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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 397 405
Rank change year-on-year +56 +8 +149
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 46 14 71
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.27% 0.10% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.08% 0.31% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9 7 62
10th Percentile - £33,200 £33,775
25th Percentile £46,000 £46,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.26% -11.54% +23.81%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,125 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,000 £78,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £35,442 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.49% -16.67% +8.43%

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 4,255 4,559 5,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 25.37% 33.49% 27.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,271 1,959 4,154
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £88,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £118,750 £107,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 12 March 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 March 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 - 5 £47,000 -
Central London +12 3 £90,000 +168.66%
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 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.17%) IIS
Applications
1 29 (63.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 29 (63.04%) AWS
2 28 (60.87%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (32.61%) Azure
4 5 (10.87%) Mimecast
5 4 (8.70%) Entra ID
6 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (2.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (2.17%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.70%) TCP/IP
2 3 (6.52%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (6.52%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (4.35%) Firewall
3 2 (4.35%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (2.17%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.17%) DHCP
4 1 (2.17%) DNS
4 1 (2.17%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (2.17%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (21.74%) SQL Server
2 5 (10.87%) Metadata
2 5 (10.87%) Oracle Database
2 5 (10.87%) Relational Database
3 2 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.35%) Power BI
3 2 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (4.35%) Tableau
4 1 (2.17%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (2.17%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.17%) MySQL
4 1 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.17%) Power Query
4 1 (2.17%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (17.39%) JIRA
General
1 39 (84.78%) Social Skills
2 27 (58.70%) French Language
3 21 (45.65%) Swedish Language
4 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (6.52%) Banking
7 2 (4.35%) Finance
8 1 (2.17%) Automotive
8 1 (2.17%) Marketing
8 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.17%) Retail
8 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (60.87%) Analyst
2 27 (58.70%) Service Analyst
2 27 (58.70%) Service Desk Analyst
3 5 (10.87%) Data Engineer
3 5 (10.87%) Senior
4 4 (8.70%) Lead
4 4 (8.70%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Service Desk Team Leader
4 4 (8.70%) Team Leader
5 3 (6.52%) Administrator
5 3 (6.52%) Cloud Consultant
5 3 (6.52%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
5 3 (6.52%) Consultant
5 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 3 (6.52%) IT Administrator
5 3 (6.52%) IT Systems Administrator
5 3 (6.52%) Solutions Consultant
5 3 (6.52%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (4.35%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) .NET
1 2 (4.35%) REST
2 1 (2.17%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (2.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.52%) Onboarding
1 3 (6.52%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.17%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.74%) Windows
2 4 (8.70%) Linux
3 2 (4.35%) Windows 10
3 2 (4.35%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.17%) Solaris
4 1 (2.17%) Ubuntu
4 1 (2.17%) Unix
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (63.04%) ITSM
2 27 (58.70%) ITIL
3 25 (54.35%) Customer Service
4 23 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
5 7 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (15.22%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (13.04%) Analytics
6 6 (13.04%) Data Architecture
6 6 (13.04%) Data Engineering
6 6 (13.04%) Data Management
6 6 (13.04%) Data Security
6 6 (13.04%) ETL
6 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (10.87%) Data Governance
7 5 (10.87%) Data Pipeline
7 5 (10.87%) Data Strategy
7 5 (10.87%) Master Data Management
8 4 (8.70%) Change Management
8 4 (8.70%) Knowledge Management
8 4 (8.70%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.52%) SQL
2 2 (4.35%) Python
3 1 (2.17%) C#
3 1 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.17%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 46 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 39 (84.78%) Degree
3 25 (54.35%) AWS Certification
4 6 (13.04%) CISSP
4 6 (13.04%) MCSA
4 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 5 (10.87%) OCP
5 5 (10.87%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (8.70%) CCNA
6 4 (8.70%) CCNP
6 4 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (8.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (6.52%) LPIC
7 3 (6.52%) RHCSA
8 2 (4.35%) A+ Certification
8 2 (4.35%) Azure Certification
8 2 (4.35%) MCITP
8 2 (4.35%) MOS
8 2 (4.35%) VCAP
9 1 (2.17%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (50.00%) QA
2 6 (13.04%) GDPR
3 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.17%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (23.91%) Active Directory
2 10 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (6.52%) Terraform
2 2 (4.35%) SCCM
3 1 (2.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 39 (84.78%) Microsoft
2 27 (58.70%) ServiceNow
3 10 (21.74%) VMware
4 7 (15.22%) Cisco
5 6 (13.04%) Oracle
6 4 (8.70%) Bloomberg
6 4 (8.70%) Reuters
7 3 (6.52%) LogicMonitor
7 3 (6.52%) Okta
7 3 (6.52%) Sophos
7 3 (6.52%) Zscaler
8 2 (4.35%) Citrix
9 1 (2.17%) CQG
9 1 (2.17%) Dataiku
9 1 (2.17%) Google
9 1 (2.17%) ION Trading
9 1 (2.17%) Patsystems
9 1 (2.17%) Red Hat
9 1 (2.17%) Trayport