Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for MCSE 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 2 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. 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
2 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank9384
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-9
Matching permanent IT job ads15544790
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK2.280 %2.431 %
As % of the Qualifications category10.05 %10.89 %
Salaries quoted13854251
Average salary£32,000£34,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year-5.880 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£32,500
% change on same period last year-7.690 %
IT Job Market, QualificationsAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1546043995
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK22.68 %22.32 %
Salaries quoted1305836558
Average salary£37,500£38,500
Average salary % change on the same period last year-2.590 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000

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 2 July 2009 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 2 July 2009. 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-91505£32,000-5.88 %
LondonUp+8587£35,000-
South EastDown-31327£31,000-11.42 %
East of EnglandUp+7143£32,500-2.98 %
North WestUp+31114£30,000-
City of LondonDown-11103£36,500-2.66 %
East MidlandsDown-693£26,250-2.77 %
South WestDown-1483£31,750-9.28 %
BerkshireDown-2283£35,000-4.76 %
West MidlandsDown-1174£30,000+9.09 %
YorkshireUp+868£25,000-16.66 %
SurreyDown-2463£32,000-8.57 %
HertfordshireUp+2660£32,500-13.33 %
OxfordshireDown-653£27,000-22.85 %
ManchesterUp+2744£31,000+12.72 %
OxfordUp+1141£27,000-22.85 %
West YorkshireUp+1136£32,500+8.33 %
ReadingDown-834£34,500+2.22 %
HampshireDown-1132£33,250-2.20 %
WiltshireUp+3031£32,500-
BuckinghamshireDown-930£30,000-14.28 %
SloughUp+2629£39,000+25.80 %
West SussexDown-829£34,000-2.85 %
EssexNo change027£30,000-20.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+1426£36,250+11.53 %
NottinghamshireDown-1326£26,000-5.45 %
ScotlandUp+3124£24,875-28.92 %
LeicestershireUp+824£27,750+11.00 %
South YorkshireUp+3223£20,000-27.27 %
LeedsUp+1322£32,500+1.56 %

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 July 2009, 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.

13581 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22741 (76.54 %)Windows
31885 (52.64 %)Microsoft
41871 (52.25 %)Active Directory
51726 (48.20 %)Windows Server 2003
61284 (35.86 %)MS Exchange
7973 (27.17 %)Cisco
8932 (26.03 %)MS Excel
9871 (24.32 %)Citrix
10856 (23.90 %)Cisco Certification
11853 (23.82 %)VMware
12844 (23.57 %)TCP/IP
13841 (23.49 %)Exchange Server 2003
14834 (23.29 %)MCP
15784 (21.89 %)CCNA
16768 (21.45 %)MCSA
17697 (19.46 %)Firewall
18616 (17.20 %)LAN
19611 (17.06 %)Windows XP
20597 (16.67 %)ITIL
21588 (16.42 %)SQL Server
22568 (15.86 %)DNS
23567 (15.83 %)SQL
24557 (15.55 %)WAN
25467 (13.04 %)Exchange Server 2007
26440 (12.29 %)Windows 2000
27434 (12.12 %)Degree
28419 (11.70 %)Windows 2000 Server
29403 (11.25 %)MS Office
30385 (10.75 %)SAN

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
164 (1.787 %).NET
224 (0.670 %)HTML
322 (0.614 %)WebServices
421 (0.586 %)Application Packaging
519 (0.531 %)XML
519 (0.531 %)ASP.NET
613 (0.363 %)Windows SharePoint Services
613 (0.363 %)Software Packaging
712 (0.335 %)CSS
89 (0.251 %)SOAP
98 (0.223 %)XHTML
98 (0.223 %)WSH
107 (0.195 %)ADO.NET
107 (0.195 %)ASP
107 (0.195 %)XSLT
107 (0.195 %)WSDL
107 (0.195 %).NET Framework
115 (0.140 %)Middleware
115 (0.140 %)WMI
124 (0.112 %)EDI
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11284 (35.86 %)MS Exchange
2841 (23.49 %)Exchange Server 2003
3467 (13.04 %)Exchange Server 2007
4272 (7.596 %)SharePoint
5250 (6.981 %)IIS
6200 (5.585 %)Exchange Server 2000
792 (2.569 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
884 (2.346 %)Lotus Notes
932 (0.894 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1031 (0.866 %)Apache
1129 (0.810 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1227 (0.754 %)Lotus Domino
1324 (0.670 %)BizTalk Server
1411 (0.307 %)SharePoint Portal Server
158 (0.223 %)GroupWise
167 (0.195 %)Office Communications Server
176 (0.168 %)SAS
176 (0.168 %)CMS
183 (0.084 %)QuickPlace
183 (0.084 %)ColdFusion
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1932 (26.03 %)MS Excel
2403 (11.25 %)MS Office
334 (0.949 %)MS PowerPoint
433 (0.922 %)MS Visio
514 (0.391 %)MS Project
69 (0.251 %)Windchill
77 (0.195 %)PrintSoft PReS
82 (0.056 %)AutoCAD
82 (0.056 %)RoboHelp
91 (0.028 %)Photoshop
91 (0.028 %)Acrobat
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
170 (1.955 %)Dynamics CRM
263 (1.759 %)Microsoft CRM
322 (0.614 %)Dynamics AX
322 (0.614 %)Axapta
417 (0.475 %)Great Plains
417 (0.475 %)Dynamics GP
516 (0.447 %)SoftGrid
614 (0.391 %)Dynamics NAV
614 (0.391 %)Navision
79 (0.251 %)Teamcenter
84 (0.112 %)SAP ERP
84 (0.112 %)RMDS
84 (0.112 %)Exchequer
84 (0.112 %)Pegasus Opera
93 (0.084 %)SAP Business One
102 (0.056 %)Oracle 11i
102 (0.056 %)Summit
111 (0.028 %)WebTrends
111 (0.028 %)Academy Housing
111 (0.028 %)assyst
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1844 (23.57 %)TCP/IP
2697 (19.46 %)Firewall
3616 (17.20 %)LAN
4568 (15.86 %)DNS
5557 (15.55 %)WAN
6385 (10.75 %)SAN
7263 (7.344 %)VPN
8238 (6.646 %)DHCP
9213 (5.948 %)Internet
10194 (5.417 %)VoIP
11133 (3.714 %)Cisco PIX
1294 (2.625 %)VLAN
1392 (2.569 %)Network Security
1473 (2.039 %)NAS
1570 (1.955 %)Wireless
1655 (1.536 %)SMTP
1745 (1.257 %)SSL
1843 (1.201 %)Cisco ASA
1936 (1.005 %)ADSL
2035 (0.977 %)iSCSI
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1588 (16.42 %)SQL Server
2164 (4.580 %)SQL Server 2005
3109 (3.044 %)SQL Server 2000
431 (0.866 %)MySQL
524 (0.670 %)Oracle 8/8i
618 (0.503 %)RDBMS
711 (0.307 %)Crystal Reports
711 (0.307 %)SQL Server 2008
89 (0.251 %)Informix
97 (0.195 %)MS Access
106 (0.168 %)DTS
106 (0.168 %)Oracle 10g
113 (0.084 %)SQLPlus
113 (0.084 %)SQL Server Integration Services
113 (0.084 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
122 (0.056 %)Oracle 11g
122 (0.056 %)Oracle 9i
122 (0.056 %)Oracle Reports
122 (0.056 %)DB2
122 (0.056 %)Oracle OWB
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
116 (0.447 %)MSI
28 (0.223 %)Visual Studio
35 (0.140 %)WinRunner
35 (0.140 %)TestDirector
35 (0.140 %)LoadRunner
44 (0.112 %)InstallShield
53 (0.084 %)AdminStudio
53 (0.084 %)Dreamweaver
62 (0.056 %)Ant
71 (0.028 %)VSS/SourceSafe
71 (0.028 %)Eclipse
71 (0.028 %)Subversion
71 (0.028 %)NUnit
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1289 (8.070 %)Finance
2157 (4.384 %)Health
3143 (3.993 %)Pensions
4122 (3.407 %)Education
5117 (3.267 %)Telecoms
695 (2.653 %)Insurance
760 (1.676 %)Government
760 (1.676 %)Banking
859 (1.648 %)Back Office
958 (1.620 %)Retail
1049 (1.368 %)Legal
1144 (1.229 %)Law
1219 (0.531 %)Publishing
1219 (0.531 %)Manufacturing
1313 (0.363 %)Financial Institution
1313 (0.363 %)Games
1313 (0.363 %)Pharmaceutical
1313 (0.363 %)Marketing
1412 (0.335 %)Investment Banking
1511 (0.307 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1536 (14.97 %)Analyst
2494 (13.80 %)Support Engineer
3360 (10.05 %)Support Analyst
4354 (9.886 %)Consultant
5267 (7.456 %)Administrator
6237 (6.618 %)Systems Engineer
7204 (5.697 %)3rd Line Support
8191 (5.334 %)Desktop Support
9180 (5.027 %)Network Engineer
10170 (4.747 %)Technical Support
11163 (4.552 %)Infrastructure Engineer
12162 (4.524 %)Field Engineer
13152 (4.245 %)Systems Administrator
14149 (4.161 %)IT Support Engineer
15138 (3.854 %)Architect
16131 (3.658 %)Server Engineer
17130 (3.630 %)2nd Line Support
18120 (3.351 %)Server Support
19118 (3.295 %)Technical Consultant
20107 (2.988 %)Desktop Analyst
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1243 (6.786 %)Blackberry
2147 (4.105 %)Clustering
367 (1.871 %)Client/Server
459 (1.648 %)Fat Client
459 (1.648 %)Thin Client
541 (1.145 %)Computer Science
541 (1.145 %)Video Conferencing
634 (0.949 %)French Language
634 (0.949 %)German Language
732 (0.894 %)Management Information System
829 (0.810 %)PDA
926 (0.726 %)Spanish Language
1022 (0.614 %)EPoS
1116 (0.447 %)Derivative
1116 (0.447 %)Replication
1214 (0.391 %)NHS
1310 (0.279 %)Dutch Language
1310 (0.279 %)Statistics
1310 (0.279 %)CLARiiON
149 (0.251 %)Japanese Language
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12741 (76.54 %)Windows
21726 (48.20 %)Windows Server 2003
3611 (17.06 %)Windows XP
4440 (12.29 %)Windows 2000
5419 (11.70 %)Windows 2000 Server
6360 (10.05 %)Windows Server 2008
7313 (8.741 %)Windows Vista
8266 (7.428 %)Linux
9195 (5.445 %)UNIX
1057 (1.592 %)Solaris
1141 (1.145 %)HPUX
1239 (1.089 %)Windows NT
1327 (0.754 %)Red Hat Linux
1426 (0.726 %)AIX
1521 (0.586 %)NetWare
1615 (0.419 %)Mac OS X
1713 (0.363 %)Windows Mobile
188 (0.223 %)Mac OS
197 (0.195 %)SUSE
206 (0.168 %)Windows CE
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1597 (16.67 %)ITIL
2167 (4.664 %)PRINCE2
3140 (3.910 %)Disaster Recovery
4137 (3.826 %)Project Management
5116 (3.239 %)Service Delivery
6107 (2.988 %)CRM
773 (2.039 %)Change Management
870 (1.955 %)Migration
958 (1.620 %)Technical Architecture
1057 (1.592 %)Business Continuity
1146 (1.285 %)Problem Management
1244 (1.229 %)Incident Management
1339 (1.089 %)Service Management
1435 (0.977 %)Load Balancing
1533 (0.922 %)Network Design
1631 (0.866 %)ERP
1729 (0.810 %)E-Commerce
1729 (0.810 %)Web Development
1826 (0.726 %)Time Management
1923 (0.642 %)PRINCE
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1567 (15.83 %)SQL
276 (2.122 %)C
359 (1.648 %)VBScript
447 (1.312 %)VB
537 (1.033 %)PHP
630 (0.838 %)Perl
724 (0.670 %)C#
820 (0.559 %)Java
911 (0.307 %)VB.NET
1010 (0.279 %)JavaScript
119 (0.251 %)Shell Script
128 (0.223 %)X++
128 (0.223 %)T-SQL
137 (0.195 %)PowerShell
146 (0.168 %)VBA
155 (0.140 %)C++
155 (0.140 %)Python
162 (0.056 %)JCL
162 (0.056 %)PL/SQL
171 (0.028 %)Delphi
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13581 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2856 (23.90 %)Cisco Certification
3834 (23.29 %)MCP
4784 (21.89 %)CCNA
5768 (21.45 %)MCSA
6434 (12.12 %)Degree
7348 (9.718 %)Citrix Certification
8219 (6.116 %)CCEA
9202 (5.641 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10165 (4.608 %)CCA
11158 (4.412 %)CCNP
12154 (4.300 %)MCDST
13122 (3.407 %)Security Cleared
1490 (2.513 %)ITIL Certification
1569 (1.927 %)A+ Certification
1664 (1.787 %)MCTS
1753 (1.480 %)MCITP
1851 (1.424 %)SC Cleared
1941 (1.145 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1941 (1.145 %)CISSP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1184 (5.138 %)SLA
228 (0.782 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
37 (0.195 %)ISO27001
46 (0.168 %)QA
54 (0.112 %)COBIT
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11871 (52.25 %)Active Directory
2376 (10.50 %)VMware Infrastructure
3176 (4.915 %)VMware ESX
4146 (4.077 %)Backup Exec
597 (2.709 %)Citrix Presentation Server
690 (2.513 %)ISA Server
779 (2.206 %)Terminal Services
779 (2.206 %)NetBackup
875 (2.094 %)Terminal Server
948 (1.340 %)XenServer
1043 (1.201 %)Hyper-V
1141 (1.145 %)XenDesktop
1240 (1.117 %)XenApp
1335 (0.977 %)MetaFrame
1428 (0.782 %)VMware Workstation
1527 (0.754 %)Xen
1614 (0.391 %)NFS
1713 (0.363 %)VMware Server
1713 (0.363 %)Veritas Cluster Server
187 (0.195 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1137 (3.826 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
260 (1.676 %)MOM
348 (1.340 %)Norton AntiVirus
444 (1.229 %)SCOM
542 (1.173 %)WSUS
634 (0.949 %)SCCM
724 (0.670 %)Tivoli
819 (0.531 %)MAILsweeper
819 (0.531 %)ARCserve
918 (0.503 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1015 (0.419 %)OpenView
1114 (0.391 %)Nagios
1114 (0.391 %)DameWare
1213 (0.363 %)ServiceCenter
1312 (0.335 %)HP Data Protector
1410 (0.279 %)MIMEsweeper
159 (0.251 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
168 (0.223 %)Unicenter
175 (0.140 %)Legato
175 (0.140 %)ZENworks
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11885 (52.64 %)Microsoft
2973 (27.17 %)Cisco
3871 (24.32 %)Citrix
4853 (23.82 %)VMware
5354 (9.886 %)HP
6151 (4.217 %)Dell
7143 (3.993 %)Symantec
8123 (3.435 %)Veritas
9112 (3.128 %)Oracle
10100 (2.793 %)Lotus
1187 (2.429 %)CheckPoint
1268 (1.899 %)WatchGuard
1358 (1.620 %)Altiris
1456 (1.564 %)Sophos
1456 (1.564 %)Juniper
1552 (1.452 %)IBM
1552 (1.452 %)NetApp
1552 (1.452 %)Avaya
1637 (1.033 %)Red Hat
1736 (1.005 %)Sun