MCSE Contracts in Hampshire

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 88 97
Rank change year-on-year +19 +9 +26
Contract jobs citing MCSE 6 14 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.80% 0.86% 0.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.42% 1.30% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 4
10th Percentile - - £234
25th Percentile - £300 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £538 £569
Median % change year-on-year +20.93% -5.61% +19.88%
75th Percentile - £556 £610
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £650 £538 £543
% change year-on-year +20.93% -0.92% +27.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £19.97 - -
South East median hourly rate £19.97 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 423 1,075 761
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 56.55% 66.36% 56.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 622 501
10th Percentile £375 £425 £250
25th Percentile £483 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £628
90th Percentile £654 £749 £703
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 75 61
10th Percentile £20.07 £26.22 £20.47
25th Percentile £24.66 £53.40 £50.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.24% -4.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile £75.00 £66.01 £71.28
90th Percentile - £82.67 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £58.55
% change year-on-year -1.05% -2.04% +33.21%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in Hampshire

MCSE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for MCSE in Hampshire

MCSE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for MCSE in Hampshire

MCSE
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Basingstoke - 5 £650 - 4
Lyndhurst - 1 - -
MCSE
South East

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Fibre Channel
1 5 (83.33%) iSCSI
General
1 1 (16.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
1 5 (83.33%) Infrastructure Architect
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Edge Virtualization
1 5 (83.33%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (83.33%) DV Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) VCP5
2 5 (83.33%) VCP6
2 5 (83.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) NFS
1 5 (83.33%) VMware ESXi
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (83.33%) vSphere
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) NetApp
2 5 (83.33%) Splunk
2 5 (83.33%) Veeam
2 5 (83.33%) VMware