MCSE Contracts in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 103 128 149
Rank change year-on-year +25 +21 +33
Contract jobs citing MCSE 8 5 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.42% 0.18% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.42% 0.56% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 14
10th Percentile £161 - £137
25th Percentile £163 - £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £218 £117 £223
Median % change year-on-year +85.90% -47.53% -0.89%
75th Percentile £284 £126 £325
90th Percentile £291 £131 £475
England median daily rate £550 £375 £463
% change year-on-year +46.67% -18.92% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £18.65 - £20.65
25th Percentile £18.88 £45.22 £21.62
Median hourly rate £19.50 £48.56 £23.24
Median % change year-on-year -59.84% +108.95% -
75th Percentile £19.88 £51.91 £24.86
90th Percentile £19.95 - £25.83
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
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 564 899 970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 29.47% 32.61% 28.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 556 615
10th Percentile £150 £230 £253
25th Percentile £272 £325 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £519
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -13.21% +15.22%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £689
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 71 76
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.25 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.51 £17.00 £14.30
Median hourly rate £24.50 £24.65 £18.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +32.35% -6.88%
75th Percentile £31.38 £43.13 £26.64
90th Percentile £59.00 £56.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the Midlands

MCSE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for MCSE in the Midlands

MCSE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for MCSE in the Midlands

MCSE
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +20 8 £218 +85.90% 6
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) OneDrive
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) VPN
1 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Deployment Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Rollout Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Junior
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Collaborative Working
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (12.50%) Application Packaging
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Apple
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
3 1 (12.50%) VMware