MCSE Contract Job Trends 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 29 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 128 142
Rank change year-on-year +4 +14 +53
Contract jobs citing MCSE 4 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.21% 0.26% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.81% 1.07% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £189 - £191
25th Percentile £195 - £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £255 - -
90th Percentile £267 - -
London median daily rate £260 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -42.22% +12.50% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.47 - -
London median hourly rate £25.47 - -

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 493 563 626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 26.15% 24.23% 20.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 336 384
10th Percentile £337 £341 £325
25th Percentile £444 £455 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £650 £684
90th Percentile £725 £754 £797
London median daily rate £537 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.32% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 3
10th Percentile £24.24 £23.10 £13.40
25th Percentile £25.54 £27.00 £15.13
Median hourly rate £27.75 £32.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% +80.56% -58.37%
75th Percentile £34.48 £112.00 £47.75
90th Percentile £53.50 - £65.60
London median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year -36.33% -26.85% +22.42%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

MCSE job vacancy trend in Central London

MCSE
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing MCSE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing MCSE

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing MCSE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing MCSE

MCSE
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 29 October 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 0 3 £220 - 2
Camden - 1 - - 1
MCSE
London

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (25.00%) AWS
4 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) Intranet
1 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) Softphone
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (25.00%) International Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Help Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Statistics
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) MCP
2 2 (50.00%) MCSA
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (25.00%) MOS
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (25.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) Apple
3 1 (25.00%) Avaya
3 1 (25.00%) Polycom
3 1 (25.00%) Wyse