MCSE Contracts in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 173 198
Rank change year-on-year +29 +25 +40
Contract jobs citing MCSE 20 18 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.58% 0.35% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.44% 0.76% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 18 9
10th Percentile £570 £300 £106
25th Percentile £600 £322 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £498 £475
Median % change year-on-year +30.65% +4.74% -
75th Percentile - £556 £574
90th Percentile - £568 £600
England median daily rate £550 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +22.22% -7.69% +14.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,390 2,356 2,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.21% 45.37% 36.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 908 1,435 1,321
10th Percentile £263 £351 £300
25th Percentile £414 £450 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £666 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 205 125
10th Percentile £18.87 £17.88 £20.35
25th Percentile £19.47 £27.00 £48.40
Median hourly rate £32.05 £57.35 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year -44.12% -6.94% +36.96%
75th Percentile £69.91 £70.39 £72.50
90th Percentile £83.41 £87.46 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.85
% change year-on-year -41.51% -23.01% +31.41%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for MCSE in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MCSE in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for MCSE in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Hampshire +32 18 £650 +20.93% 7
Surrey +16 1 £450 +20.00% 2
Thames Valley +16 1 £625 +25.00% 3
Berkshire - 1 £625 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) AWS
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 17 (85.00%) Fibre Channel
1 17 (85.00%) iSCSI
2 2 (10.00%) Firewall
3 1 (5.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (85.00%) Architect
1 17 (85.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 16 (80.00%) VMware Architect
3 2 (10.00%) IT Security Specialist
3 2 (10.00%) Security Specialist
3 2 (10.00%) SIEM Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Field Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Field Service Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (85.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 16 (80.00%) Windows
2 16 (80.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Edge Virtualization
1 12 (60.00%) Performance Analysis
2 5 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (20.00%) Operational Stability
3 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (10.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (10.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (10.00%) SIEM
4 2 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (5.00%) Coaching
5 1 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (5.00%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (5.00%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 17 (85.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (85.00%) Security Cleared
3 16 (80.00%) DV Cleared
4 13 (65.00%) VCP5
4 13 (65.00%) VCP6
4 13 (65.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (15.00%) CCNA
5 3 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (10.00%) Degree
7 1 (5.00%) A+ Certification
7 1 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (85.00%) NFS
1 17 (85.00%) VMware ESXi
1 17 (85.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 17 (85.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 19 (95.00%) Microsoft
1 19 (95.00%) Splunk
2 17 (85.00%) NetApp
2 17 (85.00%) Veeam
2 17 (85.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.00%) Dell