MCSE Job Trends in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 207 171
Rank change year-on-year -44 -36 +34
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 19 34 120
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.13% 0.58% 1.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.88% 1.63% 4.34%
Number of salaries quoted 5 29 35
10th Percentile £32,025 - -
25th Percentile £38,438 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,194 £35,000 £44,225
Median % change year-on-year +11.98% -20.86% -13.71%
75th Percentile £48,750 £37,500 £53,125
90th Percentile - £42,000 £54,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £35,000 £39,750
% change year-on-year +35.71% -11.95% -11.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,153 2,091 2,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.56% 35.88% 25.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,106 857 1,190
10th Percentile £29,125 £27,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,061 £44,543 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.37% -10.91% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £79,225
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

MCSE job vacancy trend in the Midlands

MCSE
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing MCSE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing MCSE

MCSE
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

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 August 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 Midlands -36 15 £47,500 +35.71% 1
East Midlands -32 4 £39,194 +11.98% 2
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 15 (78.95%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (68.42%) AWS
3 3 (15.79%) Azure
3 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) Firewall
2 3 (15.79%) DHCP
2 3 (15.79%) DNS
2 3 (15.79%) NX-OS
3 2 (10.53%) LAN
3 2 (10.53%) WAN
3 2 (10.53%) Wireless
4 1 (5.26%) IP Telephony
4 1 (5.26%) SAN
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) GitLab
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
General
1 12 (63.16%) Social Skills
1 12 (63.16%) Swedish Language
2 3 (15.79%) Law
3 2 (10.53%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (73.68%) Analyst
2 12 (63.16%) Service Analyst
2 12 (63.16%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) IT Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) IT Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) IT Operations Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) 1st Line Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (5.26%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Field Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Field Service Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) IT Support
5 1 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
2 4 (21.05%) Data Centre
3 3 (15.79%) Driving Licence
3 3 (15.79%) PKI
4 2 (10.53%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (10.53%) Operational Technology
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (5.26%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
2 3 (15.79%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.26%) Linux
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (94.74%) ITIL
2 14 (73.68%) Customer Service
3 13 (68.42%) ITSM
4 12 (63.16%) Performance Metrics
5 3 (15.79%) Availability Management
5 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
5 3 (15.79%) Culture Change
5 3 (15.79%) DevOps
5 3 (15.79%) Digital Forensics
5 3 (15.79%) Information Security
5 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (15.79%) Open Source
5 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.79%) Product Management
5 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.79%) Project Management
5 3 (15.79%) Server Management
5 3 (15.79%) Storage Management
6 2 (10.53%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
1 3 (15.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (78.95%) Degree
3 12 (63.16%) AWS Certification
4 5 (26.32%) CCNA
4 5 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (10.53%) Azure Certification
5 2 (10.53%) DBS Check
6 1 (5.26%) A+ Certification
6 1 (5.26%) CCNP
6 1 (5.26%) MCSA
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (63.16%) QA
2 3 (15.79%) SLA
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (26.32%) vSphere
2 3 (15.79%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
4 1 (5.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) FortiGate
2 2 (10.53%) SCCM
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (89.47%) Microsoft
2 12 (63.16%) ServiceNow
3 6 (31.58%) VMware
4 3 (15.79%) Cisco
5 2 (10.53%) FIS
5 2 (10.53%) Veeam
6 1 (5.26%) Dell
6 1 (5.26%) Draytek
6 1 (5.26%) Mitel
6 1 (5.26%) WatchGuard