MCSE Contract Job Trends in Bedford

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedford with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MCSE 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedford 3.70% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 12.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate - £224 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bedford

MCSE falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Bedford.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 29.63% 26.32% 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £297 - £370
25th Percentile £411 - £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £325 £400
Median % change year-on-year +63.08% -18.75% +131.88%
75th Percentile £639 £431 £475
90th Percentile £661 £495 £520
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +3.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £87.50 £45.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year +91.26% -16.82% -12.70%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MCSE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

MCSE job vacancy trend in Bedford

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Daily Rate Trend in Bedford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing MCSE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing MCSE

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing MCSE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing MCSE

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Barracuda Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) VMware