MCSE Contract Job Trends in Hereford

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
Herefordshire > Hereford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hereford with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MCSE 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hereford 3.45% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Herefordshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.43 - -
Median hourly rate £63.14 - -
75th Percentile £67.84 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Herefordshire median hourly rate £63.14 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hereford

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 Hereford.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20 6 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hereford 68.97% 100.00% 58.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 10
10th Percentile £516 £245 £529
25th Percentile £527 £294 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £567
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -29.39% -9.36%
75th Percentile £600 £481 £622
90th Percentile £634 £515 £715
Herefordshire median daily rate £550 £700 £550
% change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -12.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £21.46 - -
25th Percentile £21.79 - -
Median hourly rate £24.36 £18.51 -
Median % change year-on-year +31.62% - -
75th Percentile £57.17 - -
90th Percentile £68.92 - -
Herefordshire median hourly rate £24.36 £25.51 -
% change year-on-year -4.48% - -

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in Hereford

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

MCSE job vacancy trend in Hereford

MCSE
Daily Rate Trend in Hereford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hereford citing MCSE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hereford citing MCSE

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hereford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) RHCA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Podman
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) VMware