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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 329 417
Rank change year-on-year -110 +88 +14
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 13 55 34
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.051% 0.47% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.27% 1.62% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 8 25 23
10th Percentile £44,375 £24,750 £36,400
25th Percentile £58,438 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £49,200 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.11% +9.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £82,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £84,375 £76,000 -
England median annual salary £36,000 £35,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year +2.86% -11.39% -16.84%

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 4,851 3,391 5,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.10% 28.81% 28.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,873 1,876 2,479
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £115,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,509
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.67% -5.82%

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 22 September 2026.

Salary histogram for MCSE in London

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:

Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (38.46%) AWS
2 5 (38.46%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) SAN
1 3 (23.08%) VoIP
2 2 (15.38%) iSCSI
3 1 (7.69%) LAN
3 1 (7.69%) WAN
3 1 (7.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (76.92%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Banking
2 2 (15.38%) French Language
2 2 (15.38%) Swedish Language
3 1 (7.69%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) IT Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Service Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Cloud Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Data Centre Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Server Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Windows Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Windows Server Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Server Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Windows Server Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) Replication
3 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Windows Server
3 5 (38.46%) Linux
4 3 (23.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) ITIL
2 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
2 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) ITSM
2 4 (30.77%) Performance Metrics
3 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (23.08%) CRM
3 3 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (23.08%) Feasibility Study
3 3 (23.08%) High Availability
3 3 (23.08%) Information Security
3 3 (23.08%) Inventory Management
3 3 (23.08%) IT Asset Management
3 3 (23.08%) IT Strategy
3 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
3 3 (23.08%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Server Management
3 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
3 3 (23.08%) SIEM
3 3 (23.08%) Storage Management
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (92.31%) Degree
3 9 (69.23%) CCNA
3 9 (69.23%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (30.77%) AWS Certification
4 4 (30.77%) Azure Certification
4 4 (30.77%) CCNP
4 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (30.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (7.69%) LPIC
5 1 (7.69%) MCSA
5 1 (7.69%) RHCSA
5 1 (7.69%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) QA
2 3 (23.08%) COBIT
2 3 (23.08%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (23.08%) VMware Server
3 1 (7.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 7 (53.85%) VMware
3 4 (30.77%) ServiceNow
4 3 (23.08%) HP
4 3 (23.08%) Red Hat
4 3 (23.08%) Veeam
5 1 (7.69%) Cisco
5 1 (7.69%) SolarWinds
5 1 (7.69%) Sophos