MCSE Jobs in the North West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 279 277 292
Rank change year-on-year -2 +15 -90
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 11 25 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.11% 0.31% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 0.90% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 10 25 40
10th Percentile £35,392 £23,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £24,250 £30,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% +13.33% -24.56%
75th Percentile £56,875 £47,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £59,125
England median annual salary £44,225 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.57% -7.78% +2.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,365 2,782 2,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 24.39% 34.94% 29.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,601 938 1,303
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,787 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing MCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for MCSE in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for MCSE in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the North West 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
Manchester +22 5 £55,000 +22.22% 2
Lancashire -14 4 £45,000 +83.67%
Cheshire -15 2 £35,392 -21.35%
MCSE
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 4 (36.36%) Azure
3 3 (27.27%) OneDrive
4 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Firewall
2 3 (27.27%) VLAN
2 3 (27.27%) VoIP
2 3 (27.27%) VPN
2 3 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (9.09%) DHCP
3 1 (9.09%) DNS
3 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) IT Manager
2 3 (27.27%) E-Commerce Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (27.27%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Systems Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Administrator
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) CloudOps Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Server Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
1 2 (18.18%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Server
3 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
1 4 (36.36%) E-Commerce
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Business Development
2 3 (27.27%) Coaching
2 3 (27.27%) Data Security
2 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (27.27%) ERP
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (9.09%) Agile
3 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Operations
3 1 (9.09%) DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Runbook
3 1 (9.09%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
3 1 (9.09%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Bash
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 1 (9.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (36.36%) CCNA
2 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) MCSA
3 3 (27.27%) CISSP
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (27.27%) Hyper-V
3 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) VMware
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 2 (18.18%) Citrix