MCSE Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 266 272
Rank change year-on-year -11 +6 -62
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 41 60 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.35% 0.62% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.43% 1.57% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 33 50 65
10th Percentile £31,300 £25,500 £31,300
25th Percentile £33,000 £32,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -2.35% +13.33%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £64,500 £63,750 £58,250
England median annual salary £44,225 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.57% -7.78% +2.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

MCSE is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,861 3,823 3,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.57% 39.72% 30.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,847 1,287 1,669
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,400 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,750 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing MCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the Midlands

MCSE
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSE in the Midlands.

Salary trend for MCSE in the Midlands

MCSE
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSE in the Midlands

MCSE
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 Midlands +16 29 £50,000 +56.25% 4
East Midlands -23 12 £44,225 -1.72% 1
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 21 (51.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (26.83%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.88%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.88%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 33 (80.49%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (65.85%) Azure
3 18 (43.90%) Entra ID
4 11 (26.83%) Power Platform
5 8 (19.51%) AWS
5 8 (19.51%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (14.63%) PowerApps
7 3 (7.32%) Google Workspace
7 3 (7.32%) OneDrive
8 2 (4.88%) Azure App Service
8 2 (4.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (4.88%) GCP
8 2 (4.88%) Mimecast
8 2 (4.88%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (36.59%) Firewall
2 11 (26.83%) DNS
3 9 (21.95%) DHCP
3 9 (21.95%) SAN
4 8 (19.51%) LAN
4 8 (19.51%) WAN
5 7 (17.07%) Internet
5 7 (17.07%) VPN
5 7 (17.07%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (14.63%) VLAN
7 5 (12.20%) Network Security
8 4 (9.76%) NAS
8 4 (9.76%) Wireless
9 3 (7.32%) WLAN
10 2 (4.88%) HTTP
10 2 (4.88%) IP Telephony
10 2 (4.88%) IPv6
10 2 (4.88%) SSH
10 2 (4.88%) TCP/IP
10 2 (4.88%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.51%) Power BI
2 4 (9.76%) MySQL
2 4 (9.76%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.88%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (4.88%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Git
2 2 (4.88%) GitLab
2 2 (4.88%) JIRA
2 2 (4.88%) MSBuild
General
1 19 (46.34%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Manufacturing
3 6 (14.63%) Retail
4 3 (7.32%) Multimedia
5 2 (4.88%) Finance
5 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Automotive
6 1 (2.44%) Legal
6 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (26.83%) IT Engineer
2 6 (14.63%) Consultant
2 6 (14.63%) Functional Consultant
2 6 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (14.63%) IT Support
2 6 (14.63%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) Analyst
3 5 (12.20%) Support Analyst
3 5 (12.20%) Technical Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) IT Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) IT Manager
4 4 (9.76%) IT Support Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Network Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Technical Manager
6 2 (4.88%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Support Team Leader
6 2 (4.88%) Systems Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) .NET
1 2 (4.88%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.83%) Data Centre
2 7 (17.07%) Management Information System
3 6 (14.63%) Virtual Team
4 5 (12.20%) EPoS
5 4 (9.76%) Clustering
5 4 (9.76%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (7.32%) CCTV
6 3 (7.32%) iPad
6 3 (7.32%) Media Streaming
6 3 (7.32%) Smartphone
7 2 (4.88%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (4.88%) Digital Media
7 2 (4.88%) iPhone
7 2 (4.88%) NHS
7 2 (4.88%) PKI
7 2 (4.88%) Private Cloud
7 2 (4.88%) Public Cloud
8 1 (2.44%) Driving Licence
8 1 (2.44%) IoT
8 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (68.29%) Windows
2 15 (36.59%) Windows Server
3 10 (24.39%) Linux
4 8 (19.51%) Windows 10
5 6 (14.63%) Android
6 3 (7.32%) Mac OS
6 3 (7.32%) Unix
7 2 (4.88%) Apple iOS
7 2 (4.88%) VMS
7 2 (4.88%) Windows 7
7 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (2.44%) Mac OS X
8 1 (2.44%) Ubuntu
8 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) ITIL
2 13 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (26.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (21.95%) Server Management
5 8 (19.51%) Project Management
5 8 (19.51%) Software Engineering
6 7 (17.07%) Customer Service
6 7 (17.07%) Migration
6 7 (17.07%) Presales
7 6 (14.63%) Agile
7 6 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (14.63%) Collaborative Culture
7 6 (14.63%) CRM
7 6 (14.63%) DevSecOps
7 6 (14.63%) Requirements Gathering
7 6 (14.63%) Scrum
8 5 (12.20%) Computer Science
9 4 (9.76%) DevOps
9 4 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (9.76%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) C#
1 8 (19.51%) SQL
2 7 (17.07%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.88%) PHP
3 2 (4.88%) Python
3 2 (4.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (48.78%) Degree
3 19 (46.34%) CCNA
3 19 (46.34%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (17.07%) MCSA
4 7 (17.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (7.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (7.32%) MCITP
5 3 (7.32%) MCP
6 2 (4.88%) A+ Certification
6 2 (4.88%) AWS Certification
6 2 (4.88%) Azure Certification
6 2 (4.88%) CCIE
6 2 (4.88%) CCNP
6 2 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (4.88%) SANS
6 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.44%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (9.76%) GDPR
3 3 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (53.66%) Active Directory
2 18 (43.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (31.71%) Hyper-V
4 4 (9.76%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (4.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) FortiGate
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (9.76%) SCCM
3 3 (7.32%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (7.32%) SCOM
4 2 (4.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (78.05%) Microsoft
2 21 (51.22%) VMware
3 12 (29.27%) Cisco
4 6 (14.63%) Apple
5 5 (12.20%) HP
5 5 (12.20%) Meraki
6 4 (9.76%) Ruckus Wireless
7 3 (7.32%) Dell
7 3 (7.32%) Google
7 3 (7.32%) Sage
8 2 (4.88%) Commvault
8 2 (4.88%) EMC
8 2 (4.88%) Freshdesk
8 2 (4.88%) IBM
8 2 (4.88%) Remedy
8 2 (4.88%) SonicWALL
8 2 (4.88%) Sophos
8 2 (4.88%) Veeam
9 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
9 1 (2.44%) Ubiquiti