MCSE Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 79 157
Rank change year-on-year -50 +78 -9
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 21 38 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.64% 2.34% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.77% 6.19% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 21 0 8
10th Percentile - - £32,225
25th Percentile £29,000 - £36,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.56%
75th Percentile £53,951 - £60,625
90th Percentile - - £70,000
England median annual salary £35,971 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.08% -16.67% +8.43%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 759 614 745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 23.24% 37.76% 21.47%
Number of salaries quoted 237 218 521
10th Percentile £28,500 £24,649 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £69,875 £66,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

MCSE job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

MCSE
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing MCSE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing MCSE

MCSE
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Salary histogram for MCSE in the East Midlands

MCSE
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 March 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
Nottinghamshire +3 7 £51,058 -
Northamptonshire +2 7 £32,500 -
Derbyshire -19 7 £30,000 -
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 14 (66.67%) AWS
1 14 (66.67%) Azure
2 7 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 7 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) Firewall
1 7 (33.33%) IP Telephony
Development Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Burp Suite
1 7 (33.33%) Metasploit
General
1 14 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Retail
2 7 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 7 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 7 (33.33%) IT Support
1 7 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
1 7 (33.33%) Security Specialist
1 7 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 7 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) CCTV
1 7 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 7 (33.33%) Insider Threat
1 7 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Linux
1 7 (33.33%) Windows
1 7 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 2 (9.52%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
1 7 (33.33%) Anomaly Detection
1 7 (33.33%) Change Control
1 7 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 7 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
1 7 (33.33%) Information Security
1 7 (33.33%) ITIL
1 7 (33.33%) ITSM
1 7 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 7 (33.33%) Offensive Security
1 7 (33.33%) Open Source
1 7 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
1 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 7 (33.33%) Red Team
1 7 (33.33%) Server Management
1 7 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (14.29%) Black-Box Testing
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) CCNA
1 21 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 21 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 21 (100.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 14 (66.67%) MCSA
3 7 (33.33%) CCA
3 7 (33.33%) CCNP
3 7 (33.33%) CEH
3 7 (33.33%) CISMP
3 7 (33.33%) CISSP
3 7 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
3 7 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 7 (33.33%) CREST Certified
3 7 (33.33%) Degree
3 7 (33.33%) GIAC
3 7 (33.33%) GPEN
3 7 (33.33%) OSCP
3 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
1 7 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (33.33%) Nmap
Vendors
1 14 (66.67%) Cisco
1 14 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 14 (66.67%) VMware
2 7 (33.33%) Citrix
2 7 (33.33%) Draytek
2 7 (33.33%) Mitel
2 7 (33.33%) WatchGuard