MCSE Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire 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 36 27 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Contract jobs citing MCSE 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.47% 2.42% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.64% 7.27% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £224 -
East of England median daily rate - £224 £166
% change year-on-year - +34.79% +22.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £6.00 £50.00 £40.31
% change year-on-year -88.00% +24.04% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 61 55 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 28.37% 33.33% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 27 39
10th Percentile £95 £121 £363
25th Percentile £363 £316 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.63%
75th Percentile £594 £525 £578
90th Percentile £650 £604 £662
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +3.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 3
10th Percentile £25.15 £28.80 £26.50
25th Percentile £58.25 £30.78 £36.25
Median hourly rate £87.50 £45.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +91.26% -16.82% -12.70%
75th Percentile £91.50 £55.00 £56.25
90th Percentile - £59.68 £57.00
East of England median hourly rate £22.79 £60.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -62.02% +100.00% +42.86%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

MCSE job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

MCSE
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing MCSE

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing MCSE

MCSE
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bedford - 1 - - 1
MCSE
East of England

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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