MCSE Jobs in the South West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 269 244 272
Rank change year-on-year -25 +28 -25
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 22 24 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.24% 0.34% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.67% 0.83% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 22 19 21
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £38,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £42,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.79% -6.11% -
75th Percentile £48,438 £44,188 £48,750
90th Percentile £54,500 £49,750 -
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 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 South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,293 2,893 3,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 35.99% 41.29% 38.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,151 1,276 1,596
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £30,241
25th Percentile £39,759 £37,940 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +2.41%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,520
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the South West

MCSE
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for MCSE in the South West

MCSE
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the South West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSE in the South West

MCSE
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 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
Gloucestershire -11 12 £45,000 -5.26% 5
Bristol +11 5 £32,500 - 2
Dorset -23 5 £33,500 -20.71% 2
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 14 (63.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 14 (63.64%) SharePoint
2 5 (22.73%) SharePoint 2010
2 5 (22.73%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (86.36%) Azure
2 18 (81.82%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (31.82%) OneDrive
4 6 (27.27%) AWS
5 5 (22.73%) GCP
6 2 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (9.09%) WhatsApp
7 1 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (4.55%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (77.27%) Firewall
2 7 (31.82%) LAN
2 7 (31.82%) WAN
3 4 (18.18%) VoIP
4 3 (13.64%) DHCP
4 3 (13.64%) DNS
4 3 (13.64%) SAN
4 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
4 3 (13.64%) VPN
5 2 (9.09%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (9.09%) Internet
5 2 (9.09%) iSCSI
5 2 (9.09%) NAS
5 2 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (9.09%) VLAN
5 2 (9.09%) WLAN
6 1 (4.55%) NetScaler
6 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Support Engineer
2 7 (31.82%) IT Support
3 6 (27.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Consultant
4 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Support Consultant
5 3 (13.64%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Head of IT
5 3 (13.64%) Head of IT Services
5 3 (13.64%) Head of Support
5 3 (13.64%) IT Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) IT Consultant
7 1 (4.55%) Lead
7 1 (4.55%) Service Desk Team Leader
7 1 (4.55%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Driving Licence
2 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.55%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (59.09%) Windows
2 10 (45.45%) Windows Server
3 4 (18.18%) Windows 10
4 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (9.09%) Mac OS
5 2 (9.09%) Windows 2000
5 2 (9.09%) Windows 8
5 2 (9.09%) Windows XP
6 1 (4.55%) Linux
6 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Customer Service
2 8 (36.36%) ITIL
3 6 (27.27%) Mentoring
4 5 (22.73%) Mobile Device Management
4 5 (22.73%) Server Virtualisation
5 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (13.64%) Agile
6 3 (13.64%) ITSM
6 3 (13.64%) PDCA
6 3 (13.64%) Problem Management
6 3 (13.64%) Service Delivery
6 3 (13.64%) Service Management
7 2 (9.09%) Batch Scripting
7 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (9.09%) Network Optimisation
7 2 (9.09%) PRINCE2
7 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
7 2 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (31.82%) MCITP
2 7 (31.82%) MCSA
3 6 (27.27%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
4 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
5 4 (18.18%) Degree
5 4 (18.18%) MCP
6 2 (9.09%) CCNA
6 2 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (9.09%) CISSP
6 2 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (9.09%) MCDST
6 2 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
7 1 (4.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (4.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) SLA
2 2 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 10 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (40.91%) Hyper-V
4 6 (27.27%) XenDesktop
5 3 (13.64%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (9.09%) Terminal Server
6 2 (9.09%) XenApp
7 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (63.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (36.36%) SCCM
3 2 (9.09%) FortiGate
4 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.55%) Terraform
4 1 (4.55%) vCenter Server
4 1 (4.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (95.45%) Microsoft
2 12 (54.55%) VMware
3 6 (27.27%) Citrix
4 5 (22.73%) Cisco
4 5 (22.73%) Dell
4 5 (22.73%) Google
4 5 (22.73%) HP
4 5 (22.73%) Symantec
5 2 (9.09%) Acronis
5 2 (9.09%) Aruba
5 2 (9.09%) Datto
5 2 (9.09%) Draytek
6 1 (4.55%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (4.55%) Meraki
6 1 (4.55%) Meru Networks
6 1 (4.55%) Oracle
6 1 (4.55%) Sophos
6 1 (4.55%) Veeam