MCSE Jobs in the Thames Valley

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 227 234 234
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 -28
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 16 26 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.24% 0.42% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.62% 0.99% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 15 26 32
10th Percentile £34,200 - -
25th Percentile £36,750 £23,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £25,500 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year +50.98% -46.60% +13.69%
75th Percentile £42,500 £43,438 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £60,750 £74,000
South East median annual salary £36,250 £36,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year -0.68% -17.05% +33.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,568 2,624 2,195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 38.06% 42.60% 32.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,618 1,088 936
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,063 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% -6.22% -6.82%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £51,010 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.02% -4.76% +5.00%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing MCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the Thames Valley

MCSE
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSE in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for MCSE in the Thames Valley

MCSE
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSE in the Thames Valley

MCSE
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 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
Oxfordshire +20 8 £38,500 +42.59% 4
Berkshire +14 5 £40,000 +66.67%
Buckinghamshire -22 3 £36,250 +19.83%
MCSE
South East

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (68.75%) Azure
2 6 (37.50%) AWS
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) Firewall
1 10 (62.50%) NAS
1 10 (62.50%) SAN
2 6 (37.50%) DHCP
2 6 (37.50%) DNS
2 6 (37.50%) TCP/IP
2 6 (37.50%) VLAN
3 4 (25.00%) LAN
3 4 (25.00%) Network Security
3 4 (25.00%) VoIP
3 4 (25.00%) VPN
3 4 (25.00%) WAN
3 4 (25.00%) Wireshark
4 1 (6.25%) Intranet
4 1 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (6.25%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Support Engineer
2 10 (62.50%) IT Engineer
2 10 (62.50%) IT Support
2 10 (62.50%) IT Support Engineer
3 6 (37.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 6 (37.50%) 3rd Line Support
3 6 (37.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) IT Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Server Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Assistant IT Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) IT Assistant
6 1 (6.25%) Server Support
6 1 (6.25%) Server Support Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Replication
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 12 (75.00%) Windows
2 10 (62.50%) Linux
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (6.25%) Data Protection
3 1 (6.25%) High Availability
3 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (6.25%) ITIL
3 1 (6.25%) Migration
3 1 (6.25%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (6.25%) Project Management
3 1 (6.25%) Server Building
3 1 (6.25%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Bash
1 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (75.00%) CCNA
2 12 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (31.25%) Degree
4 2 (12.50%) MCSA
4 2 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (6.25%) DBS Check
5 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
5 1 (6.25%) MCP
System Software
1 12 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (43.75%) Hyper-V
3 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (87.50%) VMware
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Veeam
3 1 (6.25%) Adobe
3 1 (6.25%) Apple
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco
3 1 (6.25%) Citrix
3 1 (6.25%) Dell
3 1 (6.25%) Draytek
3 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
3 1 (6.25%) Juniper
3 1 (6.25%) Sage
3 1 (6.25%) SonicWALL
3 1 (6.25%) WatchGuard