MCSE Contracts in Wiltshire

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 70 80
Rank change year-on-year +20 +10 -8
Contract jobs citing MCSE 3 15 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 0.65% 1.66% 1.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.88% 2.19% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 10
10th Percentile £500 £325 £469
25th Percentile £509 £469 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £519
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +3.61% +15.21%
75th Percentile £638 £556 £575
90th Percentile £672 £601 £576
South West median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +40.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 339 686 766
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 73.70% 75.80% 71.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 553 611
10th Percentile £338 £400 £413
25th Percentile £501 £481 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £578
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £640 £675 £675
90th Percentile £688 £738 £725
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £579
% change year-on-year - -5.01% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 12
10th Percentile - - £23.55
25th Percentile £18.87 £14.25 £56.06
Median hourly rate £25.08 £42.75 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.35% -32.14% -0.79%
75th Percentile £25.15 £74.00 £77.50
90th Percentile - - £86.50
South West median hourly rate £29.40 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -54.77% - +6.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in Wiltshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for MCSE in Wiltshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for MCSE in Wiltshire

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Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 5 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
Corsham +25 3 £550 +2.33%
MCSE
South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 3 (100.00%) Confluence
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Skype
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket
2 1 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Military
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test and Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) PKI
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (33.33%) NsoIT
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCSA
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) OCA
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) PowerCLI
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
1 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Atlassian
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 1 (33.33%) Veeam