MCSE Contract Job Trends 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 19 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 51 71
Rank change year-on-year -1 +20 -1
Contract jobs citing MCSE 4 11 8
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.95% 1.85% 0.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.18% 2.71% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 8
10th Percentile £577 £484 -
25th Percentile £595 £489 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.57% +15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £703 £725 £523
90th Percentile £716 £745 £579
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -

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 339 406 564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 80.33% 68.47% 67.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 294 404
10th Percentile £363 £400 £413
25th Percentile £513 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £667 £661 £641
90th Percentile £725 £737 £721
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 1 21
10th Percentile £12.50 - £40.85
25th Percentile £18.78 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £23.13 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.45% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £60.00
90th Percentile - - £64.50
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% -3.50%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

MCSE job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

MCSE
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing MCSE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing MCSE

MCSE
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing MCSE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing MCSE

MCSE
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 19 October 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 +6 4 £630 +9.57% 3
MCSE
South West

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Confluence
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
1 2 (50.00%) Skype
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (25.00%) Git
2 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Military
4 1 (25.00%) Advertising
4 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
4 1 (25.00%) CentOS
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) System Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) NsoIT
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) MCSA
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) OCA
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
1 1 (25.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Atlassian
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (25.00%) Veeam