MCSE Jobs in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 455 499
Rank change year-on-year +83 +44 +295
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 24 52 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.18% 0.22% 0.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.58% 0.80% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 20 48 63
10th Percentile £24,750 £30,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £31,625 £39,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £59,063 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,125 £76,475 £75,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £43,125
% change year-on-year -12.50% -7.25% -4.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,119 6,468 7,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 31.36% 27.76% 26.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,965 3,794 5,191
10th Percentile £40,903 £35,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,000 £47,500 £51,841
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,125 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.62% -9.79% +9.09%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in London

MCSE
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for MCSE in London

MCSE
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in London over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for MCSE in London

MCSE
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the London region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Central London +19 4 £65,000 +47.73%
South London -1 2 £61,250 +11.36%
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.17%) IIS
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 18 (75.00%) Azure
2 13 (54.17%) AWS
3 9 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (25.00%) Entra ID
5 5 (20.83%) Google Workspace
5 5 (20.83%) Mimecast
6 4 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (16.67%) Dropbox
7 3 (12.50%) Power Platform
8 1 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (4.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (62.50%) DNS
2 12 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 11 (45.83%) DHCP
4 10 (41.67%) LAN
4 10 (41.67%) WAN
5 4 (16.67%) IPv4
6 2 (8.33%) Firewall
7 1 (4.17%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (4.17%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (4.17%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (4.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Power BI
1 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.17%) Amazon QuickSight
2 1 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (4.17%) Power Query
2 1 (4.17%) Snowflake Schema
2 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (4.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 14 (58.33%) Finance
2 11 (45.83%) Banking
3 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Automotive
5 1 (4.17%) Advertising
5 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Wintel Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Head of IT
4 2 (8.33%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Administrator
5 1 (4.17%) Business Intelligence Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Desktop Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Desktop Support
5 1 (4.17%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) IT Manager
5 1 (4.17%) IT Security Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Security Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Systems Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Virtualisation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) .NET
2 1 (4.17%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (4.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.17%) Eurex
2 1 (4.17%) Hedge funds
2 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 23 (95.83%) Windows
2 14 (58.33%) Windows Server
3 12 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (45.83%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (41.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (16.67%) Linux
7 1 (4.17%) Solaris
7 1 (4.17%) Ubuntu
7 1 (4.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) ITIL
2 11 (45.83%) Artificial Intelligence
2 11 (45.83%) Patch Management
3 10 (41.67%) Batch Scripting
3 10 (41.67%) Collaborative Working
3 10 (41.67%) Cost Optimisation
3 10 (41.67%) Incident Management
3 10 (41.67%) Process Improvement
3 10 (41.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (16.67%) Email Filtering
4 4 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
4 4 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 4 (16.67%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 4 (16.67%) Two-Factor Authentication
5 3 (12.50%) Analytics
5 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (12.50%) ERP
6 2 (8.33%) Change Control
6 2 (8.33%) Data Security
6 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (54.17%) PowerShell
2 4 (16.67%) SQL
3 3 (12.50%) T-SQL
4 2 (8.33%) C#
4 2 (8.33%) Python
5 1 (4.17%) Bash
5 1 (4.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (4.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 11 (45.83%) Azure Certification
4 7 (29.17%) MCSA
5 5 (20.83%) CCNA
5 5 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (16.67%) MCP
7 3 (12.50%) Degree
8 2 (8.33%) MCITP
9 1 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (4.17%) AWS Certification
9 1 (4.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (4.17%) CISA
9 1 (4.17%) CISSP
9 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (4.17%) MCDST
9 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
9 1 (4.17%) PMP
9 1 (4.17%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (45.83%) SLA
2 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
2 1 (4.17%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (79.17%) Active Directory
2 17 (70.83%) Hyper-V
3 15 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (16.67%) BitLocker
4 4 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (4.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (62.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (41.67%) NetBackup
2 10 (41.67%) SCCM
2 10 (41.67%) SCOM
3 4 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (4.17%) Ansible
4 1 (4.17%) Prometheus
4 1 (4.17%) Puppet
4 1 (4.17%) vRealize
Vendors
1 20 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 16 (66.67%) VMware
3 10 (41.67%) ServiceNow
3 10 (41.67%) SolarWinds
3 10 (41.67%) Veeam
4 5 (20.83%) Google
4 5 (20.83%) Oracle
5 4 (16.67%) Apple
5 4 (16.67%) ConnectWise
5 4 (16.67%) Proofpoint
5 4 (16.67%) Webroot
6 2 (8.33%) Bloomberg
6 2 (8.33%) Cisco
6 2 (8.33%) Dell
6 2 (8.33%) Reuters
7 1 (4.17%) Citrix
7 1 (4.17%) CQG
7 1 (4.17%) Red Hat
7 1 (4.17%) Sophos
7 1 (4.17%) Trayport