Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCSE in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSE over the 3 months to 19 March 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 for the West Yorkshire region.

 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank717068
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Down-2
Matching permanent IT job ads4360169
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire2.091 %2.563 %2.958 %
As % of the Qualifications category11.44 %13.86 %15.39 %
Salaries quoted3757144
Average salary£28,250£35,000£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.28 %+6.060 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£18,500£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£48,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.560 %-1.530 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3764331098
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire18.29 %18.50 %19.22 %
Salaries quoted287343916
Average salary£29,000£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.14 %+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£22,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£48,500£45,000£51,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCSE YorkshireMCSE
Yorkshire

MCSE
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire MCSE Demand Trend

MCSE
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCSE across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire MCSE Salary Trend

MCSE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSE across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 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
LeedsUp+128£29,000-17.14 %
HuddersfieldNew entry-6£24,500-
BradfordUp+93£23,000+48.38 %
MCSE YorkshireMCSE
Yorkshire

MCSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1104 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
273 (70.19 %)VMware
354 (51.92 %)Windows
354 (51.92 %)Microsoft
445 (43.27 %)Active Directory
537 (35.58 %)Citrix
634 (32.69 %)MS Exchange
731 (29.81 %)MCITP
827 (25.96 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
827 (25.96 %)Windows Server 2003
925 (24.04 %)Cisco Certification
925 (24.04 %)VMware Infrastructure
1023 (22.12 %)MCP
1122 (21.15 %)MCSA
1221 (20.19 %)MS Excel
1221 (20.19 %)CCNA
1320 (19.23 %)Cisco
1419 (18.27 %)SAN
1517 (16.35 %)SQL
1616 (15.38 %)Novell
1714 (13.46 %)IIS
1714 (13.46 %)Linux
1714 (13.46 %)LAN
1714 (13.46 %)WAN
1714 (13.46 %)Windows Server 2008
1714 (13.46 %)Exchange Server 2003
1812 (11.54 %)Exchange Server 2007
1812 (11.54 %)Disaster Recovery
1911 (10.58 %)Firewall
1911 (10.58 %)TCP/IP

MCSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (1.923 %)Web Services
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
134 (32.69 %)MS Exchange
214 (13.46 %)IIS
214 (13.46 %)Exchange Server 2003
312 (11.54 %)Exchange Server 2007
49 (8.654 %)SharePoint
56 (5.769 %)GroupWise
61 (0.962 %)SharePoint Server 2007
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
121 (20.19 %)MS Excel
22 (1.923 %)MS PowerPoint
22 (1.923 %)MS Office
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
119 (18.27 %)SAN
214 (13.46 %)LAN
214 (13.46 %)WAN
311 (10.58 %)TCP/IP
311 (10.58 %)Firewall
410 (9.615 %)DHCP
59 (8.654 %)DNS
59 (8.654 %)Network Security
68 (7.692 %)VoIP
77 (6.731 %)PBX
86 (5.769 %)Wi-Fi
95 (4.808 %)NAS
103 (2.885 %)VPN
112 (1.923 %)IP Telephony
112 (1.923 %)Internet
121 (0.962 %)Cisco ASA
121 (0.962 %)Cisco IOS
121 (0.962 %)Cisco PIX
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (6.731 %)SQL Server
23 (2.885 %)Datawarehouse
32 (1.923 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (1.923 %)SQL Server 2005
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
110 (9.615 %)Education
110 (9.615 %)Health
25 (4.808 %)Finance
33 (2.885 %)Pensions
41 (0.962 %)Publishing
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
121 (20.19 %)Analyst
217 (16.35 %)Support Analyst
316 (15.38 %)Consultant
316 (15.38 %)Technical Consultant
414 (13.46 %)Architect
513 (12.50 %)IT Support
612 (11.54 %)Technical Architect
711 (10.58 %)Network Engineer
810 (9.615 %)Support Engineer
98 (7.692 %)3rd Line Support
98 (7.692 %)Team Leader
98 (7.692 %)Infrastructure Architect
98 (7.692 %)Support Team Leader
107 (6.731 %)Infrastructure Consultant
107 (6.731 %)Infrastructure Team Leader
116 (5.769 %)Virtualisation Consultant
116 (5.769 %)Network Support
116 (5.769 %)Systems Support Analyst
116 (5.769 %)Network Support Analyst
116 (5.769 %)Network Analyst
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (7.692 %)Mathematics
22 (1.923 %)Thin Client
22 (1.923 %)Blackberry
22 (1.923 %)Fat Client
31 (0.962 %)Video Conferencing
31 (0.962 %)Computer Science
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
154 (51.92 %)Windows
227 (25.96 %)Windows Server 2003
314 (13.46 %)Windows Server 2008
314 (13.46 %)Linux
410 (9.615 %)Windows XP
55 (4.808 %)Windows 2000 Server
63 (2.885 %)Windows Vista
63 (2.885 %)VMS
72 (1.923 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.962 %)UNIX
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
112 (11.54 %)Disaster Recovery
211 (10.58 %)ITIL
35 (4.808 %)Capacity Planning
44 (3.846 %)Information Security
53 (2.885 %)PRINCE2
62 (1.923 %)Service Management
62 (1.923 %)Change Management
62 (1.923 %)Problem Management
71 (0.962 %)Performance Management
71 (0.962 %)SAP Security
71 (0.962 %)Data Management
71 (0.962 %)Incident Management
71 (0.962 %)IT Governance
71 (0.962 %)Business Development
71 (0.962 %)ITSM
71 (0.962 %)MOF
71 (0.962 %)Project Management
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
117 (16.35 %)SQL
28 (7.692 %)C
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1104 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
231 (29.81 %)MCITP
327 (25.96 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
425 (24.04 %)Cisco Certification
523 (22.12 %)MCP
622 (21.15 %)MCSA
721 (20.19 %)CCNA
87 (6.731 %)Citrix Certification
87 (6.731 %)Degree
95 (4.808 %)CCA
104 (3.846 %)MCDST
104 (3.846 %)MCTS
113 (2.885 %)Network+ Certification
113 (2.885 %)A+ Certification
113 (2.885 %)MCT
121 (0.962 %)CCIE
121 (0.962 %)CCNP
121 (0.962 %)CISSP
121 (0.962 %)CCDA
121 (0.962 %)CISA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (10.58 %)SLA
24 (3.846 %)ISO27001
31 (0.962 %)PCI DSS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
145 (43.27 %)Active Directory
225 (24.04 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (5.769 %)Citrix Presentation Server
44 (3.846 %)VMware ESX
44 (3.846 %)Hyper-V
44 (3.846 %)XenApp
53 (2.885 %)XenDesktop
61 (0.962 %)vSphere
61 (0.962 %)MetaFrame
61 (0.962 %)ISA Server
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (8.654 %)ZENworks
28 (7.692 %)Novell Identity Manager
37 (6.731 %)Backup Exec
45 (4.808 %)Norton AntiVirus
53 (2.885 %)WSUS
62 (1.923 %)NetBackup
62 (1.923 %)OpenView
71 (0.962 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
71 (0.962 %)SCCM
71 (0.962 %)SCOM
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
173 (70.19 %)VMware
254 (51.92 %)Microsoft
337 (35.58 %)Citrix
420 (19.23 %)Cisco
516 (15.38 %)Novell
610 (9.615 %)Oracle
77 (6.731 %)NetApp
77 (6.731 %)Symantec
86 (5.769 %)HP
93 (2.885 %)Veritas
102 (1.923 %)PlateSpin
102 (1.923 %)NEC
111 (0.962 %)LANDesk
111 (0.962 %)Sophos
111 (0.962 %)SAP
111 (0.962 %)Dell
111 (0.962 %)EMC
111 (0.962 %)Avaya
111 (0.962 %)Juniper
111 (0.962 %)Hitachi