MCSE Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 95 75
Rank change year-on-year +10 -20 +49
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 2 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.16% 0.32% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.45% 0.87% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £55,250 - -
25th Percentile £55,625 £57,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +60.00% +1.35%
75th Percentile £64,375 £62,500 £37,750
90th Percentile £64,750 - -
South East median annual salary £31,500 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -27.59% +2.35% +13.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

MCSE falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 442 346 239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 34.53% 37.16% 29.95%
Number of salaries quoted 215 100 134
10th Percentile £20,000 £35,000 £32,950
25th Percentile £31,875 £46,250 £42,798
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,386 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.31% +1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £59,000 £68,375 £66,875
90th Percentile £67,500 £90,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £53,260
% change year-on-year -12.50% +12.65% +1.59%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

MCSE job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

MCSE
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing MCSE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing MCSE

MCSE
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 26 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes -5 2 £60,000 -
MCSE
South East

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware