MCSE Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 339 382
Rank change year-on-year +23 +43 -68
Contract jobs citing MCSE 82 117 136
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.48% 0.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.06% 1.45% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 99 93
10th Percentile £260 £105 £128
25th Percentile £300 £186 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +13.33% -15.73%
75th Percentile £556 £575 £450
90th Percentile £596 £655 £610
UK median daily rate £375 £456 £425
% change year-on-year -17.81% +7.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 7
10th Percentile £13.10 - £15.00
25th Percentile £14.19 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £21.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -13.35% -
75th Percentile £19.13 £20.00 £48.90
90th Percentile £41.47 £23.89 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £23.22
% change year-on-year -5.41% -20.32% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,713 8,084 8,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 37.14% 33.35% 26.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,457 5,424 5,306
10th Percentile £263 £273 £250
25th Percentile £425 £418 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £594
90th Percentile £719 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.00% +4.76% +8.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 914 690 551
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.48 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.35 £20.00 £16.37
Median hourly rate £40.13 £50.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.75% +61.29% -10.25%
75th Percentile £61.60 £66.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £78.00 £67.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.28 £40.93
% change year-on-year -26.31% +32.62% +6.31%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the UK excluding London

MCSE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for MCSE in the UK excluding London

MCSE
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MCSE in the UK excluding London

MCSE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for MCSE in the UK excluding London

MCSE
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MCSE in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MCSE in the UK excluding London

MCSE
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
South East +21 21 £538 -4.61% 11
Scotland +45 19 £325 +165.18% 11
North of England +16 15 £400 -27.27% 10
South West +15 14 £538 +19.44% 9
North West +3 11 £300 -53.85% 5
East of England +16 7 £325 +195.45% 3
Midlands +23 5 £117 -47.53% 4
North East +24 4 £488 +343.18% 1
East Midlands +10 3 £130 -41.70%
West Midlands +33 2 £117 -43.27% 4
Northern Ireland +8 2 - - 4
MCSE
UK

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 28 (34.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (19.51%) Confluence
3 15 (18.29%) SharePoint
4 6 (7.32%) IIS
5 3 (3.66%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 21 (25.61%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (19.51%) Azure
3 6 (7.32%) AWS
3 6 (7.32%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.44%) IaaS
4 2 (2.44%) Mimecast
4 2 (2.44%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.22%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 25 (30.49%) DNS
2 21 (25.61%) DHCP
3 17 (20.73%) SAN
4 9 (10.98%) TCP/IP
4 9 (10.98%) VPN
5 8 (9.76%) Firewall
6 7 (8.54%) SSL
7 6 (7.32%) Fibre Channel
8 5 (6.10%) iSCSI
8 5 (6.10%) NAS
8 5 (6.10%) VLAN
9 4 (4.88%) VoIP
9 4 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (3.66%) Skype
11 2 (2.44%) HTTP
11 2 (2.44%) LAN
11 2 (2.44%) Network Security
11 2 (2.44%) WAN
11 2 (2.44%) Wireless
12 1 (1.22%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (19.51%) JIRA
General
1 36 (43.90%) Analytical Skills
1 36 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.17%) Public Sector
3 15 (18.29%) Military
4 7 (8.54%) Manufacturing
5 6 (7.32%) Marketing
6 5 (6.10%) Finance
6 5 (6.10%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.88%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.44%) Banking
8 2 (2.44%) Electronics
9 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (18.29%) Integration Engineer
1 15 (18.29%) Test and Integration Engineer
1 15 (18.29%) Test Engineer
2 11 (13.41%) Support Engineer
3 9 (10.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (10.98%) Senior
4 8 (9.76%) Field Engineer
5 7 (8.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 7 (8.54%) Field Service Engineer
5 7 (8.54%) IT Engineer
6 6 (7.32%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (6.10%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 5 (6.10%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (6.10%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 4 (4.88%) Desktop Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) IT Support
8 4 (4.88%) Security Specialist
8 4 (4.88%) Service Delivery Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.44%) CSS
1 2 (2.44%) XML
2 1 (1.22%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (23.17%) PKI
2 16 (19.51%) Data Centre
3 7 (8.54%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (7.32%) Clustering
5 4 (4.88%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (4.88%) Public Cloud
5 4 (4.88%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.22%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.22%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.22%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 59 (71.95%) Windows
2 41 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 23 (28.05%) Windows Server 2012
4 14 (17.07%) Windows 10
5 11 (13.41%) Linux
6 6 (7.32%) CentOS
6 6 (7.32%) Debian
6 6 (7.32%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (7.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (4.88%) Unix
8 3 (3.66%) Mac OS
9 2 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (1.22%) Android
10 1 (1.22%) Apple iOS
10 1 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (1.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (36.59%) ITIL
2 23 (28.05%) Agile
3 18 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (19.51%) Critical Thinking
5 15 (18.29%) Regression Testing
5 15 (18.29%) Test Scripting
6 13 (15.85%) Customer Service
7 11 (13.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (8.54%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (8.54%) Service Management
10 6 (7.32%) Break/Fix
10 6 (7.32%) PRINCE2
11 5 (6.10%) High Availability
11 5 (6.10%) Infrastructure Management
11 5 (6.10%) Penetration Testing
11 5 (6.10%) Project Management
11 5 (6.10%) Security Operations
12 4 (4.88%) Mobile Device Management
12 4 (4.88%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 21 (25.61%) SQL
2 13 (15.85%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.44%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.22%) Bash
4 1 (1.22%) Bicep
4 1 (1.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 82 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 31 (37.80%) MCSA
3 25 (30.49%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (29.27%) Degree
4 24 (29.27%) Security Cleared
4 24 (29.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 22 (26.83%) CCNA
6 20 (24.39%) SC Cleared
7 9 (10.98%) A+ Certification
7 9 (10.98%) Network+ Certification
8 7 (8.54%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (7.32%) DV Cleared
9 6 (7.32%) RHCT
10 5 (6.10%) CCNP
10 5 (6.10%) MCP
11 4 (4.88%) MCTS
12 2 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (2.44%) MCSD
12 2 (2.44%) MOS
13 1 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.76%) SLA
2 3 (3.66%) NCSC
2 3 (3.66%) NIST
3 2 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.44%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 45 (54.88%) Active Directory
2 34 (41.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (13.41%) Hyper-V
4 7 (8.54%) vSphere
5 6 (7.32%) KVM
6 4 (4.88%) Firmware
7 2 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (2.44%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (1.22%) Terminal Services
8 1 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 16 (19.51%) SCCM
2 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (2.44%) SCOM
3 2 (2.44%) vCenter Server
3 2 (2.44%) WSUS
4 1 (1.22%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 54 (65.85%) Microsoft
2 38 (46.34%) VMware
3 10 (12.20%) Dell
4 8 (9.76%) Citrix
4 8 (9.76%) ServiceNow
5 7 (8.54%) Red Hat
6 4 (4.88%) Cisco
7 3 (3.66%) HP
7 3 (3.66%) SolarWinds
7 3 (3.66%) Veeam
8 2 (2.44%) Apple
8 2 (2.44%) SAP
8 2 (2.44%) Sophos
9 1 (1.22%) Adobe
9 1 (1.22%) Atlassian
9 1 (1.22%) BEA
9 1 (1.22%) Oracle