MCSE Contracts in the North of England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 181 221
Rank change year-on-year +11 +40 -43
Contract jobs citing MCSE 14 32 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.30% 0.56% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.14% 2.22% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 24 19
10th Percentile - £106 £123
25th Percentile £300 £272 £131
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £170
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +223.53% -55.26%
75th Percentile £509 £675 £300
90th Percentile £628 £698 £366
England median daily rate £375 £456 £425
% change year-on-year -17.81% +7.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £16.40 - -
25th Percentile £16.63 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £19.43
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -9.91% -
75th Percentile £19.13 £19.00 £24.19
90th Percentile £19.20 £19.15 £26.92
England median hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £23.22
% change year-on-year - -20.32% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

MCSE is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,226 1,442 1,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.12% 25.26% 20.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 1,019 989
10th Percentile £306 £322 £200
25th Percentile £415 £431 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £588
90th Percentile £724 £700 £673
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 68 81
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.35 £25.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.29 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.14% +29.96% +16.98%
75th Percentile £38.43 £52.34 £50.78
90th Percentile £63.75 £67.90 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.06%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCSE in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for MCSE in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MCSE in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCSE in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for MCSE in the North of England

MCSE
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
North West +7 10 £303 -53.46% 1
North East +18 4 £488 +343.18% 1
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 6 (42.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (28.57%) Azure
3 3 (21.43%) AWS
4 2 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (14.29%) IaaS
4 2 (14.29%) Mimecast
5 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (7.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) DHCP
1 2 (14.29%) DNS
1 2 (14.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
4 2 (14.29%) Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Senior
2 4 (28.57%) IT Support
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Support Officer
4 2 (14.29%) DBA
4 2 (14.29%) Senior IT Support
4 2 (14.29%) Server Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Service Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) SQL DBA
5 1 (7.14%) Administrator
5 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior DevOps
5 1 (7.14%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (14.29%) Clustering
3 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.14%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (7.14%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (92.86%) Windows
2 10 (71.43%) Windows Server
3 5 (35.71%) Windows 10
4 1 (7.14%) Linux
4 1 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) ITIL
2 4 (28.57%) Line Management
2 4 (28.57%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (21.43%) Data Encryption
3 3 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Server Patching
3 3 (21.43%) Service Management
3 3 (21.43%) Task Automation
4 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 2 (14.29%) High Availability
4 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 2 (14.29%) Problem Management
4 2 (14.29%) Workflow
5 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.14%) Database Security
5 1 (7.14%) Process Improvement
5 1 (7.14%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) PowerShell
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (7.14%) Bash
3 1 (7.14%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (42.86%) Degree
3 3 (21.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (14.29%) CCNA
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (14.29%) MCP
4 2 (14.29%) MOS
5 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) MCSA
5 1 (7.14%) RHCE
5 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (14.29%) Hyper-V
4 1 (7.14%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (7.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) ServiceNow
3 4 (28.57%) VMware
4 2 (14.29%) Dell
4 2 (14.29%) Sophos
5 1 (7.14%) Adobe
5 1 (7.14%) Citrix
5 1 (7.14%) HP
5 1 (7.14%) Red Hat