Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 612 645 751
Rank change year-on-year +33 +106 -215
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 306 311 575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.33% 0.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.10% 0.97% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 231 268 465
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,750 £30,200
25th Percentile £32,625 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £41,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.99% -7.22% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £76,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% +2.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,942 32,039 45,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.55% 33.80% 27.07%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,523 19,205
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £30,932
25th Percentile £38,524 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,818 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.30% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the UK

MCSE
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSE.

Salary trend for MCSE in the UK

MCSE
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSE in the UK

MCSE
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +67 282 £42,500 +3.66% 102
UK excluding London -14 236 £40,000 - 100
South East +11 86 £35,000 -4.11% 12
London +82 62 £55,000 +4.76% 12
Work from Home -9 61 £40,000 - 14
North of England +44 41 £40,000 +3.23% 19
Midlands -30 41 £44,225 +6.57% 48
East of England -1 28 £40,000 -5.88% 3
West Midlands -21 28 £43,750 +36.72% 38
South West -30 24 £37,000 -12.43% 8
Yorkshire +76 20 £40,000 +53.85% 10
Scotland -59 14 £62,500 +95.31% 9
East Midlands -23 13 £44,225 -1.72% 10
North West -24 13 £45,000 +5.88% 7
North East - 8 £37,500 - 2
Isle of Man - 2 £50,000 -

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 86 (28.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (19.28%) SharePoint
3 14 (4.58%) SharePoint 2010
3 14 (4.58%) SharePoint 2013
4 8 (2.61%) IIS
5 5 (1.63%) CMS
6 2 (0.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 44 (14.38%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.65%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 197 (64.38%) Azure
2 141 (46.08%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (19.93%) AWS
4 40 (13.07%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (13.07%) IBM Cloud
5 34 (11.11%) Entra ID
6 18 (5.88%) GCP
7 17 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (4.90%) Power Platform
9 14 (4.58%) OneDrive
10 12 (3.92%) Nutanix
11 9 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (2.94%) WhatsApp
12 8 (2.61%) Mimecast
13 6 (1.96%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.96%) SaaS
14 3 (0.98%) Google Workspace
14 3 (0.98%) IaaS
15 2 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
15 2 (0.65%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 105 (34.31%) Firewall
2 73 (23.86%) SAN
3 54 (17.65%) DNS
4 52 (16.99%) DHCP
5 50 (16.34%) WAN
6 45 (14.71%) VPN
7 42 (13.73%) VLAN
8 41 (13.40%) LAN
9 34 (11.11%) NAS
10 30 (9.80%) VoIP
11 29 (9.48%) TCP/IP
12 18 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
13 17 (5.56%) Internet
14 15 (4.90%) Network Security
15 13 (4.25%) SD-WAN
16 10 (3.27%) MPLS
16 10 (3.27%) Wireless
16 10 (3.27%) WLAN
17 8 (2.61%) NetScaler
18 7 (2.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.52%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.92%) Power BI
3 4 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.98%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.65%) MySQL
5 2 (0.65%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.33%) Metadata
6 1 (0.33%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.96%) Git
2 4 (1.31%) JIRA
3 2 (0.65%) GitLab
3 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
General
1 94 (30.72%) Social Skills
2 66 (21.57%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (14.71%) Public Sector
4 18 (5.88%) Finance
5 13 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.92%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.94%) Billing
7 9 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.29%) Automotive
9 6 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.63%) Electronics
10 5 (1.63%) Legal
10 5 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.63%) Retail
10 5 (1.63%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.31%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.98%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.65%) Games
13 2 (0.65%) Police
14 1 (0.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (15.36%) IT Support
2 41 (13.40%) Support Engineer
3 37 (12.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 36 (11.76%) IT Engineer
5 31 (10.13%) 3rd Line Support
6 22 (7.19%) Lead
7 21 (6.86%) IT Manager
8 20 (6.54%) IT Support Engineer
9 19 (6.21%) 2nd Line Support
10 17 (5.56%) IT Technician
10 17 (5.56%) Senior
11 15 (4.90%) Analyst
11 15 (4.90%) Cloud Engineer
12 14 (4.58%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 14 (4.58%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 14 (4.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 13 (4.25%) Consultant
13 13 (4.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 12 (3.92%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
14 12 (3.92%) Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.92%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.31%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 41 (13.40%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (13.07%) Blockchain
2 40 (13.07%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (12.42%) Data Centre
4 24 (7.84%) Management Information System
5 23 (7.52%) Replication
6 17 (5.56%) Public Cloud
7 16 (5.23%) Security Posture
8 12 (3.92%) Driving Licence
9 9 (2.94%) Virtual Team
10 8 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (2.29%) Onboarding
11 7 (2.29%) PKI
12 6 (1.96%) Clustering
12 6 (1.96%) NHS
13 5 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.63%) EPoS
13 5 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.63%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 201 (65.69%) Windows
2 112 (36.60%) Windows Server
3 110 (35.95%) Linux
4 48 (15.69%) Debian
5 47 (15.36%) CentOS
6 40 (13.07%) Alpine Linux
7 24 (7.84%) Windows 10
7 24 (7.84%) Windows Server 2012
7 24 (7.84%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (4.90%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (3.92%) Ubuntu
10 11 (3.59%) Mac OS
11 9 (2.94%) SUSE
12 8 (2.61%) Apple iOS
13 7 (2.29%) Android
14 6 (1.96%) Unix
15 5 (1.63%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (1.31%) Windows Vista
17 3 (0.98%) Windows 7
18 2 (0.65%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (29.74%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (28.43%) ITIL
3 64 (20.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 55 (17.97%) Customer Service
5 46 (15.03%) Artificial Intelligence
6 44 (14.38%) Project Management
6 44 (14.38%) Task Automation
7 42 (13.73%) CI/CD
7 42 (13.73%) DevOps
8 40 (13.07%) Co-Creation
8 40 (13.07%) Data Science
8 40 (13.07%) Functional Testing
8 40 (13.07%) Project Delivery
8 40 (13.07%) Separation of Concerns
8 40 (13.07%) Technology Transformation
9 36 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
10 35 (11.44%) Mentoring
11 32 (10.46%) Disaster Recovery
12 25 (8.17%) Computer Science
13 23 (7.52%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 43 (14.05%) SQL
2 35 (11.44%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.94%) C#
4 6 (1.96%) Python
4 6 (1.96%) T-SQL
5 5 (1.63%) Bash
6 2 (0.65%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 306 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 122 (39.87%) MCSA
3 106 (34.64%) Cisco Certification
4 88 (28.76%) CCNA
5 70 (22.88%) Degree
6 55 (17.97%) Azure Certification
7 53 (17.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 32 (10.46%) MCP
9 28 (9.15%) CCNP
10 22 (7.19%) MCITP
11 19 (6.21%) Security Cleared
12 18 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (4.90%) SC Cleared
14 11 (3.59%) A+ Certification
14 11 (3.59%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (3.59%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (2.29%) CISSP
15 7 (2.29%) Master's Degree
16 5 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
16 5 (1.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.23%) SLA
2 11 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.63%) GDPR
5 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.33%) NIST
5 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 151 (49.35%) Active Directory
2 127 (41.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 82 (26.80%) Hyper-V
4 40 (13.07%) Docker
5 21 (6.86%) vSphere
5 21 (6.86%) XenDesktop
6 20 (6.54%) Virtual Servers
7 16 (5.23%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (3.59%) XenApp
9 9 (2.94%) vCloud
10 5 (1.63%) Firmware
11 4 (1.31%) KVM
12 2 (0.65%) Terminal Server
12 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 43 (14.05%) Microsoft Intune
1 43 (14.05%) Terraform
2 40 (13.07%) Kubernetes
3 28 (9.15%) SCCM
4 10 (3.27%) WSUS
5 9 (2.94%) vCenter Server
6 8 (2.61%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.98%) Autotask
7 3 (0.98%) SCOM
8 2 (0.65%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.65%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.33%) Ansible
9 1 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.33%) HP SIM
9 1 (0.33%) Nessus
9 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.33%) Puppet
9 1 (0.33%) vRealize
9 1 (0.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 198 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 142 (46.41%) VMware
3 61 (19.93%) Cisco
4 49 (16.01%) HP
4 49 (16.01%) Red Hat
5 44 (14.38%) IBM
6 41 (13.40%) Veeam
7 40 (13.07%) Citrix
8 23 (7.52%) Dell
8 23 (7.52%) Google
9 19 (6.21%) Meraki
10 18 (5.88%) Nimble Storage
11 15 (4.90%) Commvault
12 14 (4.58%) Symantec
13 13 (4.25%) Apple
14 9 (2.94%) Fujitsu
14 9 (2.94%) Sophos
15 8 (2.61%) SonicWALL
16 7 (2.29%) Draytek
16 7 (2.29%) Sage