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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 563 633 682
Rank change year-on-year +70 +49 -176
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 285 308 512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.33% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.17% 1.03% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 220 272 425
10th Percentile £30,225 £23,750 £29,100
25th Percentile £32,938 £31,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.02% -7.78% +2.27%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,250 £67,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -7.78% -

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 24,311 29,981 34,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.53% 32.51% 26.37%
Number of salaries quoted 15,770 13,605 16,802
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,526 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +8.23% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.47% +7.27% -

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +31 88 £35,000 -4.11% 14
London +83 63 £65,000 +23.81% 5
North of England +47 43 £45,000 +16.13% 9
Midlands -3 41 £45,000 +7.14% 6
West Midlands +5 29 £50,000 +56.25% 3
East of England +28 28 £40,000 -5.88% 3
Yorkshire +107 23 £44,000 +58.56% 3
South West -21 22 £36,000 -14.79% 15
East Midlands -21 12 £44,225 -1.72% 3
North West -3 11 £46,000 +8.24% 5
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 82 (28.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (20.35%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.16%) SharePoint 2010
3 9 (3.16%) SharePoint 2013
4 7 (2.46%) IIS
5 5 (1.75%) CMS
6 1 (0.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) Confluence
6 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 40 (14.04%) 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 (65.96%) Azure
2 129 (45.26%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (20.35%) AWS
4 44 (15.44%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (14.04%) IBM Cloud
6 34 (11.93%) Entra ID
7 16 (5.61%) Power Platform
8 15 (5.26%) GCP
8 15 (5.26%) Nutanix
8 15 (5.26%) OneDrive
9 14 (4.91%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (3.51%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.81%) Mimecast
12 6 (2.11%) PowerApps
12 6 (2.11%) SaaS
12 6 (2.11%) WhatsApp
13 5 (1.75%) IaaS
14 3 (1.05%) Google Workspace
15 2 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
15 2 (0.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 100 (35.09%) Firewall
2 76 (26.67%) SAN
3 57 (20.00%) DNS
4 54 (18.95%) DHCP
5 48 (16.84%) VLAN
6 43 (15.09%) VPN
7 42 (14.74%) WAN
8 34 (11.93%) NAS
9 33 (11.58%) LAN
10 31 (10.88%) VoIP
11 29 (10.18%) TCP/IP
12 17 (5.96%) Internet
13 13 (4.56%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (3.86%) Network Security
14 11 (3.86%) SD-WAN
15 10 (3.51%) MPLS
16 8 (2.81%) Wireless
17 7 (2.46%) Wireshark
17 7 (2.46%) WLAN
18 5 (1.75%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.77%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.56%) Power BI
3 5 (1.75%) MySQL
3 5 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.05%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.05%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.05%) 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 (1.75%) 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 91 (31.93%) Social Skills
2 57 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (15.44%) Public Sector
4 16 (5.61%) Finance
5 13 (4.56%) Billing
5 13 (4.56%) Manufacturing
6 10 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.81%) Retail
8 7 (2.46%) Automotive
8 7 (2.46%) Legal
9 5 (1.75%) Law
10 4 (1.40%) Electronics
11 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.05%) Multimedia
11 3 (1.05%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.70%) Banking
12 2 (0.70%) Games
12 2 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 45 (15.79%) IT Support
2 33 (11.58%) IT Engineer
3 30 (10.53%) Support Engineer
4 28 (9.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 27 (9.47%) 3rd Line Support
6 22 (7.72%) Lead
7 21 (7.37%) IT Manager
8 18 (6.32%) IT Support Engineer
9 16 (5.61%) Analyst
9 16 (5.61%) IT Technician
10 15 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
10 15 (5.26%) Storage Specialist
11 14 (4.91%) Architect
11 14 (4.91%) Infrastructure Architect
12 13 (4.56%) Consultant
12 13 (4.56%) Virtualisation Specialist
13 12 (4.21%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
14 10 (3.51%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 10 (3.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 10 (3.51%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.26%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.05%) .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 (15.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (14.04%) Blockchain
2 40 (14.04%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (13.68%) Data Centre
4 26 (9.12%) Replication
5 20 (7.02%) Management Information System
6 16 (5.61%) Public Cloud
7 15 (5.26%) Security Posture
8 12 (4.21%) Driving Licence
9 10 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.46%) Clustering
10 7 (2.46%) Virtual Team
11 6 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (2.11%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.75%) EPoS
12 5 (1.75%) NHS
13 4 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (1.40%) PKI
13 4 (1.40%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 186 (65.26%) Windows
2 109 (38.25%) Windows Server
3 104 (36.49%) Linux
4 44 (15.44%) Debian
5 41 (14.39%) CentOS
6 40 (14.04%) Alpine Linux
7 23 (8.07%) Windows Server 2012
8 20 (7.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 19 (6.67%) Windows 10
10 15 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
11 14 (4.91%) Ubuntu
12 13 (4.56%) SUSE
13 8 (2.81%) Android
14 7 (2.46%) Apple iOS
14 7 (2.46%) Mac OS
15 6 (2.11%) Unix
16 2 (0.70%) VMS
16 2 (0.70%) Windows 2000
16 2 (0.70%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.70%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (32.63%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (24.91%) ITIL
3 57 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 46 (16.14%) Artificial Intelligence
4 46 (16.14%) CI/CD
4 46 (16.14%) DevOps
4 46 (16.14%) Project Delivery
5 45 (15.79%) Task Automation
6 44 (15.44%) Customer Service
7 42 (14.74%) Data Science
8 40 (14.04%) Co-Creation
8 40 (14.04%) Functional Testing
8 40 (14.04%) Mentoring
8 40 (14.04%) Separation of Concerns
8 40 (14.04%) Technology Transformation
9 39 (13.68%) Project Management
10 38 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
11 35 (12.28%) Disaster Recovery
12 23 (8.07%) Computer Science
13 21 (7.37%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 45 (15.79%) SQL
2 43 (15.09%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.86%) C#
4 8 (2.81%) 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
1 285 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 122 (42.81%) MCSA
3 100 (35.09%) Cisco Certification
4 85 (29.82%) CCNA
5 66 (23.16%) Degree
6 53 (18.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 50 (17.54%) Azure Certification
8 26 (9.12%) MCP
9 21 (7.37%) CCNP
10 19 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (5.26%) MCITP
12 13 (4.56%) Network+ Certification
13 11 (3.86%) ITIL Certification
14 9 (3.16%) SC Cleared
14 9 (3.16%) Security Cleared
15 7 (2.46%) A+ Certification
15 7 (2.46%) CISSP
15 7 (2.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 7 (2.46%) Master's Degree
16 6 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.56%) SLA
2 11 (3.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.11%) GDPR
5 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 138 (48.42%) Active Directory
2 118 (41.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (24.56%) Hyper-V
4 40 (14.04%) Docker
5 24 (8.42%) vSphere
6 22 (7.72%) Virtual Servers
7 13 (4.56%) vCloud
8 10 (3.51%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (3.51%) XenDesktop
9 6 (2.11%) XenApp
10 4 (1.40%) Firmware
11 3 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.70%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 44 (15.44%) Terraform
2 40 (14.04%) Kubernetes
3 39 (13.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 29 (10.18%) SCCM
5 10 (3.51%) FortiGate
6 9 (3.16%) SCOM
6 9 (3.16%) WSUS
7 3 (1.05%) Autotask
7 3 (1.05%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.05%) 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
1 183 (64.21%) Microsoft
2 128 (44.91%) VMware
3 51 (17.89%) Cisco
4 49 (17.19%) HP
5 46 (16.14%) Red Hat
6 44 (15.44%) IBM
7 39 (13.68%) Veeam
8 23 (8.07%) Citrix
9 18 (6.32%) Google
10 17 (5.96%) Commvault
10 17 (5.96%) Dell
11 16 (5.61%) Meraki
12 15 (5.26%) Nimble Storage
13 13 (4.56%) Apple
13 13 (4.56%) Fujitsu
14 9 (3.16%) Draytek
14 9 (3.16%) Sophos
14 9 (3.16%) Symantec
15 8 (2.81%) Datto
15 8 (2.81%) SonicWALL