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 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 379 439
Rank change year-on-year 0 +60 +92
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 27 17 63
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.13% 0.14% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.63% 0.41% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8 12 60
10th Percentile £53,500 - £33,175
25th Percentile £59,688 £50,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -19.23% +23.81%
75th Percentile £84,063 £59,063 £76,438
90th Percentile £89,125 £66,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £36,250 £43,500
% change year-on-year +24.14% -16.67% +5.45%

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 4,284 4,164 6,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.17% 33.18% 28.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,504 1,983 4,266
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.72%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MCSE relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

MCSE job vacancy trend 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 12 May 2026.

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 12 May 2026. 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 -2 4 £76,250 +79.41% 1
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) IIS
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 18 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (59.26%) AWS
3 11 (40.74%) Azure
4 2 (7.41%) Mimecast
5 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.70%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Firewall
2 2 (7.41%) SAN
2 2 (7.41%) VoIP
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (3.70%) DHCP
3 1 (3.70%) DNS
3 1 (3.70%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.70%) iSCSI
3 1 (3.70%) Network Security
3 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 22 (81.48%) Social Skills
2 9 (33.33%) French Language
3 3 (11.11%) Banking
4 2 (7.41%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.41%) Swedish Language
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 14 (51.85%) Analyst
2 13 (48.15%) Service Analyst
2 13 (48.15%) Service Desk Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Senior
4 4 (14.81%) Cloud Consultant
4 4 (14.81%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
4 4 (14.81%) Consultant
4 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 4 (14.81%) IT Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Solutions Consultant
5 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Applications Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Data Centre Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) IT Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Lead
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Service Desk Team Leader
6 2 (7.41%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) .NET
1 1 (3.70%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Public Cloud
2 3 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 3 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.70%) Eurex
4 1 (3.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (48.15%) Windows
2 8 (29.63%) Linux
3 7 (25.93%) Windows Server
4 2 (7.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (7.41%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.70%) Solaris
5 1 (3.70%) Ubuntu
5 1 (3.70%) Unix
5 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (70.37%) ITIL
2 13 (48.15%) Customer Service
2 13 (48.15%) ITSM
3 11 (40.74%) Performance Metrics
4 4 (14.81%) Cloud Operations
4 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (14.81%) DevOps
4 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (14.81%) Line Management
4 4 (14.81%) Presales
4 4 (14.81%) Service Delivery
4 4 (14.81%) SIEM
4 4 (14.81%) SOA
4 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (14.81%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 3 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (11.11%) Information Security
5 3 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.70%) C#
2 1 (3.70%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 27 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (77.78%) Degree
3 11 (40.74%) AWS Certification
3 11 (40.74%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (37.04%) CCNA
5 7 (25.93%) CCNP
5 7 (25.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (22.22%) Azure Certification
7 4 (14.81%) LPIC
7 4 (14.81%) RHCSA
7 4 (14.81%) VCAP
8 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (7.41%) MCITP
9 2 (7.41%) MCSA
9 2 (7.41%) MOS
10 1 (3.70%) CISA
10 1 (3.70%) CISSP
10 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (3.70%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (40.74%) QA
2 2 (7.41%) COBIT
2 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (7.41%) SLA
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.70%) GDPR
3 1 (3.70%) HIPAA
3 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.70%) NIST
3 1 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (29.63%) Active Directory
2 7 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (14.81%) vSphere
4 2 (7.41%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Terraform
2 3 (11.11%) SCCM
3 1 (3.70%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 22 (81.48%) Microsoft
2 13 (48.15%) ServiceNow
3 11 (40.74%) VMware
4 6 (22.22%) Cisco
5 3 (11.11%) Red Hat
6 2 (7.41%) Citrix
6 2 (7.41%) HP
6 2 (7.41%) Veeam
7 1 (3.70%) Bloomberg
7 1 (3.70%) CQG
7 1 (3.70%) Google
7 1 (3.70%) ION Trading
7 1 (3.70%) Patsystems
7 1 (3.70%) Reuters
7 1 (3.70%) SolarWinds
7 1 (3.70%) Sophos
7 1 (3.70%) Trayport