MCSE Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 24 51
Rank change year-on-year -31 +27 +19
Contract jobs citing MCSE 3 13 2
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.54% 6.67% 0.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.08% 12.75% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 2
10th Percentile £572 £600 -
25th Percentile £585 £628 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £630 £643
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.03% +71.49%
75th Percentile £631 £743 -
90th Percentile £637 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £615 £630 £643
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.03% +71.49%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 278 102 189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 50.00% 52.31% 40.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 79 155
10th Percentile £395 £240 £325
25th Percentile £475 £392 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% +14.13%
75th Percentile £610 £593 £638
90th Percentile £640 £630 £725
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £550 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% +14.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 3 11
10th Percentile £15.25 £12.65 £15.85
25th Percentile - £13.63 £15.93
Median hourly rate £16.35 £15.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -13.89% +80.00%
75th Percentile £29.61 £18.13 £21.25
90th Percentile - £19.55 £22.52
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.51 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -7.83% -5.00% +100.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

MCSE job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing MCSE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing MCSE

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Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing MCSE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing MCSE

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (33.33%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (100.00%) Microservices
1 3 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) NCSC
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware