MCSE Contracts in Lancashire

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 25 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MCSE 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 2.29% - 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.19% - 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £350 - £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £520
75th Percentile £538 - £530
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £400 £300 £650
% change year-on-year +33.33% -53.85% +420.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 77 70 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 44.00% 35.90% 49.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 22 63
10th Percentile £153 £313 £370
25th Percentile £390 £463 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £588 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +11.90% +7.91%
75th Percentile £540 £704 £600
90th Percentile £598 £720 £695
North West median daily rate £494 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -3.66% -1.44% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 41 33
10th Percentile - £11.77 £25.75
25th Percentile - £15.00 £29.30
Median hourly rate £31.52 £16.06 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +96.26% -62.21% +2.77%
75th Percentile - - £49.52
90th Percentile - £46.18 £53.28
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% -5.60%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in Lancashire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for MCSE in Lancashire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

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

Daily rate histogram for MCSE in Lancashire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for MCSE in Lancashire

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Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the Lancashire 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
Preston - 4 £438 - 2
MCSE
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Unix
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 4 (100.00%) RBAC
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 4 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) VMware