MCSE Contracts in Gloucestershire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 37 - 57
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing MCSE 4 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 1.46% - 1.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.78% - 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £166 - -
25th Percentile £216 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +100.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £550 £538 £463
% change year-on-year +2.33% +16.22% +8.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 144 264 338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 52.55% 61.54% 71.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 144 242
10th Percentile £250 £425 £400
25th Percentile £450 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +6.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £661 £691 £675
90th Percentile £752 £759 £724
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £578
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 28
10th Percentile £53.87 £15.75 £49.25
25th Percentile £58.25 £15.86 £64.63
Median hourly rate £71.50 £24.25 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +194.85% -68.91% +41.82%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.75 £83.31
90th Percentile - £68.88 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £61.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.64% -6.15% +5.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in Gloucestershire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for MCSE in Gloucestershire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCSE in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MCSE in Gloucestershire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for MCSE in Gloucestershire

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Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Filton - 2 £300 -
Gloucester - 1 - - 2
MCSE
South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 (25.00%) IBM Notes
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) SAN
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Wintel Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Wintel Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (25.00%) Android
3 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Server Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) VB
2 1 (25.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) MCP
4 1 (25.00%) A+ Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Dell Certification
4 1 (25.00%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) BitLocker
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) Veeam
4 1 (25.00%) Dell
4 1 (25.00%) Lotus
4 1 (25.00%) McAfee
4 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (25.00%) Symantec