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 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 125 134
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 +56
Contract jobs citing MCSE 5 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.25% 0.27% 0.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.89% 1.07% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £191
25th Percentile £185 £513 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -63.81% -4.55% -6.38%
75th Percentile £195 £538 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £503 £420 £350
% change year-on-year +19.64% +20.00% -26.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.47 - -
London median hourly rate £25.47 - £34.08

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 564 560 540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 27.95% 24.93% 20.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 335 338
10th Percentile £355 £313 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £622 £675
90th Percentile £738 £730 £776
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 7
10th Percentile - £24.78 £16.26
25th Percentile £25.47 £28.94 £21.95
Median hourly rate £26.49 £72.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.34% +20.42% +39.53%
75th Percentile £29.31 £112.00 £69.38
90th Percentile £47.25 - £75.25
London median hourly rate £27.50 £38.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.10% -15.00% +7.14%

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 3 January 2026. 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
Camden - 3 - -
City of London 0 2 £190 -63.81% 2
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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (60.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Softphone
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) International Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Help Desk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Statistics
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) E-Discovery
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (80.00%) MCP
3 2 (40.00%) MCSA
4 1 (20.00%) CCNA
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix