Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 9 September 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Location
3 months to
9 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1378683
Rank change year-on-year
Down-51Down-3
Matching permanent IT job ads201017344375
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.856 %2.550 %2.461 %
As % of the Qualifications category7.122 %9.844 %11.05 %
Salaries quoted176015653890
Average salary£35,000£31,500£34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-7.350 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,500£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£47,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£30,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
+8.330 %-7.690 %
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
282221761539582
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK26.07 %25.90 %22.27 %
Salaries quoted232011456633194
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-2.590 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£36,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-2.770 %

MCSE
Demand Trend

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

MCSE Demand Trend

MCSE
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCSE within the UK.

MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE over the 3 months to 9 September 2010 within the UK.

MCSE Salary Histogram

MCSE
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 September 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-501942£35,000+11.11 %
LondonDown-61715£40,000+14.28 %
South EastDown-24487£35,000+16.66 %
City of LondonDown-47196£40,500+14.08 %
BerkshireUp+3154£37,000+13.84 %
SurreyDown-20152£34,000+4.61 %
East of EnglandDown-39138£31,452+4.83 %
West MidlandsDown-9126£32,500-7.14 %
YorkshireDown-21126£27,500-5.17 %
North WestDown-63116£29,500-1.66 %
South WestUp+41107£32,500+8.33 %
East MidlandsDown-2187£25,000-9.09 %
West YorkshireDown-2583£27,500-8.33 %
ManchesterDown-3371£30,000+1.69 %
ReadingUp+268£38,500+10.00 %
HertfordshireDown-2961£32,500+12.06 %
BirminghamUp+1158£37,500+29.31 %
HampshireDown-2450£31,500+5.00 %
LeedsDown-3049£27,500-15.38 %
West SussexUp+237£42,500+23.18 %
GloucestershireUp+1234£30,500-10.29 %
EssexUp+734£30,000-
ChertseyDown-533£24,000-4.00 %
WalesDown-633£29,000-10.76 %
DorsetUp+1231£42,500+30.76 %
NorthamptonshireDown-331£25,000-2.91 %
South YorkshireDown-1127£31,250+38.88 %
ScotlandDown-4127£34,000+36.00 %
South WalesDown-226£29,000-2.52 %
NottinghamshireDown-625£29,500+15.68 %

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

13627 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22655 (73.20 %)Windows
32031 (56.00 %)Microsoft
41835 (50.59 %)Active Directory
51564 (43.12 %)VMware
61494 (41.19 %)Windows Server 2003
71332 (36.72 %)MS Exchange
81194 (32.92 %)Citrix
91131 (31.18 %)Windows Server 2008
101090 (30.05 %)Cisco
11918 (25.31 %)VMware Infrastructure
12869 (23.96 %)MS Excel
13839 (23.13 %)MCP
14830 (22.88 %)Cisco Certification
15784 (21.62 %)SQL
16781 (21.53 %)Firewall
17778 (21.45 %)SQL Server
18730 (20.13 %)CCNA
19709 (19.55 %)Exchange Server 2003
20701 (19.33 %)SAN
21673 (18.56 %)TCP/IP
22666 (18.36 %)Exchange Server 2007
23662 (18.25 %)ITIL
23662 (18.25 %)MCSA
24629 (17.34 %)MCITP
25588 (16.21 %)LAN
26584 (16.10 %)DNS
27558 (15.38 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
28545 (15.03 %)WAN
29542 (14.94 %)HP

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1142 (3.915 %).NET
263 (1.737 %)ASP.NET
332 (0.882 %)Application Packaging
429 (0.800 %)XML
429 (0.800 %)HTML
526 (0.717 %)WebSphere
624 (0.662 %)COM
721 (0.579 %)Web Services
815 (0.414 %)ASP
815 (0.414 %)ADSI
914 (0.386 %)EDI
914 (0.386 %)CSS
1013 (0.358 %)Forefront TMG
119 (0.248 %)J2EE
128 (0.221 %)Software Packaging
128 (0.221 %)ODBC
136 (0.165 %)Silverlight
145 (0.138 %)WPF
145 (0.138 %)Windows SharePoint Services
145 (0.138 %)Data Analytics Architect
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11332 (36.72 %)MS Exchange
2709 (19.55 %)Exchange Server 2003
3666 (18.36 %)Exchange Server 2007
4484 (13.34 %)IIS
5366 (10.09 %)SharePoint
6170 (4.687 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
7138 (3.805 %)Exchange Server 2000
8105 (2.895 %)Office Communications Server
968 (1.875 %)Lotus Notes
1061 (1.682 %)Apache
1134 (0.937 %)BizTalk Server
1232 (0.882 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1326 (0.717 %)Tomcat
1420 (0.551 %)Lotus Domino
1514 (0.386 %)CMS
1514 (0.386 %)WebLogic
169 (0.248 %)JCAPS
176 (0.165 %)Site Server
176 (0.165 %)GroupWise
176 (0.165 %)WebSphere Application Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1869 (23.96 %)MS Excel
2389 (10.73 %)MS Office
343 (1.186 %)MS Visio
416 (0.441 %)InfoPath
515 (0.414 %)MS PowerPoint
68 (0.221 %)MS Project
72 (0.055 %)Photoshop
81 (0.028 %)QuarkXPress
81 (0.028 %)Adobe Illustrator
81 (0.028 %)AutoCAD
81 (0.028 %)DeltaView
81 (0.028 %)Final Cut Pro
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
131 (0.855 %)Dynamics CRM
222 (0.607 %)SoftGrid
315 (0.414 %)Microsoft CRM
412 (0.331 %)Line 50
56 (0.165 %)Dynamics AX
64 (0.110 %)Summit
73 (0.083 %)Navision
73 (0.083 %)GoldMine
73 (0.083 %)Line 100
73 (0.083 %)Sage MMS
82 (0.055 %)Dynamics NAV
82 (0.055 %)assyst
82 (0.055 %)Sage 1000
82 (0.055 %)Line 500
91 (0.028 %)MFGPRO
91 (0.028 %)Oracle EBS
91 (0.028 %)Sophis RISQUE
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1781 (21.53 %)Firewall
2701 (19.33 %)SAN
3673 (18.56 %)TCP/IP
4588 (16.21 %)LAN
5584 (16.10 %)DNS
6545 (15.03 %)WAN
7489 (13.48 %)VPN
8396 (10.92 %)DHCP
9281 (7.747 %)Internet
10220 (6.066 %)VoIP
11147 (4.053 %)Network Security
12128 (3.529 %)NAS
13122 (3.364 %)SMTP
14101 (2.785 %)VLAN
1596 (2.647 %)Cisco PIX
1692 (2.537 %)Cisco ASA
1788 (2.426 %)MPLS
1887 (2.399 %)FTP
1970 (1.930 %)OSPF
2063 (1.737 %)Wireless
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1778 (21.45 %)SQL Server
2258 (7.113 %)SQL Server 2005
3155 (4.274 %)SQL Server 2008
4115 (3.171 %)SQL Server 2000
568 (1.875 %)MySQL
628 (0.772 %)Oracle 10g
724 (0.662 %)MS Access
823 (0.634 %)Oracle 8/8i
823 (0.634 %)Oracle 9i
917 (0.469 %)Crystal Reports
1015 (0.414 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1110 (0.276 %)GIS
129 (0.248 %)RDBMS
138 (0.221 %)Oracle 11g
147 (0.193 %)DB2
147 (0.193 %)PostgreSQL
156 (0.165 %)BusinessObjects
156 (0.165 %)Data Warehouse (DWH)
164 (0.110 %)Data Mining
171 (0.028 %)ETL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
123 (0.634 %)InstallShield
28 (0.221 %)AdminStudio
36 (0.165 %)WebLOAD
44 (0.110 %)Visual Studio
53 (0.083 %)Ant
62 (0.055 %)Subversion
62 (0.055 %)Team Foundation Server
71 (0.028 %)JUnit
71 (0.028 %)WatiN
71 (0.028 %)JIRA
71 (0.028 %)Selenium
71 (0.028 %)Maven
71 (0.028 %)NUnit
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1332 (9.154 %)Finance
2243 (6.700 %)Pensions
3186 (5.128 %)Health
4149 (4.108 %)Telecoms
5126 (3.474 %)Education
6106 (2.923 %)Insurance
791 (2.509 %)Banking
887 (2.399 %)Government
887 (2.399 %)Retail
965 (1.792 %)Law
1064 (1.765 %)Back Office
1134 (0.937 %)Advertising
1134 (0.937 %)Legal
1232 (0.882 %)Marketing
1232 (0.882 %)Manufacturing
1321 (0.579 %)Military
1418 (0.496 %)Electronics
1517 (0.469 %)Investment Banking
1612 (0.331 %)Construction
1710 (0.276 %)Retail Banking
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1583 (16.07 %)Consultant
2564 (15.55 %)Support Engineer
3563 (15.52 %)Analyst
4332 (9.154 %)Support Analyst
5285 (7.858 %)Systems Engineer
6272 (7.499 %)3rd Line Support
7240 (6.617 %)IT Support
8209 (5.762 %)Technical Support
9206 (5.680 %)Administrator
10182 (5.018 %)Technical Consultant
11170 (4.687 %)Server Support
12164 (4.522 %)Infrastructure Engineer
13160 (4.411 %)Technical Engineer
14150 (4.136 %)Server Engineer
15139 (3.832 %)Network Engineer
16137 (3.777 %)Systems Administrator
17134 (3.695 %)2nd Line Support
18122 (3.364 %)Infrastructure Analyst
18122 (3.364 %)Architect
19111 (3.060 %)Technical Support Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1303 (8.354 %)Clustering
2264 (7.279 %)Blackberry
374 (2.040 %)Thin Client
374 (2.040 %)Fat Client
460 (1.654 %)Computer Science
552 (1.434 %)CLARiiON
552 (1.434 %)French Language
552 (1.434 %)German Language
648 (1.323 %)EqualLogic
746 (1.268 %)Cloud Computing
842 (1.158 %)Management Information System
940 (1.103 %)Spanish Language
1039 (1.075 %)Replication
1136 (0.993 %)Client/Server
1234 (0.937 %)Italian Language
1322 (0.607 %)Video Conferencing
1419 (0.524 %)PDA
1516 (0.441 %)NHS
1613 (0.358 %)Data Protection Act
1711 (0.303 %)EPoS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12655 (73.20 %)Windows
21494 (41.19 %)Windows Server 2003
31131 (31.18 %)Windows Server 2008
4456 (12.57 %)Linux
5448 (12.35 %)Windows XP
6295 (8.133 %)Windows Vista
7285 (7.858 %)Windows 2000 Server
8273 (7.527 %)Windows 2000
9208 (5.735 %)UNIX
10196 (5.404 %)Windows 7
11109 (3.005 %)Red Hat Linux
12107 (2.950 %)Solaris
1339 (1.075 %)Windows NT
1438 (1.048 %)Debian
1537 (1.020 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1636 (0.993 %)AIX
1724 (0.662 %)Mac OS X
1814 (0.386 %)CentOS
1814 (0.386 %)NetWare
1911 (0.303 %)HPUX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1662 (18.25 %)ITIL
2266 (7.334 %)Project Management
3199 (5.487 %)Disaster Recovery
4142 (3.915 %)PRINCE2
5113 (3.116 %)Migration
6101 (2.785 %)Service Delivery
790 (2.481 %)CRM
880 (2.206 %)Incident Management
968 (1.875 %)Business Continuity
1066 (1.820 %)Service Management
1163 (1.737 %)E-Commerce
1163 (1.737 %)Change Management
1255 (1.516 %)Problem Management
1354 (1.489 %)Network Design
1453 (1.461 %)Load Balancing
1551 (1.406 %)Capacity Planning
1649 (1.351 %)ERP
1747 (1.296 %)Project Planning
1836 (0.993 %)Business Intelligence
1932 (0.882 %)Configuration Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1784 (21.62 %)SQL
2126 (3.474 %)C
388 (2.426 %)VBScript
486 (2.371 %)VB
561 (1.682 %)C#
656 (1.544 %)PowerShell
749 (1.351 %)Java
837 (1.020 %)Perl
920 (0.551 %)T-SQL
1018 (0.496 %)JavaScript
1116 (0.441 %)PHP
1210 (0.276 %)VB.NET
138 (0.221 %)C++
147 (0.193 %)Shell Script
156 (0.165 %)Bash shell
156 (0.165 %)PL/SQL
165 (0.138 %)VBA
165 (0.138 %)AWK
165 (0.138 %)VB6
174 (0.110 %)Bourne shell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13627 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2839 (23.13 %)MCP
3830 (22.88 %)Cisco Certification
4730 (20.13 %)CCNA
5662 (18.25 %)MCSA
6629 (17.34 %)MCITP
7558 (15.38 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8490 (13.51 %)Citrix Certification
9423 (11.66 %)CCA
10358 (9.870 %)Degree
11261 (7.196 %)MCTS
12253 (6.975 %)CCEA
13238 (6.562 %)VCP4
14198 (5.459 %)CCNP
15123 (3.391 %)MCDST
16119 (3.281 %)Security Cleared
17105 (2.895 %)RHCE
1873 (2.013 %)NCDA
1969 (1.902 %)CISSP
2066 (1.820 %)NCIE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1235 (6.479 %)SLA
233 (0.910 %)QA
328 (0.772 %)ISO/IEC 27001
422 (0.607 %)ISO 9001
513 (0.358 %)PCI DSS
69 (0.248 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
69 (0.248 %)HL7
76 (0.165 %)ISO 9000
83 (0.083 %)TickIT
92 (0.055 %)COBIT
92 (0.055 %)ISO 14001
92 (0.055 %)BS15000
92 (0.055 %)BS7799
101 (0.028 %)ISO/IEC 17799
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11835 (50.59 %)Active Directory
2918 (25.31 %)VMware Infrastructure
3388 (10.70 %)VMware ESX
4373 (10.28 %)XenApp
5356 (9.815 %)vSphere
6311 (8.575 %)Hyper-V
7275 (7.582 %)XenServer
8252 (6.948 %)XenDesktop
9161 (4.439 %)ISA Server
10152 (4.191 %)Terminal Services
11123 (3.391 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1247 (1.296 %)Terminal Server
1344 (1.213 %)MetaFrame
1437 (1.020 %)Xen
1524 (0.662 %)VMware Server
1617 (0.469 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1712 (0.331 %)NFS
187 (0.193 %)VMware Workstation
187 (0.193 %)Veritas Cluster Server
187 (0.193 %)Novell eDirectory
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1191 (5.266 %)Backup Exec
2180 (4.963 %)SCCM
3128 (3.529 %)SCOM
486 (2.371 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
582 (2.261 %)NetBackup
582 (2.261 %)MOM
679 (2.178 %)Norton AntiVirus
773 (2.013 %)WSUS
832 (0.882 %)McAfee ePO
930 (0.827 %)MSI
1028 (0.772 %)SCVMM
1125 (0.689 %)Tivoli
1220 (0.551 %)Business Desktop Deployment
1316 (0.441 %)HP Data Protector
1316 (0.441 %)Nagios
1414 (0.386 %)OpenView
1512 (0.331 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1610 (0.276 %)Sysprep
1610 (0.276 %)ARCserve
179 (0.248 %)HP SIM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12031 (56.00 %)Microsoft
21564 (43.12 %)VMware
31194 (32.92 %)Citrix
41090 (30.05 %)Cisco
5542 (14.94 %)HP
6249 (6.865 %)Symantec
7245 (6.755 %)NetApp
8210 (5.790 %)Dell
9163 (4.494 %)IBM
9163 (4.494 %)EMC
10122 (3.364 %)Juniper
11111 (3.060 %)Oracle
12108 (2.978 %)Red Hat
13105 (2.895 %)CheckPoint
1495 (2.619 %)Altiris
1578 (2.151 %)McAfee
1671 (1.958 %)PlateSpin
1769 (1.902 %)Lotus
1868 (1.875 %)Avaya
1966 (1.820 %)AppSense