The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 46 63 57
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -6
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 21 4 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 3.578% 0.688% 1.022%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.50% 2.597% 6.593%
Number of salaries quoted 18 4 6
Average salary £35,000 £33,250 £29,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £27,425 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,900 £41,000 £31,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Qualifications
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
168 154 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 28.62% 26.51% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 140 149 81
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,175 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSE
West Midlands

MCSE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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
Cannock - 13 £35,000 -
Tamworth - 3 £35,000 -
Burton-upon-Trent -8 2 £23,250 -19.82%
Lichfield +4 1 £50,000 +55.64%
Stafford - 1 - -
MCSE
West Midlands

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 32 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (65.63%) ITIL
3 17 (53.13%) PRINCE2
3 17 (53.13%) Degree
4 16 (50.00%) TOGAF
4 16 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 15 (46.88%) Six Sigma
5 15 (46.88%) Service Management
5 15 (46.88%) Programme Management
6 14 (43.75%) Cisco
7 11 (34.38%) Active Directory
7 11 (34.38%) Citrix
8 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
8 9 (28.13%) VMware
8 9 (28.13%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (25.00%) SQL
10 7 (21.88%) Windows
10 7 (21.88%) MS Exchange
10 7 (21.88%) LAN
10 7 (21.88%) WAN
10 7 (21.88%) CCNA
10 7 (21.88%) Firewall
10 7 (21.88%) MCITP
11 5 (15.63%) Exchange Server 2010
11 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (15.63%) SAN
11 5 (15.63%) CheckPoint
12 4 (12.50%) NetApp
12 4 (12.50%) CCNP
12 4 (12.50%) MetaFrame

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 1 (3.125%) .NET Framework
1 1 (3.125%) Middleware
1 1 (3.125%) ASP.NET
1 1 (3.125%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (21.88%) MS Exchange
2 5 (15.63%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (6.250%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (3.125%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (3.125%) Lync
4 1 (3.125%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (3.125%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (3.125%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.375%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.88%) LAN
1 7 (21.88%) WAN
1 7 (21.88%) Firewall
2 5 (15.63%) SAN
3 4 (12.50%) DHCP
3 4 (12.50%) DNS
3 4 (12.50%) Wireless
4 3 (9.375%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (9.375%) WLAN
5 2 (6.250%) MPLS
6 1 (3.125%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (9.375%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (9.375%) SQL Server
3 2 (6.250%) RDBMS
3 2 (6.250%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 3 (9.375%) Automotive
1 3 (9.375%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (25.00%) Analyst
2 5 (15.63%) Developer
2 5 (15.63%) Network Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
3 4 (12.50%) Network Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Administrator
3 4 (12.50%) Report Developer
3 4 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (9.375%) Support Analyst
4 3 (9.375%) Architect
4 3 (9.375%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.250%) Data Architect
5 2 (6.250%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (6.250%) Development Manager
5 2 (6.250%) Support Technician
5 2 (6.250%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (6.250%) Software Development Manager
5 2 (6.250%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (6.250%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.125%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.88%) Windows
2 2 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (6.250%) Windows 2000 Server
3 1 (3.125%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (3.125%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (65.63%) ITIL
2 17 (53.13%) PRINCE2
3 16 (50.00%) TOGAF
4 15 (46.88%) Six Sigma
4 15 (46.88%) Service Management
4 15 (46.88%) Programme Management
5 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (6.250%) Project Management
6 2 (6.250%) Scrum
6 2 (6.250%) Load Balancing
7 1 (3.125%) Network Design
7 1 (3.125%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (3.125%) C#
Qualifications
1 32 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (53.13%) Degree
3 9 (28.13%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (21.88%) CCNA
4 7 (21.88%) MCITP
5 4 (12.50%) CCNP
5 4 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (6.250%) MCP
6 2 (6.250%) MCSD
7 1 (3.125%) VCP5
7 1 (3.125%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.125%) Security Cleared
7 1 (3.125%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (3.125%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (3.125%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (3.125%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (34.38%) Active Directory
2 4 (12.50%) MetaFrame
2 4 (12.50%) vSphere
3 1 (3.125%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.125%) XenApp
3 1 (3.125%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (3.125%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (43.75%) Cisco
2 11 (34.38%) Citrix
3 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
3 9 (28.13%) VMware
4 5 (15.63%) CheckPoint
5 4 (12.50%) NetApp
6 1 (3.125%) Juniper
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