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 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 108 204
Rank change year-on-year -77 +96 +113
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 34 190 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.61% 2.15% 0.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.80% 7.33% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 34 34 22
10th Percentile £29,000 - £36,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -36.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £37,500 £45,938 £63,750
90th Percentile £49,016 £52,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £38,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -23.00% +15.51%

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 1,886 2,591 1,564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 33.67% 29.27% 30.86%
Number of salaries quoted 799 751 1,171
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,032 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +4.55%

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 4 November 2025.

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 4 November 2025. 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
East Midlands +11 25 £32,500 -31.58% 1
West Midlands -64 9 £35,000 - 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:

Cloud Services
1 25 (73.53%) Azure
2 16 (47.06%) AWS
3 8 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (17.65%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.88%) PaaS
5 2 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) LAN
1 9 (26.47%) WAN
2 6 (17.65%) Firewall
2 6 (17.65%) IP Telephony
3 5 (14.71%) VPN
4 1 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Burp Suite
1 3 (8.82%) Metasploit
General
1 17 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (26.47%) Public Sector
3 7 (20.59%) Telecoms
4 5 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (14.71%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (14.71%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (58.82%) Support Engineer
2 9 (26.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (26.47%) Infrastructure Support
2 9 (26.47%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 8 (23.53%) 2nd Line Support
3 8 (23.53%) IT Support
4 6 (17.65%) IT Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Technical Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Technical Support
5 5 (14.71%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Security Specialist
6 3 (8.82%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 2 (5.88%) Lead
7 2 (5.88%) Support Team Leader
7 2 (5.88%) Team Leader
8 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Manager
8 1 (2.94%) IT Infrastructure Manager
8 1 (2.94%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (38.24%) Driving Licence
2 6 (17.65%) CCTV
3 5 (14.71%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (8.82%) Insider Threat
4 3 (8.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (64.71%) Windows
2 17 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 13 (38.24%) Linux
4 5 (14.71%) Mac OS X
5 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Mentoring
2 13 (38.24%) ITIL
3 12 (35.29%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (26.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (23.53%) Change Control
5 8 (23.53%) ITSM
5 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (23.53%) Project Delivery
5 8 (23.53%) Server Management
6 5 (14.71%) Computer Science
6 5 (14.71%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 5 (14.71%) Organisational Awareness
7 4 (11.76%) Decision-Making
8 3 (8.82%) Actionable Insight
8 3 (8.82%) Ethical Hacking
8 3 (8.82%) Information Security
8 3 (8.82%) Offensive Security
8 3 (8.82%) Open Source
8 3 (8.82%) Red Team
8 3 (8.82%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (26.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (97.06%) MCP
3 30 (88.24%) MCSA
4 19 (55.88%) CCNA
4 19 (55.88%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (32.35%) Degree
6 9 (26.47%) A+ Certification
7 8 (23.53%) CCA
7 8 (23.53%) CCNP
7 8 (23.53%) Citrix Certification
7 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
8 5 (14.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (8.82%) CEH
9 3 (8.82%) CISSP
9 3 (8.82%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (8.82%) CREST Certified
9 3 (8.82%) GIAC
9 3 (8.82%) GPEN
9 3 (8.82%) OSCP
9 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (23.53%) SLA
2 6 (17.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (8.82%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 10 (29.41%) Active Directory
2 6 (17.65%) Hyper-V
3 5 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.82%) Nmap
Vendors
1 25 (73.53%) Microsoft
2 19 (55.88%) VMware
3 11 (32.35%) Cisco
4 8 (23.53%) Citrix
5 6 (17.65%) Draytek
5 6 (17.65%) Mitel
5 6 (17.65%) WatchGuard