MCSE Jobs in the South East

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 299 332 383
Rank change year-on-year +33 +51 -136
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 87 74 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.52% 0.49% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.52% 1.25% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 45 73 85
10th Percentile £26,750 £23,500 £30,600
25th Percentile £31,500 £26,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% -17.05% +29.41%
75th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £51,600 £56,750 £59,000
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
South East

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 South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,733 5,943 6,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.50% 39.64% 32.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,650 2,633 3,149
10th Percentile £29,175 £28,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,995 £58,193 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.50% +5.81% -

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing MCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the South East

MCSE
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for MCSE in the South East

MCSE
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSE in the South East

MCSE
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Hampshire +17 51 £39,000 +32.20% 4
Thames Valley +9 15 £38,500 +42.59% 3
Kent +2 13 £33,000 -17.50% 1
Oxfordshire +23 8 £38,500 +42.59% 3
West Sussex +39 5 £27,500 -
Berkshire +23 5 £40,000 +66.67%
Surrey -3 2 £54,000 +47.95% 1
Buckinghamshire -28 2 £35,000 +14.75%
East Sussex - 1 £29,000 -
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 11 (12.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.15%) Apache
3 1 (1.15%) IIS
3 1 (1.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (9.20%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.15%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.15%) PTC Creo
2 1 (1.15%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 57 (65.52%) Azure
2 41 (47.13%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (45.98%) IBM Cloud
4 11 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (9.20%) AWS
6 5 (5.75%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.30%) IaaS
7 2 (2.30%) PaaS
8 1 (1.15%) GCP
8 1 (1.15%) OpenDNS
8 1 (1.15%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.39%) Firewall
2 15 (17.24%) SAN
3 12 (13.79%) NAS
4 10 (11.49%) DNS
5 9 (10.34%) DHCP
5 9 (10.34%) VLAN
6 8 (9.20%) LAN
6 8 (9.20%) VoIP
6 8 (9.20%) WAN
7 7 (8.05%) Wireshark
8 6 (6.90%) TCP/IP
9 4 (4.60%) Network Security
9 4 (4.60%) VPN
10 1 (1.15%) Intranet
10 1 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (1.15%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.30%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.15%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Chocolatey
1 1 (1.15%) Git
1 1 (1.15%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.15%) JIRA
General
1 43 (49.43%) Public Sector
2 23 (26.44%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (11.49%) Social Skills
4 2 (2.30%) Finance
4 2 (2.30%) Retail
4 2 (2.30%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.15%) Law
5 1 (1.15%) Legal
5 1 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (20.69%) 3rd Line Support
2 16 (18.39%) IT Engineer
3 15 (17.24%) IT Support
4 12 (13.79%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 12 (13.79%) Lead
5 11 (12.64%) IT Support Engineer
5 11 (12.64%) Support Engineer
6 6 (6.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 6 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (4.60%) IT Support Technician
7 4 (4.60%) IT Technician
7 4 (4.60%) Support Technician
8 3 (3.45%) Field Engineer
8 3 (3.45%) Field Service Engineer
8 3 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.45%) IT Manager
8 3 (3.45%) NOC Engineer
8 3 (3.45%) Project Engineer
9 2 (2.30%) Analyst
9 2 (2.30%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (1.15%) XML
1 1 (1.15%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (45.98%) Blockchain
1 40 (45.98%) Distributed Systems
1 40 (45.98%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (8.05%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.45%) Clustering
3 3 (3.45%) Raspberry Pi
3 3 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.30%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.30%) Replication
5 1 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.15%) IoT
5 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.15%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.15%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 56 (64.37%) Linux
2 40 (45.98%) Alpine Linux
2 40 (45.98%) CentOS
2 40 (45.98%) Debian
3 35 (40.23%) Windows
4 7 (8.05%) Windows Server
5 4 (4.60%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.15%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (47.13%) CI/CD
1 41 (47.13%) DevOps
1 41 (47.13%) Task Automation
2 40 (45.98%) Artificial Intelligence
2 40 (45.98%) Co-Creation
2 40 (45.98%) Data Science
2 40 (45.98%) Functional Testing
2 40 (45.98%) Separation of Concerns
2 40 (45.98%) Technology Transformation
3 29 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (18.39%) ITIL
5 13 (14.94%) Mentoring
5 13 (14.94%) Project Management
6 12 (13.79%) Incident Management
6 12 (13.79%) Performance Optimisation
6 12 (13.79%) Proactive Maintenance
6 12 (13.79%) Process Improvement
6 12 (13.79%) Strategic Planning
7 9 (10.34%) Customer Service
8 5 (5.75%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.75%) Bash
1 5 (5.75%) PowerShell
1 5 (5.75%) SQL
2 4 (4.60%) Python
3 1 (1.15%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 87 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 54 (62.07%) MCSA
3 41 (47.13%) Azure Certification
4 37 (42.53%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (28.74%) CCNA
6 15 (17.24%) CCNP
7 8 (9.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 7 (8.05%) Degree
9 6 (6.90%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (3.45%) A+ Certification
10 3 (3.45%) MCP
11 2 (2.30%) AWS Certification
11 2 (2.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (1.15%) CCA
12 1 (1.15%) Citrix Certification
12 1 (1.15%) DBS Check
12 1 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
12 1 (1.15%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.15%) GDPR
2 1 (1.15%) SLA
System Software
1 40 (45.98%) Docker
2 25 (28.74%) Active Directory
3 21 (24.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (11.49%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.30%) Firmware
5 2 (2.30%) vSphere
6 1 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 41 (47.13%) Terraform
2 40 (45.98%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.45%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.15%) Ansible
4 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.15%) SCCM
4 1 (1.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 45 (51.72%) Red Hat
2 41 (47.13%) IBM
3 29 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 22 (25.29%) VMware
5 17 (19.54%) Cisco
6 5 (5.75%) Apple
7 4 (4.60%) Dell
7 4 (4.60%) Draytek
8 3 (3.45%) Fortinet
8 3 (3.45%) NETGEAR
8 3 (3.45%) Palo Alto
8 3 (3.45%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (3.45%) Veeam
9 2 (2.30%) Citrix
9 2 (2.30%) HP
9 2 (2.30%) SonicWALL
10 1 (1.15%) Adobe
10 1 (1.15%) Juniper
10 1 (1.15%) MathWorks
10 1 (1.15%) Sage