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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) in IT jobs across the UK 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 last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank8386
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads49134877
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.395 %2.179 %
As % of the category below11.71 %10.42 %
Salaries quoted43564087
Average minimum salary£33,014£32,904
Average salary£35,313£35,101
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Average maximum salary£37,611£37,298
UK excluding London average salary£34,360£33,408
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Qualifications UKQualifications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads4195246783
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled20.45 %20.91 %
Salaries quoted3489637494
Average minimum salary£37,874£39,196
Average salary£41,211£42,727
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Average maximum salary£44,549£46,258
UK excluding London average salary£37,565£38,502
% change on same period last year-2.43 %

MCSE
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing MCSE across 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 ads citing MCSE across the UK.

MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE across the UK over the past 3 months.

MCSE Salary Histogram

MCSE
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+44724£35,268+0.20 %
2LondonNo change01600£37,373-2.70 %
3South EastDown-41458£37,585+7.20 %
4BerkshireUp+7447£40,714+13.84 %
5SurreyDown-10343£35,396+1.35 %
6West MidlandsUp+6330£29,540-9.09 %
7City of LondonUp+17328£36,396-21.89 %
8East of EnglandDown-10295£34,849+4.87 %
9North WestUp+3272£29,048-4.75 %
10South WestUp+7271£33,022+7.57 %
11East MidlandsUp+31242£27,105-7.16 %
12YorkshireDown-40215£32,155+0.36 %
13OxfordshireUp+9173£34,684-3.98 %
14HampshireDown-4168£33,210+1.83 %
15ReadingUp+6144£39,508+16.57 %
16West YorkshireDown-36142£33,104+6.45 %
17ManchesterUp+2134£28,811-7.44 %
18HertfordshireUp+7124£35,708+4.54 %
19BuckinghamshireDown-2119£37,262+15.87 %
19LeedsDown-30119£33,725+11.02 %
20OxfordUp+44115£35,442-0.30 %
21BirminghamDown-2292£29,522-12.07 %
22MiddlesexDown-1082£36,038+1.29 %
23HerefordshireUp+1380£34,585-7.67 %
24CambridgeshireDown-1176£36,521+0.78 %
25ScotlandDown-668£33,133+9.30 %
25LeicestershireUp+3868£26,119-6.07 %
26Hemel HempsteadUp+1067£33,330-13.96 %
27NottinghamshireUp+2165£27,947-16.80 %
28DerbyshireUp+864£25,817+9.20 %

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing MCSE also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MCSE.

19686 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
26487 (66.97 %)Windows
35232 (54.02 %)Microsoft
44499 (46.45 %)Active Directory
53943 (40.71 %)MS Exchange
62945 (30.40 %)Exchange Server 2003
72585 (26.69 %)MS Excel
82550 (26.33 %)Citrix
92420 (24.98 %)MCP
102165 (22.35 %)Cisco
112159 (22.29 %)Windows 2000
121984 (20.48 %)Cisco Certification
131814 (18.73 %)TCP/IP
141735 (17.91 %)CCNA
151733 (17.89 %)VMware
161729 (17.85 %)Exchange Server 2000
171712 (17.67 %)MCSA
181581 (16.32 %)SQL
191570 (16.21 %)Windows Server 2003
201463 (15.10 %)Firewall
211380 (14.25 %)WAN
221362 (14.06 %)SQL Server
231361 (14.05 %)LAN
241115 (11.51 %)DNS
251082 (11.17 %)ITIL
261073 (11.08 %)IIS
271038 (10.72 %)MS Office
28998 (10.30 %)SAN
29971 (10.02 %)Windows XP
30960 (9.911 %)Degree

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing MCSE also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MCSE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1239 (2.467 %).NET
2116 (1.198 %)XML
368 (0.702 %)Application Packaging
467 (0.692 %)ASP.NET
565 (0.671 %)HTML
648 (0.496 %)ASP
747 (0.485 %)WebServices
837 (0.382 %).NET Framework
927 (0.279 %)WebSphere
1013 (0.134 %)XSLT
1112 (0.124 %)J2EE
1112 (0.124 %)COM+
1210 (0.103 %)Windows SharePoint Services
139 (0.093 %)WSH
148 (0.083 %)Middleware
148 (0.083 %)SOAP
148 (0.083 %)CSS
148 (0.083 %)J2SE
157 (0.072 %)COM
157 (0.072 %)ADO.NET
Application Platforms
13943 (40.71 %)MS Exchange
22945 (30.40 %)Exchange Server 2003
31729 (17.85 %)Exchange Server 2000
41073 (11.08 %)IIS
5724 (7.475 %)Exchange Server 2007
6578 (5.967 %)SharePoint
7245 (2.529 %)Exchange Server 5.5
8233 (2.406 %)Lotus Notes
9135 (1.394 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1087 (0.898 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1178 (0.805 %)Apache
1275 (0.774 %)Lotus Domino
1366 (0.681 %)BizTalk Server
1461 (0.630 %)GroupWise
1546 (0.475 %)Live Communications Server
1631 (0.320 %)Tomcat
1730 (0.310 %)WebLogic
1822 (0.227 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1916 (0.165 %)WorkSite
1916 (0.165 %)CMS
Applications
12585 (26.69 %)MS Excel
21038 (10.72 %)MS Office
351 (0.527 %)MS Visio
437 (0.382 %)MS Project
527 (0.279 %)MS PowerPoint
614 (0.145 %)AutoCAD
712 (0.124 %)InfoPath
82 (0.021 %)DeltaView
82 (0.021 %)Acrobat
91 (0.010 %)Photoshop
91 (0.010 %)CATIA
91 (0.010 %)Pro/ENGINEER
Business Applications
136 (0.372 %)Microsoft CRM
233 (0.341 %)Dynamics CRM
317 (0.176 %)Axapta
414 (0.145 %)GoldMine
512 (0.124 %)SoftGrid
611 (0.114 %)Dynamics AX
78 (0.083 %)assyst
87 (0.072 %)Dynamics NAV
96 (0.062 %)Summit
105 (0.052 %)SAP Business One
114 (0.041 %)Line 50
114 (0.041 %)Dynamics GP
114 (0.041 %)Dynamics SL
114 (0.041 %)Fidessa
114 (0.041 %)Oracle CRM
123 (0.031 %)e-Work
123 (0.031 %)Navision
123 (0.031 %)SAP CRM
132 (0.021 %)MAXIMO
141 (0.010 %)Beauchamp
Communications & Networking
11814 (18.73 %)TCP/IP
21463 (15.10 %)Firewall
31380 (14.25 %)WAN
41361 (14.05 %)LAN
51115 (11.51 %)DNS
6998 (10.30 %)SAN
7915 (9.447 %)VPN
8548 (5.658 %)DHCP
9546 (5.637 %)Internet
10339 (3.500 %)VoIP
11283 (2.922 %)WINS
12207 (2.137 %)Network Security
13154 (1.590 %)VLAN
13154 (1.590 %)Wireless
14129 (1.332 %)SMTP
15113 (1.167 %)Cisco PIX
1692 (0.950 %)MPLS
1791 (0.940 %)Intranet
1890 (0.929 %)ADSL
1988 (0.909 %)SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
11362 (14.06 %)SQL Server
2340 (3.510 %)SQL Server 2000
3264 (2.726 %)SQL Server 2005
4148 (1.528 %)SQL Server 7
545 (0.465 %)MySQL
635 (0.361 %)Crystal Reports
726 (0.268 %)RDBMS
820 (0.206 %)MS Access
918 (0.186 %)BusinessObjects
1014 (0.145 %)Datawarehouse
1014 (0.145 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1112 (0.124 %)Oracle 9i
1211 (0.114 %)Oracle 8/8i
1211 (0.114 %)Oracle 10g
1310 (0.103 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
147 (0.072 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
156 (0.062 %)GIS
156 (0.062 %)DTS
156 (0.062 %)DB2
165 (0.052 %)Oracle 11g
Development Applications
157 (0.588 %)MSI
230 (0.310 %)InstallShield
39 (0.093 %)Visual Studio
46 (0.062 %)WinRunner
46 (0.062 %)TestDirector
46 (0.062 %)LoadRunner
55 (0.052 %)Flash
62 (0.021 %)VSS/SourceSafe
62 (0.021 %)Oracle Forms
71 (0.010 %)ClearCase
71 (0.010 %)Eclipse
71 (0.010 %)Dreamweaver
71 (0.010 %)Subversion
71 (0.010 %)FrontPage
71 (0.010 %)Ant
General
1858 (8.858 %)Finance
2748 (7.722 %)Pensions
3580 (5.988 %)Health
4337 (3.479 %)Telecoms
5301 (3.108 %)Insurance
6284 (2.932 %)Banking
7234 (2.416 %)Education
8205 (2.116 %)Government
9194 (2.003 %)Back Office
10174 (1.796 %)Law
11150 (1.549 %)Legal
12133 (1.373 %)Retail
13117 (1.208 %)Investment Banking
1498 (1.012 %)Manufacturing
1592 (0.950 %)Local Government
1673 (0.754 %)Construction
1746 (0.475 %)Financial Institution
1833 (0.341 %)Marketing
1929 (0.299 %)Automotive
2020 (0.206 %)Publishing
Job Titles
11607 (16.59 %)Analyst
21417 (14.63 %)Consultant
31388 (14.33 %)Support Engineer
41089 (11.24 %)Support Analyst
5639 (6.597 %)Systems Engineer
6619 (6.391 %)Administrator
7565 (5.833 %)3rd Line Support
8564 (5.823 %)Network Engineer
9469 (4.842 %)Technical Consultant
10465 (4.801 %)Technical Support
11445 (4.594 %)Server Support
12399 (4.119 %)2nd Line Support
13382 (3.944 %)Desktop Support
14345 (3.562 %)Architect
15340 (3.510 %)Field Engineer
16324 (3.345 %)Server Engineer
17321 (3.314 %)Network Support
18314 (3.242 %)Systems Administrator
19307 (3.170 %)Senior Analyst
20262 (2.705 %)IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1544 (5.616 %)Clustering
2330 (3.407 %)Blackberry
3204 (2.106 %)Client/Server
4184 (1.900 %)Thin Client
4184 (1.900 %)Fat Client
562 (0.640 %)Computer Science
655 (0.568 %)Asset Management
753 (0.547 %)French Language
849 (0.506 %)German Language
945 (0.465 %)PDA
1042 (0.434 %)Management Information System
1135 (0.361 %)Mathematics
1234 (0.351 %)EPoS
1332 (0.330 %)Replication
1430 (0.310 %)Video Conferencing
1529 (0.299 %)CESG
1529 (0.299 %)CESG CLAS
1623 (0.237 %)AS400
1721 (0.217 %)Mainframe
1721 (0.217 %)NHS
Operating Systems
16487 (66.97 %)Windows
22159 (22.29 %)Windows 2000
31570 (16.21 %)Windows Server 2003
4971 (10.02 %)Windows XP
5878 (9.065 %)Linux
6645 (6.659 %)Unix
7624 (6.442 %)Windows NT
8152 (1.569 %)Solaris
9115 (1.187 %)AIX
1051 (0.527 %)NetWare
1138 (0.392 %)Windows Vista
1236 (0.372 %)Windows Mobile
1326 (0.268 %)HPUX
1421 (0.217 %)Mac OS X
1519 (0.196 %)OpenVMS
1614 (0.145 %)SUSE
1710 (0.103 %)Debian
189 (0.093 %)OS/400
195 (0.052 %)Windows CE
195 (0.052 %)FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
11082 (11.17 %)ITIL
2562 (5.802 %)Project Management
3282 (2.911 %)PRINCE2
4274 (2.829 %)Migration
5204 (2.106 %)Disaster Recovery
6135 (1.394 %)Service Delivery
7107 (1.105 %)Network Design
8106 (1.094 %)Service Management
9105 (1.084 %)CRM
1095 (0.981 %)PRINCE
1190 (0.929 %)Business Continuity
1286 (0.888 %)Problem Management
1368 (0.702 %)Information Security
1467 (0.692 %)Load Balancing
1557 (0.588 %)Incident Management
1655 (0.568 %)E-Commerce
1753 (0.547 %)Change Management
1852 (0.537 %)Document Management
1948 (0.496 %)Release Management
2044 (0.454 %)Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
11581 (16.32 %)SQL
2157 (1.621 %)C
3132 (1.363 %)VBScript
4113 (1.167 %)VB
5103 (1.063 %)Java
679 (0.816 %)C#
749 (0.506 %)VB.NET
749 (0.506 %)Transact-SQL
848 (0.496 %)Perl
938 (0.392 %)JavaScript
1034 (0.351 %)C++
1131 (0.320 %)Shell Script
1229 (0.299 %)PHP
1328 (0.289 %)VBA
1412 (0.124 %)PL/SQL
1510 (0.103 %)Ruby
168 (0.083 %)VB6
173 (0.031 %)FoxPro (VFP)
173 (0.031 %)Korn
181 (0.010 %)DHTML
Qualifications
19686 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22420 (24.98 %)MCP
31984 (20.48 %)Cisco Certification
41735 (17.91 %)CCNA
51712 (17.67 %)MCSA
6960 (9.911 %)Degree
7927 (9.571 %)Citrix Certification
8602 (6.215 %)CCA
9552 (5.699 %)CCEA
10488 (5.038 %)CCNP
11418 (4.316 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12179 (1.848 %)A+ Certification
13146 (1.507 %)MCDST
14136 (1.404 %)MCDBA
15130 (1.342 %)Novell Certification
16128 (1.321 %)MCT
17112 (1.156 %)CNE
18108 (1.115 %)ITIL Certification
1993 (0.960 %)MCSD
2082 (0.847 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1323 (3.335 %)SLA
251 (0.527 %)ISO27001
331 (0.320 %)ISO/IEC 20000
424 (0.248 %)ISO9001
522 (0.227 %)QA
620 (0.206 %)COBIT
718 (0.186 %)BS7799
812 (0.124 %)ISO9000
96 (0.062 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
102 (0.021 %)JSP 440
System Software
14499 (46.45 %)Active Directory
2581 (5.998 %)ISA Server
3299 (3.087 %)Terminal Services
4258 (2.664 %)MetaFrame
5232 (2.395 %)VMware ESX
6231 (2.385 %)Backup Exec
7213 (2.199 %)Citrix Presentation Server
8174 (1.796 %)NetBackup
9139 (1.435 %)Terminal Server
1051 (0.527 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1128 (0.289 %)Xen
1225 (0.258 %)VMware Server
1321 (0.217 %)NDS
1412 (0.124 %)VMware Workstation
1511 (0.114 %)VMware GSX
1610 (0.103 %)MailMarshal
176 (0.062 %)Samba
185 (0.052 %)Novell eDirectory
193 (0.031 %)WebMarshal
202 (0.021 %)Squid
Systems Management
1546 (5.637 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2483 (4.987 %)MOM
3101 (1.043 %)SCOM
491 (0.940 %)Norton AntiVirus
586 (0.888 %)OpenView
678 (0.805 %)SCCM
773 (0.754 %)Tivoli
854 (0.558 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
938 (0.392 %)ARCserve
1037 (0.382 %)Legato
1135 (0.361 %)MAILsweeper
1229 (0.299 %)ZENworks
1229 (0.299 %)Unicenter
1327 (0.279 %)WSUS
1425 (0.258 %)HP Data Protector
1524 (0.248 %)MIMEsweeper
1524 (0.248 %)DameWare
1623 (0.237 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1715 (0.155 %)EMC NetWorker
1810 (0.103 %)CiscoWorks
Vendors
15232 (54.02 %)Microsoft
22550 (26.33 %)Citrix
32165 (22.35 %)Cisco
41733 (17.89 %)VMware
5874 (9.023 %)HP
6364 (3.758 %)VERITAS
7273 (2.819 %)Oracle
8261 (2.695 %)EMC
8261 (2.695 %)Lotus
9250 (2.581 %)Symantec
10249 (2.571 %)Novell
11240 (2.478 %)IBM
12223 (2.302 %)CheckPoint
13201 (2.075 %)Red Hat
14195 (2.013 %)Dell
15172 (1.776 %)Altiris
16160 (1.652 %)NetApp
17103 (1.063 %)Intel
17103 (1.063 %)Avaya
1899 (1.022 %)Sophos
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