MCSE Contracts in Edinburgh

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 59 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing MCSE 2 13 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.32% 1.60% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.57% 8.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - £200 -
25th Percentile £456 £340 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £438 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% - -
75th Percentile £469 £488 -
90th Percentile - £518 -
Scotland median daily rate £289 £325 £123
% change year-on-year -11.15% +165.18% -38.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £17.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £17.50 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 127 159 200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 20.32% 19.51% 15.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 89 126
10th Percentile £237 £179 £166
25th Percentile £400 £370 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £513
90th Percentile £600 £646 £606
Scotland median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 5
10th Percentile £21.00 £15.43 £21.42
25th Percentile £21.61 £16.31 £21.67
Median hourly rate £23.00 £17.75 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.58% -65.87% +9.47%
75th Percentile £28.38 £45.00 £54.50
90th Percentile £45.80 £60.00 £62.30
Scotland median hourly rate £22.88 £40.94 £21.47
% change year-on-year -44.13% +90.73% -49.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for MCSE in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for MCSE in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) SSL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (50.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Email Filtering
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM