MCSE Job Trends in the Channel Islands

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
UK > Channel Islands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Channel Islands with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Channel Islands 6.06% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 20.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
UK median annual salary £37,750 £37,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.67% -21.05% +14.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Channel Islands

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 the Channel Islands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 10 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Channel Islands 30.30% 7.69% 30.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile - - £47,000
25th Percentile - £61,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £63,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +14.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile - £64,500 £77,500
90th Percentile - - £91,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the Channel Islands

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

MCSE job vacancy trend in the Channel Islands

MCSE
Salary Trend in the Channel Islands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Channel Islands citing MCSE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Channel Islands citing MCSE

MCSE
Job Locations in the Channel Islands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the Channel Islands region over the 6 months to 13 February 2026. 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
Guernsey - 2 £75,000 -
Jersey - 2 £75,000 -
MCSE
UK

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Channel Islands 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%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Nutanix
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Presales
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) KVM
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Veeam
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Zerto