MCSE Jobs in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 650 679
Rank change year-on-year +85 +29 -189
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 284 312 513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.33% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.17% 1.02% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 219 277 427
10th Percentile £30,200 £23,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,875 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,225 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.57% -7.78% +2.27%
75th Percentile £58,125 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,500 £68,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,750 £46,065
% change year-on-year +7.78% -9.37% +2.37%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,218 30,499 34,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.56% 32.72% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 15,725 13,726 16,723
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in England

MCSE
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for MCSE in England

MCSE
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSE in England

MCSE
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
South East +42 87 £35,000 -4.11% 9
London +93 63 £65,000 +23.81% 6
North of England +63 43 £45,000 +20.00% 7
Midlands -11 41 £45,000 +8.43% 5
West Midlands +16 29 £50,000 +56.25% 4
East of England +20 28 £40,000 -5.88% 3
Yorkshire +110 23 £44,000 +58.56% 3
South West -2 22 £36,000 -14.79% 9
East Midlands -23 12 £44,225 -1.72% 1
North West -2 11 £46,000 +8.24% 3
North East - 9 £42,250 - 1
MCSE
UK

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 80 (28.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (19.72%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.46%) IIS
3 7 (2.46%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (2.46%) SharePoint 2013
4 5 (1.76%) CMS
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 40 (14.08%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.70%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 188 (66.20%) Azure
2 128 (45.07%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (20.07%) AWS
4 44 (15.49%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (14.08%) IBM Cloud
6 34 (11.97%) Entra ID
7 16 (5.63%) Power Platform
8 15 (5.28%) Nutanix
8 15 (5.28%) OneDrive
9 13 (4.58%) GCP
10 12 (4.23%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (3.52%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (2.82%) Mimecast
13 6 (2.11%) PowerApps
13 6 (2.11%) SaaS
13 6 (2.11%) WhatsApp
14 5 (1.76%) IaaS
15 3 (1.06%) Google Workspace
16 2 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
16 2 (0.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 100 (35.21%) Firewall
2 77 (27.11%) SAN
3 57 (20.07%) DNS
4 54 (19.01%) DHCP
5 49 (17.25%) VLAN
6 44 (15.49%) VPN
7 40 (14.08%) WAN
8 34 (11.97%) NAS
9 31 (10.92%) LAN
9 31 (10.92%) VoIP
10 29 (10.21%) TCP/IP
11 17 (5.99%) Internet
12 13 (4.58%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (3.87%) Network Security
13 11 (3.87%) SD-WAN
14 10 (3.52%) MPLS
15 8 (2.82%) Wireless
16 7 (2.46%) Wireshark
16 7 (2.46%) WLAN
17 5 (1.76%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.80%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.58%) Power BI
3 5 (1.76%) MySQL
3 5 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.06%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.06%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.70%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.70%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.35%) Metadata
7 1 (0.35%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.46%) Git
2 5 (1.76%) JIRA
3 2 (0.70%) GitLab
3 2 (0.70%) MSBuild
3 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.35%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
General
1 93 (32.75%) Social Skills
2 54 (19.01%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (15.49%) Public Sector
4 16 (5.63%) Finance
5 14 (4.93%) Billing
6 13 (4.58%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.82%) Retail
9 7 (2.46%) Automotive
9 7 (2.46%) Legal
10 5 (1.76%) Law
11 4 (1.41%) Electronics
12 3 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.06%) Multimedia
12 3 (1.06%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.70%) Banking
13 2 (0.70%) Games
13 2 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 45 (15.85%) IT Support
2 33 (11.62%) IT Engineer
3 28 (9.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (9.86%) Support Engineer
4 27 (9.51%) 3rd Line Support
5 21 (7.39%) IT Manager
5 21 (7.39%) Lead
6 18 (6.34%) IT Support Engineer
7 16 (5.63%) Analyst
7 16 (5.63%) IT Technician
8 15 (5.28%) Architect
8 15 (5.28%) Infrastructure Architect
8 15 (5.28%) Storage Specialist
9 13 (4.58%) 2nd Line Support
9 13 (4.58%) Consultant
9 13 (4.58%) Virtualisation Specialist
10 12 (4.23%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 10 (3.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 9 (3.17%) Cloud Engineer
12 9 (3.17%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.28%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.76%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.06%) .NET
4 2 (0.70%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.35%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.35%) XML
5 1 (0.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (15.14%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (14.08%) Blockchain
2 40 (14.08%) Data Centre
2 40 (14.08%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (9.15%) Replication
4 20 (7.04%) Management Information System
5 18 (6.34%) Public Cloud
6 15 (5.28%) Security Posture
7 12 (4.23%) Driving Licence
8 10 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.46%) Clustering
9 7 (2.46%) Virtual Team
10 6 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (2.11%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.76%) EPoS
11 5 (1.76%) NHS
12 4 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.41%) PKI
12 4 (1.41%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 185 (65.14%) Windows
2 108 (38.03%) Windows Server
3 106 (37.32%) Linux
4 44 (15.49%) Debian
5 41 (14.44%) CentOS
6 40 (14.08%) Alpine Linux
7 24 (8.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 20 (7.04%) Windows Server 2016
9 19 (6.69%) Windows 10
10 15 (5.28%) Ubuntu
10 15 (5.28%) Windows Server 2019
11 14 (4.93%) SUSE
12 8 (2.82%) Android
13 7 (2.46%) Apple iOS
13 7 (2.46%) Mac OS
14 6 (2.11%) Unix
15 2 (0.70%) VMS
15 2 (0.70%) Windows 2000
15 2 (0.70%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.70%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (32.39%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (24.65%) ITIL
3 57 (20.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 47 (16.55%) Project Delivery
5 46 (16.20%) Artificial Intelligence
5 46 (16.20%) CI/CD
5 46 (16.20%) DevOps
6 44 (15.49%) Customer Service
6 44 (15.49%) Task Automation
7 42 (14.79%) Data Science
8 41 (14.44%) Mentoring
9 40 (14.08%) Co-Creation
9 40 (14.08%) Functional Testing
9 40 (14.08%) Separation of Concerns
9 40 (14.08%) Technology Transformation
10 38 (13.38%) Project Management
11 37 (13.03%) Cybersecurity
12 35 (12.32%) Disaster Recovery
13 23 (8.10%) Computer Science
14 22 (7.75%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 46 (16.20%) SQL
2 44 (15.49%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.87%) C#
4 8 (2.82%) Python
5 7 (2.46%) Bash
6 6 (2.11%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.70%) PHP
7 2 (0.70%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 284 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 124 (43.66%) MCSA
3 99 (34.86%) Cisco Certification
4 85 (29.93%) CCNA
5 66 (23.24%) Degree
6 54 (19.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 50 (17.61%) Azure Certification
8 26 (9.15%) MCP
9 20 (7.04%) CCNP
10 19 (6.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (4.58%) MCITP
11 13 (4.58%) Network+ Certification
12 11 (3.87%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (2.82%) SC Cleared
13 8 (2.82%) Security Cleared
14 7 (2.46%) A+ Certification
14 7 (2.46%) CISSP
14 7 (2.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 7 (2.46%) Master's Degree
15 6 (2.11%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.58%) SLA
2 11 (3.87%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.11%) GDPR
5 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 136 (47.89%) Active Directory
2 117 (41.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (23.94%) Hyper-V
4 41 (14.44%) Docker
5 25 (8.80%) vSphere
6 22 (7.75%) Virtual Servers
7 14 (4.93%) vCloud
8 10 (3.52%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (2.82%) XenDesktop
10 4 (1.41%) Firmware
10 4 (1.41%) XenApp
11 3 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.70%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 45 (15.85%) Terraform
2 41 (14.44%) Kubernetes
3 37 (13.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (9.51%) SCCM
5 10 (3.52%) FortiGate
6 9 (3.17%) SCOM
6 9 (3.17%) WSUS
7 3 (1.06%) Autotask
7 3 (1.06%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.06%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.70%) Ansible
8 2 (0.70%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.70%) HP SIM
8 2 (0.70%) PowerCLI
8 2 (0.70%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.70%) vRealize
8 2 (0.70%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 181 (63.73%) Microsoft
2 127 (44.72%) VMware
3 48 (16.90%) Cisco
3 48 (16.90%) HP
4 46 (16.20%) Red Hat
5 44 (15.49%) IBM
6 39 (13.73%) Veeam
7 21 (7.39%) Citrix
8 17 (5.99%) Commvault
9 16 (5.63%) Google
9 16 (5.63%) Meraki
10 15 (5.28%) Dell
10 15 (5.28%) Nimble Storage
11 14 (4.93%) Fujitsu
12 13 (4.58%) Apple
13 9 (3.17%) Draytek
13 9 (3.17%) Sophos
14 8 (2.82%) Datto
14 8 (2.82%) SonicWALL
15 7 (2.46%) Symantec