MCSE Jobs in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 545 638 677
Rank change year-on-year +93 +39 -212
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 282 320 514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.34% 0.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.17% 1.03% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 217 283 431
10th Percentile £30,250 £23,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £30,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,225 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.57% -7.78% +2.27%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £46,533
% change year-on-year +8.43% -10.82% +3.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

MCSE is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,021 31,058 34,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.54% 32.71% 26.28%
Number of salaries quoted 15,724 13,890 16,769
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,932
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,700 £57,780 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +5.05% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,863
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £57,810 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.59% +5.11% -

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 2024. 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
South East +14 88 £35,000 -3.45% 10
London +110 63 £65,000 +23.81% 8
North of England +65 45 £45,000 +20.00% 11
Midlands -5 38 £45,000 +7.14% 6
East of England +40 28 £40,000 -13.51% 3
West Midlands +22 26 £50,000 +56.25% 5
Yorkshire +114 23 £44,000 +73.40% 3
South West -9 20 £36,000 -14.79% 11
North West 0 13 £46,000 +8.24% 6
East Midlands -24 12 £44,225 -1.72% 1
North East - 9 £42,250 - 2
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 76 (26.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (18.44%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.19%) IIS
4 5 (1.77%) CMS
5 4 (1.42%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (1.42%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (0.71%) Apache
6 2 (0.71%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (13.48%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.71%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.71%) PTC Creo
3 2 (0.71%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 6 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.71%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 187 (66.31%) Azure
2 123 (43.62%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (19.50%) AWS
4 46 (16.31%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (14.18%) IBM Cloud
6 35 (12.41%) Entra ID
7 15 (5.32%) Nutanix
8 14 (4.96%) OneDrive
8 14 (4.96%) Power Platform
9 11 (3.90%) GCP
10 10 (3.55%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (2.84%) Mimecast
12 7 (2.48%) WhatsApp
13 6 (2.13%) IaaS
13 6 (2.13%) PowerApps
13 6 (2.13%) SaaS
14 3 (1.06%) Google Workspace
14 3 (1.06%) PaaS
15 2 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 97 (34.40%) Firewall
2 77 (27.30%) SAN
3 59 (20.92%) DNS
4 56 (19.86%) DHCP
5 50 (17.73%) VLAN
6 43 (15.25%) VPN
7 37 (13.12%) WAN
8 33 (11.70%) NAS
9 30 (10.64%) TCP/IP
9 30 (10.64%) VoIP
10 28 (9.93%) LAN
11 17 (6.03%) Internet
12 13 (4.61%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (3.90%) Network Security
13 11 (3.90%) SD-WAN
14 10 (3.55%) MPLS
15 7 (2.48%) Wireless
15 7 (2.48%) Wireshark
15 7 (2.48%) WLAN
16 5 (1.77%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.87%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.26%) Power BI
3 5 (1.77%) MySQL
3 5 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.06%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.06%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.71%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.71%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.71%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.35%) Metadata
7 1 (0.35%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (2.84%) Git
2 5 (1.77%) JIRA
3 2 (0.71%) Chocolatey
3 2 (0.71%) GitLab
3 2 (0.71%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.71%) MSBuild
3 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
General
1 93 (32.98%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.09%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (15.96%) Public Sector
4 16 (5.67%) Finance
5 15 (5.32%) Billing
6 12 (4.26%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.84%) Legal
8 8 (2.84%) Retail
9 7 (2.48%) Automotive
10 5 (1.77%) Law
11 3 (1.06%) Electronics
11 3 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.06%) Multimedia
11 3 (1.06%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.71%) Banking
12 2 (0.71%) Games
12 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 44 (15.60%) IT Support
2 31 (10.99%) IT Engineer
3 27 (9.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 26 (9.22%) 3rd Line Support
4 26 (9.22%) Support Engineer
5 21 (7.45%) Lead
6 20 (7.09%) IT Manager
7 18 (6.38%) IT Support Engineer
8 16 (5.67%) Architect
8 16 (5.67%) Infrastructure Architect
8 16 (5.67%) IT Technician
9 15 (5.32%) Analyst
9 15 (5.32%) Storage Specialist
10 13 (4.61%) Consultant
10 13 (4.61%) Virtualisation Specialist
11 12 (4.26%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
12 10 (3.55%) 2nd Line Support
12 10 (3.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 9 (3.19%) IT Support Technician
13 9 (3.19%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.32%) ARM Templates
2 6 (2.13%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.06%) .NET
4 2 (0.71%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.71%) XML
4 2 (0.71%) YAML
5 1 (0.35%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 44 (15.60%) Hybrid Cloud
2 42 (14.89%) Data Centre
3 40 (14.18%) Blockchain
3 40 (14.18%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (9.57%) Replication
5 20 (7.09%) Management Information System
5 20 (7.09%) Public Cloud
6 15 (5.32%) Security Posture
7 12 (4.26%) Driving Licence
8 10 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.48%) Clustering
9 7 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.48%) Operational Technology
9 7 (2.48%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.77%) EPoS
10 5 (1.77%) NHS
11 4 (1.42%) PKI
11 4 (1.42%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 184 (65.25%) Windows
2 109 (38.65%) Windows Server
3 106 (37.59%) Linux
4 44 (15.60%) Debian
5 41 (14.54%) CentOS
6 40 (14.18%) Alpine Linux
7 27 (9.57%) Windows Server 2012
8 21 (7.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 19 (6.74%) Windows 10
10 16 (5.67%) Ubuntu
10 16 (5.67%) Windows Server 2019
11 15 (5.32%) SUSE
12 8 (2.84%) Android
13 7 (2.48%) Apple iOS
14 6 (2.13%) Mac OS
14 6 (2.13%) Unix
15 2 (0.71%) VMS
15 2 (0.71%) Windows 2000
15 2 (0.71%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.71%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (32.98%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (24.11%) ITIL
3 57 (20.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 48 (17.02%) CI/CD
4 48 (17.02%) DevOps
5 47 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 46 (16.31%) Artificial Intelligence
7 45 (15.96%) Task Automation
8 43 (15.25%) Customer Service
8 43 (15.25%) Mentoring
9 42 (14.89%) Data Science
10 40 (14.18%) Co-Creation
10 40 (14.18%) Functional Testing
10 40 (14.18%) Separation of Concerns
10 40 (14.18%) Technology Transformation
11 38 (13.48%) Cybersecurity
12 37 (13.12%) Project Management
13 36 (12.77%) Disaster Recovery
14 24 (8.51%) Computer Science
15 23 (8.16%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 48 (17.02%) PowerShell
2 46 (16.31%) SQL
3 11 (3.90%) C#
4 9 (3.19%) Bash
5 8 (2.84%) Python
6 5 (1.77%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.71%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.71%) PHP
7 2 (0.71%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.71%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 282 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 127 (45.04%) MCSA
3 96 (34.04%) Cisco Certification
4 82 (29.08%) CCNA
5 64 (22.70%) Degree
6 54 (19.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 52 (18.44%) Azure Certification
8 27 (9.57%) MCP
9 20 (7.09%) CCNP
10 19 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (4.61%) Network+ Certification
12 11 (3.90%) ITIL Certification
13 10 (3.55%) MCITP
14 7 (2.48%) A+ Certification
14 7 (2.48%) AWS Certification
14 7 (2.48%) CISSP
14 7 (2.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 7 (2.48%) Master's Degree
14 7 (2.48%) Security Cleared
15 6 (2.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.26%) SLA
2 11 (3.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.48%) GDPR
5 2 (0.71%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 135 (47.87%) Active Directory
2 112 (39.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 66 (23.40%) Hyper-V
4 41 (14.54%) Docker
5 25 (8.87%) vSphere
6 22 (7.80%) Virtual Servers
7 15 (5.32%) vCloud
8 10 (3.55%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (1.77%) XenDesktop
10 3 (1.06%) Firmware
10 3 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.71%) Terminal Server
11 2 (0.71%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 46 (16.31%) Terraform
2 41 (14.54%) Kubernetes
3 34 (12.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (8.87%) SCCM
5 11 (3.90%) SCOM
6 10 (3.55%) FortiGate
7 9 (3.19%) WSUS
8 3 (1.06%) Ansible
8 3 (1.06%) Autotask
8 3 (1.06%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (1.06%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.71%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.71%) HP SIM
9 2 (0.71%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.71%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.71%) vRealize
9 2 (0.71%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 178 (63.12%) Microsoft
2 125 (44.33%) VMware
3 47 (16.67%) Red Hat
4 45 (15.96%) IBM
5 44 (15.60%) HP
6 43 (15.25%) Cisco
7 40 (14.18%) Veeam
8 18 (6.38%) Citrix
9 17 (6.03%) Commvault
10 16 (5.67%) Meraki
11 15 (5.32%) Fujitsu
11 15 (5.32%) Nimble Storage
12 13 (4.61%) Google
13 12 (4.26%) Apple
13 12 (4.26%) Dell
14 9 (3.19%) Draytek
14 9 (3.19%) Sophos
15 8 (2.84%) Datto
15 8 (2.84%) SonicWALL
16 7 (2.48%) Sage