MCSE Contract Job Trends in Bristol

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 69 77
Rank change year-on-year +4 +8 +27
Contract jobs citing MCSE 5 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.63% 0.38% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.46% 0.91% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £102
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £104
Median % change year-on-year - - -72.40%
75th Percentile £575 - £105
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £550 £600 £488
% change year-on-year -8.33% +23.08% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
South West median hourly rate - £13.50 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 343 329 484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 43.53% 41.38% 46.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 156 286
10th Percentile £205 £225 £325
25th Percentile £413 £417 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £595
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -15.97% +13.33%
75th Percentile £647 £630 £675
90th Percentile £775 £763 £709
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 54 83
10th Percentile £18.11 £35.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £23.83 £60.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £66.92 £74.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -61.60% +4.80% -3.85%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

MCSE job vacancy trend in Bristol

MCSE
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing MCSE

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing MCSE

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 5 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) Skype
1 5 (100.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 5 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
1 5 (100.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CCNA
1 5 (100.00%) CCNP
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 5 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) SCCM
1 5 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 5 (100.00%) Splunk
1 5 (100.00%) Veeam
1 5 (100.00%) VMware