MCSE Jobs in the South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer England / South West
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	181	152	153
Rank change year-on-year	-29	+1
Permanent jobs citing MCSE	52	89	101
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West	1.00%	1.69%	1.68%
As % of the Qualifications category	3.16%	5.52%	5.61%
Number of salaries quoted	48	69	85
Median salary	£34,500	£38,750	£35,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-10.96%	+10.71%
90% offered a salary of more than	£26,850	£31,000	£27,250
10% offered a salary of more than	£43,250	£45,200	£45,000
UK excluding London median salary	£39,000	£37,500	£37,500
% change year-on-year	+4.00%	-

MCSE is in the academic qualifications and professional certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all academic qualifications and professional certifications cited in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West.

Academic & Professional Certification South West
Permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	1646	1611	1800
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West	31.51%	30.67%	30.01%
Number of salaries quoted	1273	1271	1422
Median salary	£42,500	£40,500	£39,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+4.93%	+3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,546	£26,989	£24,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£62,500	£60,000	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£41,674
% change year-on-year	-	+1.98%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the South West citing MCSE as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Qualifications category.

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the South West

MCSE
Salary Trend in the South West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCSE in the South West.

MCSE
Salary Histogram in the South West

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing MCSE in the South West over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Salary histogram for MCSE in the South West

MCSE
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Wiltshire	+10	22	£35,000	+8.52%
Somerset	-17	7	£31,500	-22.22%	1
Gloucestershire	-22	6	£29,750	-20.66%	1
Bristol	-24	6	£28,750	-32.35%	2
Dorset	-	6	£55,000	-	3
Cornwall	-4	3	£42,500	+13.33%
Devon	-1	2	£32,500	+4.83%	1
MCSE England

MCSE
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT jobs citing MCSE also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the South West region with a requirement for MCSE.

1	94 (100.00%)	Microsoft Certification
2	76 (80.85%)	Windows
3	65 (69.15%)	Microsoft
4	53 (56.38%)	ITIL
5	52 (55.32%)	VMware
6	46 (48.94%)	Active Directory
7	42 (44.68%)	Cisco Certification
8	39 (41.49%)	MCSA
9	33 (35.11%)	CCNA
10	32 (34.04%)	Office 365
10	32 (34.04%)	Windows Server
11	30 (31.91%)	Windows Server 2012
11	30 (31.91%)	Firewall
12	26 (27.66%)	Cisco
13	25 (26.60%)	MS Exchange

14	23 (24.47%)	MCP
14	23 (24.47%)	TCP/IP
15	22 (23.40%)	DNS
15	22 (23.40%)	Windows Server 2008
16	20 (21.28%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16	20 (21.28%)	Citrix
16	20 (21.28%)	Windows Server 2003
17	19 (20.21%)	DHCP
17	19 (20.21%)	Security Cleared
18	17 (18.09%)	Hyper-V
18	17 (18.09%)	CCNP
19	16 (17.02%)	SQL
20	15 (15.96%)	WAN
20	15 (15.96%)	SAN
21	14 (14.89%)	Microsoft Office

MCSE
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	25 (26.60%)	MS Exchange
2	13 (13.83%)	Exchange Server 2010
3	7 (7.45%)	Exchange Server 2007
3	7 (7.45%)	Skype for Business
4	6 (6.38%)	SharePoint
5	4 (4.26%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
6	2 (2.13%)	BizTalk Server
6	2 (2.13%)	Exchange Server 2003
6	2 (2.13%)	Exchange Server 2013
6	2 (2.13%)	IIS
7	1 (1.06%)	CMS
7	1 (1.06%)	IBM Domino
7	1 (1.06%)	IBM Notes
7	1 (1.06%)	MS Project Server
7	1 (1.06%)	SharePoint 2013

Applications
1	14 (14.89%)	Microsoft Office
2	2 (2.13%)	Microsoft Excel

Cloud Services
1	32 (34.04%)	Office 365
2	11 (11.70%)	Microsoft Azure
3	4 (4.26%)	Azure Active Directory
4	3 (3.19%)	SaaS
5	1 (1.06%)	Amazon AWS

Communications & Networking
1	30 (31.91%)	Firewall
2	23 (24.47%)	TCP/IP
3	22 (23.40%)	DNS
4	19 (20.21%)	DHCP
5	15 (15.96%)	SAN
5	15 (15.96%)	WAN
6	13 (13.83%)	LAN
7	10 (10.64%)	FTP
7	10 (10.64%)	HTTP
7	10 (10.64%)	SMTP
7	10 (10.64%)	X.400
8	6 (6.38%)	Internet
9	5 (5.32%)	Skype
10	4 (4.26%)	VPN
11	3 (3.19%)	Intrusion Detection
11	3 (3.19%)	NetScaler
11	3 (3.19%)	Network Security
11	3 (3.19%)	Remote Desktop
11	3 (3.19%)	Unified Communications
11	3 (3.19%)	Wireless

Database & Business Intelligence
1	9 (9.57%)	SQL Server
2	2 (2.13%)	MS Access
2	2 (2.13%)	MySQL
2	2 (2.13%)	SQL Server 2000
2	2 (2.13%)	SQL Server 2014
2	2 (2.13%)	SQL Server Integration Services
2	2 (2.13%)	SQL Server Reporting Services

Development Applications
1	1 (1.06%)	JIRA
1	1 (1.06%)	Redmine

General
1	6 (6.38%)	Advertising
1	6 (6.38%)	Finance
2	1 (1.06%)	Games
2	1 (1.06%)	Legal
2	1 (1.06%)	Telecoms

Job Titles
1	20 (21.28%)	Support Engineer
2	19 (20.21%)	3rd Line Engineer
2	19 (20.21%)	3rd Line Support
3	18 (19.15%)	3rd Line Support Engineer
4	17 (18.09%)	Infrastructure Engineer
5	8 (8.51%)	2nd Line Engineer
6	7 (7.45%)	Analyst
6	7 (7.45%)	Consultant
6	7 (7.45%)	Network Engineer
6	7 (7.45%)	Server Engineer
6	7 (7.45%)	Service Desk Engineer
7	6 (6.38%)	Field Engineer
7	6 (6.38%)	Windows Engineer
8	5 (5.32%)	3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8	5 (5.32%)	3rd Line Infrastructure Support
8	5 (5.32%)	Infrastructure Support
8	5 (5.32%)	Infrastructure Support Engineer
8	5 (5.32%)	Windows Infrastructure Engineer
8	5 (5.32%)	Windows Server Engineer
9	4 (4.26%)	SIEM Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	2 (2.13%)	XML
2	1 (1.06%)	.NET
2	1 (1.06%)	ASP.NET

Miscellaneous
1	13 (13.83%)	Analytical Skills
2	10 (10.64%)	CESG
3	7 (7.45%)	Data Centre
3	7 (7.45%)	Management Information System
4	6 (6.38%)	Clustering
5	4 (4.26%)	Blackberry
5	4 (4.26%)	Enterprise Storage
6	3 (3.19%)	Cyberthreat
6	3 (3.19%)	Security Operations Centre
7	2 (2.13%)	Driving Licence
7	2 (2.13%)	Public Cloud
8	1 (1.06%)	Client/Server
8	1 (1.06%)	Device Driver

Operating Systems
1	76 (80.85%)	Windows
2	32 (34.04%)	Windows Server
3	30 (31.91%)	Windows Server 2012
4	22 (23.40%)	Windows Server 2008
5	20 (21.28%)	Windows Server 2003
6	8 (8.51%)	Windows 7
7	7 (7.45%)	Linux
8	5 (5.32%)	Windows XP
9	4 (4.26%)	Unix
10	2 (2.13%)	Ubuntu
10	2 (2.13%)	Windows 10
10	2 (2.13%)	Windows 8
10	2 (2.13%)	Windows Vista

Processes & Methodologies
1	53 (56.38%)	ITIL
2	10 (10.64%)	Proactive Monitoring
2	10 (10.64%)	Security Monitoring
3	8 (8.51%)	Project Management
3	8 (8.51%)	Service Management
4	7 (7.45%)	Information Security
4	7 (7.45%)	Kalman Filter
4	7 (7.45%)	Migration
4	7 (7.45%)	SIEM
5	5 (5.32%)	Continuous Improvement
5	5 (5.32%)	ISMS
5	5 (5.32%)	Mentoring
5	5 (5.32%)	PRINCE2
5	5 (5.32%)	Service Delivery
6	4 (4.26%)	Change Control
6	4 (4.26%)	Disaster Recovery
6	4 (4.26%)	ITSM
6	4 (4.26%)	Presales
6	4 (4.26%)	Problem Management
7	3 (3.19%)	Security Operations

Programming Languages
1	16 (17.02%)	SQL
2	12 (12.77%)	PowerShell
3	3 (3.19%)	Perl
3	3 (3.19%)	Python
4	2 (2.13%)	C
4	2 (2.13%)	PHP
4	2 (2.13%)	VB
5	1 (1.06%)	Bash Shell
5	1 (1.06%)	Korn

Qualifications
1	94 (100.00%)	Microsoft Certification
2	42 (44.68%)	Cisco Certification
3	39 (41.49%)	MCSA
4	33 (35.11%)	CCNA
5	23 (24.47%)	MCP
6	20 (21.28%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7	19 (20.21%)	Security Cleared
8	17 (18.09%)	CCNP
9	13 (13.83%)	SC Cleared
10	11 (11.70%)	Degree
10	11 (11.70%)	DV Cleared
10	11 (11.70%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
11	10 (10.64%)	CISMP
12	9 (9.57%)	ITIL Certification
13	8 (8.51%)	CCA
13	8 (8.51%)	Citrix Certification
14	6 (6.38%)	CISSP
15	5 (5.32%)	MCITP
16	4 (4.26%)	CompTIA Security+
16	4 (4.26%)	MCTS

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	10 (10.64%)	SLA
2	3 (3.19%)	ISO/IEC 27001

System Software
1	46 (48.94%)	Active Directory
2	17 (18.09%)	Hyper-V
3	13 (13.83%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	7 (7.45%)	XenApp
5	6 (6.38%)	XenDesktop
6	5 (5.32%)	VMware ESXi
6	5 (5.32%)	vSphere
7	3 (3.19%)	Snort
8	2 (2.13%)	Terminal Services
9	1 (1.06%)	NFS
9	1 (1.06%)	Samba
9	1 (1.06%)	XenServer

Systems Management
1	11 (11.70%)	SCCM
2	6 (6.38%)	Backup Exec
3	3 (3.19%)	Computer Incident Response Team
3	3 (3.19%)	Host Intrusion Detection System
3	3 (3.19%)	Microsoft Clustering
3	3 (3.19%)	Network Intrusion Detection System
3	3 (3.19%)	SCOM
4	2 (2.13%)	Norton AntiVirus
5	1 (1.06%)	Ansible
5	1 (1.06%)	Nagios
5	1 (1.06%)	Puppet
5	1 (1.06%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)
5	1 (1.06%)	vCenter Server

Vendors
1	65 (69.15%)	Microsoft
2	52 (55.32%)	VMware
3	26 (27.66%)	Cisco
4	20 (21.28%)	Citrix
5	10 (10.64%)	ArcSight
6	7 (7.45%)	HP
7	5 (5.32%)	Veeam
8	3 (3.19%)	Dell
8	3 (3.19%)	SAP
8	3 (3.19%)	SolarWinds
9	2 (2.13%)	Avaya
9	2 (2.13%)	IBM
9	2 (2.13%)	Remedy
9	2 (2.13%)	Sophos
9	2 (2.13%)	Symantec
10	1 (1.06%)	Google
10	1 (1.06%)	Juniper
10	1 (1.06%)	Lotus
10	1 (1.06%)	NetApp
10	1 (1.06%)	Oracle