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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 165 141
Rank change year-on-year -13 -24 +76
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 2 4 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.059% 0.089% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.36% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 8
10th Percentile - £45,500 -
25th Percentile - £50,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £60,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - +71.43% -22.22%
75th Percentile - £62,500 £51,250
90th Percentile - - £69,625
England median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -14.89% +7.43%

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 1,283 1,103 988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 37.81% 24.64% 38.99%
Number of salaries quoted 495 448 452
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,375
25th Percentile £30,750 £37,500 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,563 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,625 £84,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.10% -6.37% +9.09%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE 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 18 September 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
Cambridgeshire - 2 - -
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Biopharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GxP
1 2 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware