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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing MCSE 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 0.51% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.97% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
North West median daily rate £539 £455 £550
% change year-on-year +18.52% -17.27% +400.00%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 103 63 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 52.02% 29.58% 45.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 22 69
10th Percentile £193 £259 £360
25th Percentile £412 £292 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £509 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.13% -7.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £597 £620 £641
90th Percentile £671 £650 £694
North West median daily rate £500 £507 £500
% change year-on-year -1.38% +1.31% -0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 22 32
10th Percentile £18.87 - £30.15
25th Percentile £47.12 - £40.75
Median hourly rate £70.16 £16.06 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +336.86% -65.22% +11.67%
75th Percentile £74.70 £45.41 £47.02
90th Percentile £81.00 £50.52 £52.71
North West median hourly rate £29.27 £18.10 £42.33
% change year-on-year +61.74% -57.24% +45.96%

MCSE
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

MCSE
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing MCSE

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing MCSE

MCSE
DemandTrendContract 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 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Preston - 1 £350 -
MCSE
North West

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