MCSE Contracts in Central London

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 134 170
Rank change year-on-year +7 +36 +4
Contract jobs citing MCSE 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.10% 0.084% 0.054%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% 0.39% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 £363 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £375 £600
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -37.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £275 £388 £625
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £250 £413 £400
% change year-on-year -39.39% +3.13% -23.81%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 491 510 772
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 24.69% 21.54% 20.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 319 467
10th Percentile £358 £363 £325
25th Percentile £463 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £697
90th Percentile £763 £775 £820
London median daily rate £525 £525 £560
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 6
10th Percentile £25.04 £20.22 £17.31
25th Percentile £26.57 £20.29 £18.56
Median hourly rate £34.48 £24.00 £36.10
Median % change year-on-year +43.67% -33.52% -17.01%
75th Percentile £57.96 £27.00 £53.50
90th Percentile £65.57 £35.38 £68.75
London median hourly rate £26.41 £25.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year +3.57% -52.78% +27.06%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing MCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in Central London

MCSE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCSE in Central London.

Daily rate trend for MCSE in Central London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCSE in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for MCSE in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the Central London region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
City of London +10 2 £250 -33.33% 2
MCSE
London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
1 1 (50.00%) Intranet
1 1 (50.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (50.00%) International Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (50.00%) MCSA
2 1 (50.00%) MOS
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Apple
2 1 (50.00%) Avaya
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Polycom
2 1 (50.00%) Wyse