MCSE Job Trends 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 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 415 426
Rank change year-on-year +77 +11 +320
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 52 34 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.44% 0.18% 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.51% 0.63% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 24 23 50
10th Percentile £24,750 £36,400 £35,425
25th Percentile £38,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,600 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.22% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £58,125 £57,500 £70,438
90th Percentile £76,375 £62,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -14.89% +4.44%

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 3,440 5,363 5,808
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.92% 28.07% 25.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,907 2,533 4,331
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,283 £39,085
25th Percentile £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +4.48%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £104,750 £112,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,762 £58,627
% change year-on-year -1.37% -4.89% +6.59%

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing MCSE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing MCSE

MCSE
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in London over the 6 months to 16 September 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 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
West London +45 5 £47,000 +14.63% 2
Central London +36 4 £76,250 +69.44%
North London -5 1 £32,500 -13.33% 2
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 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.92%) IIS
2 1 (1.92%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 26 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 26 (50.00%) AWS
2 25 (48.08%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (38.46%) Azure
4 5 (9.62%) Entra ID
4 5 (9.62%) Google Workspace
5 4 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (7.69%) Dropbox
5 4 (7.69%) Mimecast
6 2 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (3.85%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 11 (21.15%) DNS
2 9 (17.31%) Remote Desktop
3 8 (15.38%) TCP/IP
4 7 (13.46%) DHCP
5 6 (11.54%) LAN
5 6 (11.54%) WAN
6 4 (7.69%) IPv4
7 2 (3.85%) Firewall
8 1 (1.92%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (1.92%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (1.92%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (1.92%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (17.31%) SQL Server
2 5 (9.62%) Oracle Database
3 4 (7.69%) Metadata
3 4 (7.69%) Relational Database
4 2 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.85%) Power BI
4 2 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (3.85%) Tableau
5 1 (1.92%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (1.92%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.92%) MySQL
5 1 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.92%) Power Query
5 1 (1.92%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (1.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (19.23%) JIRA
General
1 37 (71.15%) Social Skills
2 26 (50.00%) French Language
2 26 (50.00%) Swedish Language
3 9 (17.31%) Finance
3 9 (17.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (13.46%) Banking
5 5 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.85%) Automotive
6 2 (3.85%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 22 (42.31%) Analyst
2 17 (32.69%) Service Analyst
2 17 (32.69%) Service Desk Analyst
3 13 (25.00%) Senior
4 10 (19.23%) Lead
5 9 (17.31%) Senior Analyst
5 9 (17.31%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
5 9 (17.31%) Service Desk Team Leader
5 9 (17.31%) Team Leader
6 6 (11.54%) Wintel Engineer
7 5 (9.62%) Data Engineer
8 4 (7.69%) Help Desk Analyst
9 2 (3.85%) Consultant
9 2 (3.85%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 2 (3.85%) IT Consultant
9 2 (3.85%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (3.85%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
9 2 (3.85%) Senior IT Consultant
9 2 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
10 1 (1.92%) IT Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) .NET
1 2 (3.85%) REST
2 1 (1.92%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (1.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.92%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.92%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.92%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.92%) Eurex
2 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (36.54%) Windows
2 12 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 7 (13.46%) Windows Server 2016
3 7 (13.46%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (11.54%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (7.69%) Linux
6 1 (1.92%) Solaris
6 1 (1.92%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (55.77%) ITIL
2 26 (50.00%) ITSM
3 10 (19.23%) Business Continuity
3 10 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (19.23%) Customer Service
4 9 (17.31%) Coaching
4 9 (17.31%) Conflict Resolution
4 9 (17.31%) Knowledge Management
4 9 (17.31%) Mentoring
4 9 (17.31%) Service Management
5 8 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
5 8 (15.38%) Performance Metrics
6 7 (13.46%) Analytics
6 7 (13.46%) Data Management
6 7 (13.46%) Patch Management
7 6 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (11.54%) Data Architecture
7 6 (11.54%) Data Security
7 6 (11.54%) Incident Management
7 6 (11.54%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.69%) SQL
3 2 (3.85%) Python
3 2 (3.85%) VB
4 1 (1.92%) Bash
4 1 (1.92%) C#
4 1 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.92%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.92%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 52 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (50.00%) Degree
3 18 (34.62%) AWS Certification
4 9 (17.31%) A+ Certification
5 8 (15.38%) Azure Certification
5 8 (15.38%) CCNA
5 8 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (15.38%) MCSA
6 7 (13.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (11.54%) CISSP
8 5 (9.62%) OCP
8 5 (9.62%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (3.85%) MCITP
10 2 (3.85%) MCP
10 2 (3.85%) PMI Certification
10 2 (3.85%) PMP
11 1 (1.92%) CCSP
11 1 (1.92%) HNC
11 1 (1.92%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.38%) QA
2 7 (13.46%) SLA
3 5 (9.62%) GDPR
4 1 (1.92%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.92%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 22 (42.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (26.92%) Hyper-V
4 4 (7.69%) BitLocker
4 4 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (3.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (19.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (11.54%) NetBackup
2 6 (11.54%) SCCM
2 6 (11.54%) SCOM
3 4 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 49 (94.23%) Microsoft
2 23 (44.23%) ServiceNow
2 23 (44.23%) VMware
3 12 (23.08%) Oracle
4 6 (11.54%) SolarWinds
4 6 (11.54%) Veeam
5 5 (9.62%) Google
6 4 (7.69%) Apple
6 4 (7.69%) ConnectWise
6 4 (7.69%) Proofpoint
6 4 (7.69%) Webroot
7 2 (3.85%) Dell
7 2 (3.85%) SAP
8 1 (1.92%) Bloomberg
8 1 (1.92%) Cisco
8 1 (1.92%) ION Trading
8 1 (1.92%) Patsystems
8 1 (1.92%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.92%) Reuters
8 1 (1.92%) Trayport