MCSE Contract Job Trends in Herefordshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Herefordshire 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 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MCSE 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Herefordshire 1.64% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £140 £196 -
% change year-on-year -28.92% - -
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 - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £63.14 £19.50 -
% change year-on-year +223.77% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Herefordshire

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 Herefordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 45 16 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Herefordshire 73.77% 94.12% 52.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 12 11
10th Percentile - £324 £513
25th Percentile £525 £478 £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £700 £550
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -12.52%
75th Percentile £750 £825 £609
90th Percentile - £900 £698
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £487 £450
% change year-on-year -0.41% +8.22% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £21.46 £19.78 -
25th Percentile £21.79 £21.70 -
Median hourly rate £24.36 £25.51 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% - -
75th Percentile £57.17 £29.94 -
90th Percentile £68.92 £32.23 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.04 £23.60 £28.50
% change year-on-year -2.38% -17.19% +42.50%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in Herefordshire

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

MCSE job vacancy trend in Herefordshire

MCSE
Daily Rate Trend in Herefordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Herefordshire citing MCSE

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend in Herefordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Herefordshire citing MCSE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Herefordshire citing MCSE

MCSE
Contract Job Locations in Herefordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the Herefordshire region over the 6 months to 26 March 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
Hereford - 1 - - 2
MCSE
West Midlands

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Herefordshire 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