The first table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 20 June 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Rank 101 88 68
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -20
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 115 118 132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 2.145% 2.501% 3.004%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.586% 9.752% 10.53%
Number of salaries quoted 109 110 114
Average salary £37,000 £35,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.22% -5.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,400 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,050 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1516 1210 1254
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 28.27% 25.65% 28.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1257 1022 1015
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Birmingham -31 41 £47,500 +26.66% 4
Coventry -3 33 £37,000 +23.33% 2
Warwickshire +22 24 £34,000 +51.11% 1
Staffordshire +17 23 £35,000 +13.82% 2
Solihull +4 9 £37,000 +80.48% 1
Wolverhampton -1 4 £42,500 +13.33%
Worcestershire +3 3 £40,000 +70.21%
Shropshire -4 3 £22,000 -30.15%
West Bromwich - 1 £30,000 -
Dudley - 1 £30,000 -
MCSE
England

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 207 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 153 (73.91%) Microsoft
3 113 (54.59%) Windows
4 88 (42.51%) Active Directory
5 82 (39.61%) MCITP
6 77 (37.20%) ITIL
7 72 (34.78%) MS Exchange
8 66 (31.88%) VMware
9 64 (30.92%) MS Excel
9 64 (30.92%) Cisco
10 49 (23.67%) SQL
11 47 (22.71%) Citrix
11 47 (22.71%) Windows Server 2008
12 44 (21.26%) MCP
13 42 (20.29%) Cisco Certification
14 38 (18.36%) Hyper-V
15 37 (17.87%) SCCM
15 37 (17.87%) Linux
15 37 (17.87%) Degree
16 36 (17.39%) CCNA
17 34 (16.43%) SharePoint
17 34 (16.43%) Exchange Server 2010
18 32 (15.46%) Windows Server 2003
19 30 (14.49%) Service Delivery
19 30 (14.49%) Exchange Server 2007
20 29 (14.01%) VMware Infrastructure
20 29 (14.01%) SLA
21 28 (13.53%) DNS
22 26 (12.56%) MS Office
22 26 (12.56%) NetApp

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 2 (0.966%) .NET
1 2 (0.966%) Application Packaging
1 2 (0.966%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.483%) Middleware
2 1 (0.483%) HTML
2 1 (0.483%) ADO.NET
2 1 (0.483%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.483%) COM
2 1 (0.483%) CSS
2 1 (0.483%) Web Services
2 1 (0.483%) XML
2 1 (0.483%) .NET Compact Framework
2 1 (0.483%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 72 (34.78%) MS Exchange
2 34 (16.43%) SharePoint
2 34 (16.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 30 (14.49%) Exchange Server 2007
4 23 (11.11%) Lync
5 20 (9.662%) Exchange Server 2003
6 7 (3.382%) IIS
6 7 (3.382%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (2.415%) IBM Notes
7 5 (2.415%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (1.932%) Office Communications Server
9 3 (1.449%) Lotus Domino
10 2 (0.966%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.966%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.966%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 64 (30.92%) MS Excel
2 26 (12.56%) MS Office
3 11 (5.314%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 18 (8.696%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.53%) DNS
2 24 (11.59%) WAN
3 20 (9.662%) Firewall
3 20 (9.662%) LAN
3 20 (9.662%) SAN
4 19 (9.179%) TCP/IP
5 17 (8.213%) VoIP
6 14 (6.763%) VPN
7 13 (6.280%) Unified Communications
8 12 (5.797%) DHCP
9 7 (3.382%) SMTP
10 6 (2.899%) NAS
10 6 (2.899%) Wireless
11 5 (2.415%) Internet
11 5 (2.415%) HTTP
12 4 (1.932%) PABX
12 4 (1.932%) WLAN
12 4 (1.932%) MPLS
13 3 (1.449%) Cisco IOS
14 2 (0.966%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (10.63%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.932%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (1.449%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.966%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (0.966%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (0.966%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.966%) DB2
5 1 (0.483%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.483%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.483%) MS Access
5 1 (0.483%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (0.483%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 14 (6.763%) Telecoms
2 13 (6.280%) Finance
3 7 (3.382%) Back Office
4 6 (2.899%) Advertising
5 5 (2.415%) Automotive
6 4 (1.932%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.449%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (20.77%) Analyst
2 42 (20.29%) Consultant
3 22 (10.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 21 (10.14%) Support Analyst
5 19 (9.179%) Technical Specialist
6 13 (6.280%) Administrator
6 13 (6.280%) Support Engineer
6 13 (6.280%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 13 (6.280%) Systems Analyst
7 12 (5.797%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 12 (5.797%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (4.831%) Systems Administrator
8 10 (4.831%) Server Engineer
9 8 (3.865%) Architect
9 8 (3.865%) Network Engineer
9 8 (3.865%) Field Engineer
10 7 (3.382%) 3rd Line Support
10 7 (3.382%) Technical Consultant
10 7 (3.382%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.382%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.696%) Blackberry
2 12 (5.797%) iPhone
3 7 (3.382%) Computer Science
4 6 (2.899%) Biometrics
4 6 (2.899%) Smartcard
5 5 (2.415%) CCTV
6 2 (0.966%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.483%) PKI
7 1 (0.483%) PMI
7 1 (0.483%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.483%) iPad
7 1 (0.483%) CMDB
7 1 (0.483%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 113 (54.59%) Windows
2 47 (22.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 37 (17.87%) Linux
4 32 (15.46%) Windows Server 2003
5 23 (11.11%) UNIX
6 22 (10.63%) Windows 7
7 20 (9.662%) Solaris
8 19 (9.179%) SUSE
9 18 (8.696%) OpenVMS
10 15 (7.246%) Windows XP
11 12 (5.797%) Windows Phone
12 10 (4.831%) Windows Vista
13 7 (3.382%) Android
14 4 (1.932%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (1.449%) Windows 2000 Server
16 2 (0.966%) Windows 8
16 2 (0.966%) Windows 2000
16 2 (0.966%) Windows XP Embedded
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (37.20%) ITIL
2 30 (14.49%) Service Delivery
3 22 (10.63%) Problem Management
3 22 (10.63%) PRINCE2
4 20 (9.662%) Service Management
5 19 (9.179%) TOGAF
6 18 (8.696%) Programme Management
6 18 (8.696%) Six Sigma
7 10 (4.831%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (3.865%) Data Protection
8 8 (3.865%) Identity Management
9 7 (3.382%) Migration
9 7 (3.382%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (2.899%) Cyber Security
10 6 (2.899%) Configuration Management
10 6 (2.899%) Asset Management
11 5 (2.415%) Change Management
11 5 (2.415%) Project Management
11 5 (2.415%) Infrastructure Management
12 4 (1.932%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (23.67%) SQL
2 6 (2.899%) VBScript
3 5 (2.415%) C
4 4 (1.932%) VB
5 3 (1.449%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.966%) C#
7 1 (0.483%) VB6
7 1 (0.483%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.483%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.483%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 207 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 82 (39.61%) MCITP
3 44 (21.26%) MCP
4 42 (20.29%) Cisco Certification
5 37 (17.87%) Degree
6 36 (17.39%) CCNA
7 24 (11.59%) MCSA
8 21 (10.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 20 (9.662%) MCTS
10 18 (8.696%) Citrix Certification
11 14 (6.763%) CCNP
12 10 (4.831%) CCEE
12 10 (4.831%) CCA
13 7 (3.382%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (2.899%) CCIA
14 6 (2.899%) MCDST
15 5 (2.415%) HNC
15 5 (2.415%) HND
15 5 (2.415%) VCDX
15 5 (2.415%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (14.01%) SLA
2 19 (9.179%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.483%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 88 (42.51%) Active Directory
2 38 (18.36%) Hyper-V
3 29 (14.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (9.179%) vSphere
5 18 (8.696%) Microsoft App-V
6 12 (5.797%) Forefront TMG
7 11 (5.314%) XenApp
8 9 (4.348%) XenServer
9 8 (3.865%) XenDesktop
9 8 (3.865%) VMware ESX
10 5 (2.415%) ISA Server
11 4 (1.932%) MetaFrame
12 2 (0.966%) IAG
12 2 (0.966%) UAG
13 1 (0.483%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.483%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.483%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.483%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 37 (17.87%) SCCM
2 26 (12.56%) SCOM
3 15 (7.246%) SCVMM
4 14 (6.763%) Backup Exec
5 9 (4.348%) Norton AntiVirus
6 8 (3.865%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 7 (3.382%) ARCserve
7 7 (3.382%) WSUS
8 6 (2.899%) NetBackup
9 4 (1.932%) MOM
10 3 (1.449%) Tivoli
10 3 (1.449%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 3 (1.449%) WhatsUp Gold
10 3 (1.449%) Zenoss
11 1 (0.483%) Splunk
Vendors
1 153 (73.91%) Microsoft
2 66 (31.88%) VMware
3 64 (30.92%) Cisco
4 47 (22.71%) Citrix
5 26 (12.56%) NetApp
6 20 (9.662%) SAP
7 19 (9.179%) Symantec
8 16 (7.729%) HP
9 15 (7.246%) Avaya
9 15 (7.246%) Oracle
10 11 (5.314%) Mitel
10 11 (5.314%) Nortel
10 11 (5.314%) Dialogic
11 10 (4.831%) Dell
12 8 (3.865%) CheckPoint
12 8 (3.865%) Veritas
13 7 (3.382%) McAfee
14 6 (2.899%) Apple
15 5 (2.415%) AppSense
15 5 (2.415%) Lotus
Warwick, Warwickshire
Active Directory - Group Policy - Client facing - IT Field engineer Server 2003/08 R2 - MS Exchange 03/07/10 - Microsoft qualified is a benefit - Networking This Well-known IT...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + training + certifications
Posted: 14 June 2013
Tamworth, Staffordshire
The successful candidate will have strong technical skills for the role with good knowledge of Windows Servers; VMware; Citrix; Exchange; Active Directory; Cisco; WAN/LAN; NetApp SAN and...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £43000 per annum + Car/Allowance & Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The ideal candidate must have hands on knowledge with the following technologies: Active Directory, Windows 7, XP, Vista, Server 2003/2008, thin clients, Exchange 2003/2007. The successful...
Marcus Donald People
Salary: £25000 to £30000 per hour
Posted: 17 June 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Role: The purpose of the Desktop Engineer is to provide 1st / 2nd line support for the desktop environment including a range of PC's & laptops, Microsoft Office applications,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £34000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Proven recent experience of Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 - 2010 and Microsoft Server 2008 *Experienced within the administration, build and troubleshooting of Microsoft solutions. *Current Microsoft accreditation - MCITP, MCTS,...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £58000 per annum + + Car + Benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Pertemps IT
Salary: From £40,000 to £70,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
networx
Salary: £39,763 per annum (increasing to £41,855 per annum after 12 months)
Posted: 17 June 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Trinity Expert Systems
Salary: From £45,000 to £75,000 per annum plus bonus & benefits package
Posted: 10 June 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 18 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Ridgian
Salary: £40,000 - £55,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
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