MCSE Jobs in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 551 573 616
Rank change year-on-year +22 +43 +87
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 135 280 292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.31% 0.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 1.13% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 81 213 255
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +3.66% -8.89%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £54,375
90th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £69,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £43,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +3.57% -6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,632 24,771 28,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.31% 27.69% 33.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,782 15,756 13,083
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,897 £54,399 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -9.34% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,938 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in England

MCSE
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSE in England.

Salary trend for MCSE in England

MCSE
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for MCSE in England

MCSE
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the England 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
Midlands +111 64 £35,000 -20.86% 22
West Midlands +79 48 £35,000 -17.65% 11
South East +29 28 £45,000 +28.57% 36
London +70 18 £55,000 - 10
East Midlands +50 16 £35,000 -20.86% 10
North of England +27 15 £36,250 -9.38% 25
South West +90 9 £28,000 -24.32% 10
Yorkshire +48 7 £55,000 +37.50% 8
North West +2 6 £35,000 -22.22% 15
North East +41 2 £48,750 +30.00% 2
East of England +21 2 £52,500 +31.25% 17
MCSE
UK

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (10.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (6.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.74%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (8.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.96%) SAP Business One
2 3 (2.22%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.74%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 52 (38.52%) Azure
2 31 (22.96%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (22.22%) AWS
4 11 (8.15%) Google Workspace
5 9 (6.67%) Entra ID
6 8 (5.93%) PaaS
6 8 (5.93%) SaaS
7 3 (2.22%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.22%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.48%) GCP
9 1 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.74%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.74%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 40 (29.63%) WLAN
2 32 (23.70%) Network Security
3 31 (22.96%) DNS
4 28 (20.74%) DHCP
4 28 (20.74%) Internet
5 22 (16.30%) Firewall
6 21 (15.56%) TCP/IP
7 20 (14.81%) LAN
7 20 (14.81%) WAN
8 12 (8.89%) VLAN
9 11 (8.15%) BGP
9 11 (8.15%) OSPF
10 6 (4.44%) Wireshark
11 3 (2.22%) SAN
11 3 (2.22%) VoIP
12 2 (1.48%) InfiniBand
13 1 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
13 1 (0.74%) NAS
13 1 (0.74%) Unified Communications
13 1 (0.74%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.22%) Power BI
3 1 (0.74%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (0.74%) Power Query
3 1 (0.74%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.48%) JIRA
General
1 53 (39.26%) Social Skills
2 15 (11.11%) Automotive
3 12 (8.89%) Public Sector
4 11 (8.15%) Finance
4 11 (8.15%) Retail
5 9 (6.67%) Banking
6 5 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.96%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.48%) Legal
10 1 (0.74%) Advertising
10 1 (0.74%) Back Office
10 1 (0.74%) Law
10 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.74%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (33.33%) IT Support
2 43 (31.85%) IT Engineer
3 42 (31.11%) Support Engineer
4 31 (22.96%) IT Support Engineer
5 15 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (10.37%) Analyst
7 13 (9.63%) Systems Engineer
8 12 (8.89%) Infrastructure Support
9 11 (8.15%) Lead
9 11 (8.15%) Support Analyst
10 9 (6.67%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 9 (6.67%) Support Team Leader
10 9 (6.67%) Team Leader
10 9 (6.67%) Wintel Engineer
11 8 (5.93%) Technical Support
12 6 (4.44%) NOC Engineer
12 6 (4.44%) Software Analyst
12 6 (4.44%) Software Support Analyst
12 6 (4.44%) Support Specialist
13 5 (3.70%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.19%) .NET
2 6 (4.44%) ASP.NET
2 6 (4.44%) WPF
3 1 (0.74%) REST
3 1 (0.74%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 42 (31.11%) Driving Licence
2 28 (20.74%) Management Information System
3 12 (8.89%) Smartphone
4 8 (5.93%) Data Centre
4 8 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.96%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.74%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.74%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.74%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.74%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 102 (75.56%) Windows
2 72 (53.33%) Linux
3 54 (40.00%) Windows Server
4 23 (17.04%) Windows Server 2016
4 23 (17.04%) Windows Server 2019
5 19 (14.07%) Windows 10
6 17 (12.59%) Ubuntu
7 11 (8.15%) Mac OS X
8 9 (6.67%) Mac OS
8 9 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (4.44%) CentOS
10 3 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (1.48%) Android
11 2 (1.48%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.74%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.74%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (39.26%) ITIL
1 53 (39.26%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (36.30%) Computer Science
3 41 (30.37%) Mentoring
4 34 (25.19%) Asset Management
5 28 (20.74%) IT Asset Management
5 28 (20.74%) Network Management
6 19 (14.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 15 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
8 14 (10.37%) Process Improvement
9 13 (9.63%) Coaching
9 13 (9.63%) Performance Tuning
9 13 (9.63%) Root Cause Analysis
10 11 (8.15%) Business Case
10 11 (8.15%) Information Security
10 11 (8.15%) Systems Engineering
11 10 (7.41%) Cost Optimisation
12 9 (6.67%) Batch Scripting
12 9 (6.67%) ITSM
12 9 (6.67%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (25.19%) SQL
2 31 (22.96%) PowerShell
3 7 (5.19%) C#
4 4 (2.96%) Python
5 3 (2.22%) Bash
5 3 (2.22%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.48%) Perl
6 2 (1.48%) VB
7 1 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.74%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 135 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 67 (49.63%) MCP
3 64 (47.41%) Degree
4 56 (41.48%) CCNA
4 56 (41.48%) Cisco Certification
5 50 (37.04%) MCSA
6 47 (34.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 45 (33.33%) CCNP
8 30 (22.22%) LPIC
9 25 (18.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 11 (8.15%) Azure Certification
10 11 (8.15%) HNC
10 11 (8.15%) HND
11 10 (7.41%) A+ Certification
11 10 (7.41%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (3.70%) Security Cleared
13 4 (2.96%) MCITP
14 3 (2.22%) CCDA
14 3 (2.22%) DV Cleared
14 3 (2.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.63%) SLA
2 6 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.22%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.48%) NCSC
5 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.74%) NIST
5 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (37.04%) Active Directory
2 27 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (16.30%) Hyper-V
4 7 (5.19%) vSphere
5 5 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.48%) GPFS
6 2 (1.48%) Lustre
6 2 (1.48%) NFS
6 2 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.74%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.74%) Docker
7 1 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.74%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (10.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (8.89%) SCCM
3 9 (6.67%) NetBackup
3 9 (6.67%) SCOM
4 7 (5.19%) PaperCut
5 2 (1.48%) vCenter Server
5 2 (1.48%) vRealize
6 1 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.74%) Ansible
6 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.74%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.74%) Puppet
6 1 (0.74%) Terraform
6 1 (0.74%) VxRail
6 1 (0.74%) WMI
Vendors
1 107 (79.26%) Microsoft
2 57 (42.22%) Cisco
3 32 (23.70%) VMware
4 15 (11.11%) Dell
5 14 (10.37%) Fortinet
6 11 (8.15%) Apple
6 11 (8.15%) Google
6 11 (8.15%) ServiceNow
6 11 (8.15%) Ubiquiti
7 10 (7.41%) SolarWinds
7 10 (7.41%) Veeam
8 6 (4.44%) Palo Alto
8 6 (4.44%) Red Hat
8 6 (4.44%) SAP
9 3 (2.22%) Acronis
9 3 (2.22%) arcserve
9 3 (2.22%) Meraki
9 3 (2.22%) Sage
9 3 (2.22%) SonicWALL
9 3 (2.22%) WatchGuard