MCSE Jobs 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 186 151
Rank change year-on-year +50 -35 +33
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 16 12 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.60% 0.25% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.01% 1.18% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 21
10th Percentile - £33,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,225 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.86% -1.72% +2.86%
75th Percentile £38,750 £50,014 £57,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +3.66% -8.89%

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 1,590 1,018 1,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 59.24% 21.09% 38.05%
Number of salaries quoted 256 577 278
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,150 £26,175
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,000 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £54,897 £54,399 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.34% +9.09%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing MCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the East Midlands

MCSE
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSE in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for MCSE in the East Midlands

MCSE
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 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
Derbyshire +20 9 £35,000 -36.36% 2
Leicestershire +44 4 - - 3
Northamptonshire -3 2 £55,000 +37.50% 1
Nottinghamshire +20 1 - - 3
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (56.25%) Azure
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (50.00%) AWS
2 8 (50.00%) PaaS
2 8 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Internet
1 5 (31.25%) Network Security
1 5 (31.25%) WLAN
2 2 (12.50%) DHCP
2 2 (12.50%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Legal
2 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) IT Support
2 7 (43.75%) Lead
2 7 (43.75%) Support Team Leader
2 7 (43.75%) Team Leader
3 6 (37.50%) IT Engineer
3 6 (37.50%) IT Support Engineer
3 6 (37.50%) Support Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior IT Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior IT Support
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (81.25%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (81.25%) Linux
3 11 (68.75%) Windows Server
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) ITIL
2 13 (81.25%) Mentoring
3 8 (50.00%) Coaching
3 8 (50.00%) ITSM
4 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (31.25%) Asset Management
5 5 (31.25%) Computer Science
5 5 (31.25%) IT Asset Management
5 5 (31.25%) Network Management
6 2 (12.50%) Time Management
6 2 (12.50%) Virtual Environments
7 1 (6.25%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (6.25%) Performance Metrics
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (93.75%) MCP
3 13 (81.25%) CCNA
3 13 (81.25%) CCNP
3 13 (81.25%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (81.25%) Degree
4 11 (68.75%) MCSA
5 5 (31.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (31.25%) LPIC
6 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
6 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
7 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
7 1 (6.25%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Cisco
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) arcserve
2 2 (12.50%) VMware