MCSE Job Trends in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 163 171
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 +45
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 3 4 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.062% 0.13% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.29% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 13
10th Percentile £27,075 - -
25th Percentile £28,313 £51,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £52,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +31.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £36,688 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £37,025 - -
England median annual salary £35,971 £37,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year -4.08% -20.21% +11.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,413 1,379 1,380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 29.01% 43.38% 30.25%
Number of salaries quoted 525 538 960
10th Percentile £29,271 £32,160 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,938 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,254 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £75,000
England 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 East of England

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

MCSE job vacancy trend in the East of England

MCSE
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MCSE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MCSE

MCSE
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the East of England region over the 6 months to 26 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
Essex -9 1 £36,500 - 1
Hertfordshire -9 1 £27,500 -47.62% 1
Norfolk - 1 £33,250 - 1
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) IMAP
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) POP3
2 1 (33.33%) SMTP
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) IT Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (33.33%) IT Systems Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) IT Technician
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Technician
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 2000
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 8
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) MCDST
3 1 (33.33%) MCITP
3 1 (33.33%) MCSA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) Salesforce