MCSE Contracts in London

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 348 376 460
Rank change year-on-year +28 +84 +53
Contract jobs citing MCSE 5 15 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.040% 0.084% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.35% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 24
10th Percentile £247 £237 £105
25th Percentile £286 £259 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £325 £438
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -25.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £444 £347 £538
90th Percentile £500 £376 £596
England median daily rate £550 £375 £463
% change year-on-year +46.67% -18.92% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £34.08 -
England median hourly rate £19.97 £30.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -33.43% +62.16% -20.32%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,210 4,292 5,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.58% 24.07% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 2,903 3,919
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £754 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 111 80
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.74 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £55.50 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for MCSE in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for MCSE in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for MCSE in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the London 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
Central London +4 2 £525 +40.00% 2
South London +7 1 £223 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (20.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) Kerberos
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (20.00%) DTS
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (20.00%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) DBA
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) SQL DBA
1 1 (20.00%) Support Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Clustering
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Ad Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Database Security
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Server Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) Bash
2 1 (20.00%) Bicep
2 1 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (20.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (20.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (20.00%) MCDBA
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) VMware