.062%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.062%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (1.031%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 6 (3.093%) Changepoint
2 3 (1.546%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.515%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 71 (36.60%) LAN
2 70 (36.08%) Firewall
3 62 (31.96%) TCP/IP
4 57 (29.38%) WAN
5 55 (28.35%) DNS
5 55 (28.35%) SAN
6 41 (21.13%) VPN
7 39 (20.10%) DHCP
8 29 (14.95%) Internet
9 18 (9.278%) IP Telephony
9 18 (9.278%) VLAN
9 18 (9.278%) Wireless
9 18 (9.278%) HTTP
10 17 (8.763%) MPLS
11 16 (8.247%) VoIP
12 13 (6.701%) SSL
13 12 (6.186%) iSCSI
14 9 (4.639%) Network Security
14 9 (4.639%) SMTP
15 6 (3.093%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (23.20%) SQL Server
2 22 (11.34%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (5.670%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (4.639%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (4.639%) SQL Server 2005
5 8 (4.124%) SQL Server 2000
5 8 (4.124%) RDBMS
6 6 (3.093%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (1.546%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (1.031%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (1.031%) Oracle 11g
9 1 (0.515%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.515%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (13.92%) Telecoms
2 17 (8.763%) Marketing
3 11 (5.670%) Legal
4 5 (2.577%) Back Office
4 5 (2.577%) Manufacturing
4 5 (2.577%) Retail
5 3 (1.546%) Advertising
6 2 (1.031%) Electronics
6 2 (1.031%) Law
7 1 (0.515%) Finance
7 1 (0.515%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 52 (26.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 35 (18.04%) Analyst
3 34 (17.53%) Support Engineer
4 23 (11.86%) 3rd Line Support
5 19 (9.794%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (9.278%) Technical Analyst
7 16 (8.247%) Systems Engineer
8 14 (7.216%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 14 (7.216%) IT Support
9 12 (6.186%) Support Analyst
10 11 (5.670%) DBA
10 11 (5.670%) Network Analyst
11 10 (5.155%) SQL DBA
11 10 (5.155%) Field Engineer
12 9 (4.639%) 2nd Line Support
12 9 (4.639%) Server Support
13 8 (4.124%) Architect
13 8 (4.124%) Messaging Engineer
13 8 (4.124%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 8 (4.124%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 47 (24.23%) Clustering
2 30 (15.46%) Blackberry
3 23 (11.86%) Video Conferencing
4 21 (10.82%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.124%) Replication
6 3 (1.546%) Firmware
7 2 (1.031%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.515%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.515%) SaaS
8 1 (0.515%) Handset
8 1 (0.515%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.515%) PDA
8 1 (0.515%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.515%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 155 (79.90%) Windows
2 96 (49.48%) Windows Server 2008
3 87 (44.85%) Windows Server 2003
4 38 (19.59%) Linux
5 19 (9.794%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (7.216%) Windows 7
7 12 (6.186%) Windows XP
8 6 (3.093%) Windows Vista
9 5 (2.577%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (2.062%) Windows 2000 Server
11 3 (1.546%) Windows 8
11 3 (1.546%) UNIX
12 2 (1.031%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (33.51%) ITIL
2 17 (8.763%) Network Load Balancing
3 16 (8.247%) Information Security
4 15 (7.732%) Migration
5 14 (7.216%) Service Management
5 14 (7.216%) Performance Management
6 13 (6.701%) ITIL V3
6 13 (6.701%) Business Continuity
7 12 (6.186%) Information Security Management
7 12 (6.186%) Security Management
7 12 (6.186%) Service Delivery
7 12 (6.186%) ISMS
7 12 (6.186%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (5.670%) Disaster Recovery
9 9 (4.639%) Change Management
10 8 (4.124%) Project Management
11 7 (3.608%) Root Cause Analysis
11 7 (3.608%) Problem Management
12 6 (3.093%) Time Management
13 5 (2.577%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (13.40%) SQL
2 13 (6.701%) C
2 13 (6.701%) Java
3 11 (5.670%) T-SQL
4 9 (4.639%) PowerShell
4 9 (4.639%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 194 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 81 (41.75%) MCSA
3 76 (39.18%) MCITP
4 61 (31.44%) CCNA
4 61 (31.44%) Cisco Certification
5 39 (20.10%) MCP
6 25 (12.89%) Degree
7 22 (11.34%) MCTS
8 18 (9.278%) Citrix Certification
9 17 (8.763%) MCT
10 16 (8.247%) CCNP
11 15 (7.732%) CCA
12 14 (7.216%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 13 (6.701%) MCDST
14 9 (4.639%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (4.124%) Security Cleared
15 8 (4.124%) SC Cleared
16 7 (3.608%) HND
17 5 (2.577%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
17 5 (2.577%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.34%) SLA
2 17 (8.763%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.062%) QA
System Software
1 105 (54.12%) Active Directory
2 84 (43.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (18.56%) Hyper-V
4 31 (15.98%) vSphere
5 18 (9.278%) XenApp
5 18 (9.278%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (9.278%) VMware ESX
6 14 (7.216%) Terminal Services
7 13 (6.701%) NFS
7 13 (6.701%) Xen
8 5 (2.577%) XenServer
9 4 (2.062%) BlackBerry Internet Service
9 4 (2.062%) XenDesktop
10 3 (1.546%) ISA Server
11 2 (1.031%) Forefront TMG
11 2 (1.031%) UAG
12 1 (0.515%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.515%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 26 (13.40%) SCOM
2 22 (11.34%) Tivoli
3 17 (8.763%) WSUS
4 13 (6.701%) Norton AntiVirus
4 13 (6.701%) Backup Exec
5 12 (6.186%) MOM
6 10 (5.155%) SCCM
7 7 (3.608%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 4 (2.062%) ARCserve
8 4 (2.062%) WhatsUp Gold
9 3 (1.546%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.515%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.515%) Netcool
Vendors
1 124 (63.92%) Microsoft
2 111 (57.22%) VMware
3 80 (41.24%) Cisco
4 49 (25.26%) Citrix
5 28 (14.43%) McAfee
5 28 (14.43%) IBM
6 27 (13.92%) Oracle
7 26 (13.40%) HP
8 21 (10.82%) Avaya
9 20 (10.31%) Juniper
10 19 (9.794%) Red Hat
11 17 (8.763%) SonicWALL
11 17 (8.763%) Polycom
12 14 (7.216%) Symantec
13 12 (6.186%) NetSuite
14 8 (4.124%) Sophos
15 6 (3.093%) Sage
15 6 (3.093%) Veritas
15 6 (3.093%) WatchGuard
16 5 (2.577%) Syncsort
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