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 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 406 404
Rank change year-on-year +98 -2 +185
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 67 15 53
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.48% 0.097% 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.69% 0.30% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 17 7 44
10th Percentile - £36,700 £46,875
25th Percentile £46,000 £41,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -15.38% +25.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £59,125 £76,375
90th Percentile £75,750 £74,450 £80,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £38,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -23.00% +17.65%

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 3,976 4,960 4,925
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.58% 32.04% 26.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,093 2,013 3,553
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,000 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.21%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

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 11 January 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 11 January 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
West London - 10 £47,000 -
Central London +35 2 £83,750 +82.07% 2
North London +9 1 £32,500 -13.33%
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 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.49%) IIS
Applications
1 44 (65.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 38 (56.72%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (55.22%) AWS
3 18 (26.87%) Azure
4 4 (5.97%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.48%) Mimecast
5 3 (4.48%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.49%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.43%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (7.46%) TCP/IP
3 3 (4.48%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (4.48%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (2.99%) Firewall
5 1 (1.49%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.49%) DHCP
5 1 (1.49%) DNS
5 1 (1.49%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (1.49%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.49%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (26.87%) SQL Server
2 10 (14.93%) Oracle Database
3 9 (13.43%) Metadata
3 9 (13.43%) Relational Database
4 3 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (4.48%) Power BI
4 3 (4.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (4.48%) Tableau
5 2 (2.99%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.99%) MySQL
5 2 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.49%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (1.49%) Power Query
6 1 (1.49%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 14 (20.90%) JIRA
General
1 60 (89.55%) Social Skills
2 44 (65.67%) French Language
3 41 (61.19%) Swedish Language
4 10 (14.93%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (13.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.99%) Banking
6 2 (2.99%) Finance
6 2 (2.99%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (1.49%) Automotive
7 1 (1.49%) Marketing
7 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.49%) Retail
7 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (53.73%) Analyst
2 35 (52.24%) Service Analyst
2 35 (52.24%) Service Desk Analyst
3 12 (17.91%) Senior
4 10 (14.93%) Data Engineer
4 10 (14.93%) Lead
5 9 (13.43%) Senior Analyst
5 9 (13.43%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
5 9 (13.43%) Service Desk Team Leader
5 9 (13.43%) Team Leader
6 3 (4.48%) Administrator
6 3 (4.48%) Consultant
6 3 (4.48%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 3 (4.48%) IT Administrator
6 3 (4.48%) IT Systems Administrator
6 3 (4.48%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (2.99%) Developer
7 2 (2.99%) IT Consultant
7 2 (2.99%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (2.99%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.48%) .NET
1 3 (4.48%) REST
2 2 (2.99%) Web Services
3 1 (1.49%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.99%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.49%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.49%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.49%) Eurex
2 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.49%) Public Cloud
2 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.93%) Windows
2 5 (7.46%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.48%) Linux
4 1 (1.49%) Solaris
4 1 (1.49%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.49%) Unix
4 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (65.67%) ITSM
2 36 (53.73%) ITIL
3 27 (40.30%) Customer Service
4 26 (38.81%) Performance Metrics
5 12 (17.91%) Data Management
6 11 (16.42%) Analytics
6 11 (16.42%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (16.42%) Data Architecture
6 11 (16.42%) Data Engineering
6 11 (16.42%) ETL
7 10 (14.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (14.93%) Data Pipeline
7 10 (14.93%) Data Security
7 10 (14.93%) Data Strategy
7 10 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (13.43%) Business Continuity
8 9 (13.43%) Data Governance
8 9 (13.43%) Knowledge Management
8 9 (13.43%) Master Data Management
8 9 (13.43%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.46%) SQL
2 3 (4.48%) Python
3 2 (2.99%) VB
4 1 (1.49%) C#
4 1 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.49%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.49%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.49%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 67 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 53 (79.10%) Degree
3 35 (52.24%) AWS Certification
4 11 (16.42%) CISSP
5 10 (14.93%) OCP
5 10 (14.93%) Oracle Certification
6 9 (13.43%) A+ Certification
7 8 (11.94%) MCSA
8 5 (7.46%) CCNA
8 5 (7.46%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (7.46%) MCP
9 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (2.99%) CCNP
10 2 (2.99%) HNC
10 2 (2.99%) HND
10 2 (2.99%) MCITP
10 2 (2.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (1.49%) CISA
11 1 (1.49%) PMI Certification
11 1 (1.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (38.81%) QA
2 10 (14.93%) GDPR
3 1 (1.49%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.49%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (26.87%) Active Directory
2 17 (25.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.48%) vSphere
4 1 (1.49%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.49%) Terraform
2 1 (1.49%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 60 (89.55%) Microsoft
2 35 (52.24%) ServiceNow
3 18 (26.87%) VMware
4 13 (19.40%) Oracle
5 5 (7.46%) Cisco
6 4 (5.97%) Bloomberg
6 4 (5.97%) Reuters
7 3 (4.48%) LogicMonitor
7 3 (4.48%) Okta
7 3 (4.48%) Sophos
7 3 (4.48%) Zscaler
8 2 (2.99%) Dataiku
9 1 (1.49%) CQG
9 1 (1.49%) Google
9 1 (1.49%) ION Trading
9 1 (1.49%) Patsystems
9 1 (1.49%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.49%) SAP
9 1 (1.49%) Trayport