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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 110 281
Rank change year-on-year -141 +171 -25
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 8 127 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.062% 2.49% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 6.13% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5 29 33
10th Percentile £47,016 - £31,300
25th Percentile £48,165 £32,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.88% -22.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £53,951 £37,500 £53,750
90th Percentile - £41,750 £64,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £37,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -14.77% +6.02%

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 3,338 2,072 2,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 25.76% 40.60% 24.26%
Number of salaries quoted 905 799 1,867
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,375 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £74,400
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,673 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.87% +3.04% -7.56%

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
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 6 May 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
East Midlands -66 4 £51,058 +40.85%
West Midlands -109 4 £47,500 +35.71% 3
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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) AWS
2 5 (62.50%) Azure
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) SAN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Burp Suite
1 4 (50.00%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Retail
3 2 (25.00%) Swedish Language
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Security Specialist
1 4 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 3 (37.50%) Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Service Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Field Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Field Service Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) IT Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) IT Operations Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Insider Threat
1 4 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (50.00%) Anomaly Detection
2 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 4 (50.00%) Information Security
2 4 (50.00%) Offensive Security
2 4 (50.00%) Open Source
2 4 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Red Team
2 4 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) ITSM
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (12.50%) Break/Fix
5 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
5 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
5 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Security Patching
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (75.00%) Degree
3 5 (62.50%) CCNA
3 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (50.00%) CEH
4 4 (50.00%) CISMP
4 4 (50.00%) CISSP
4 4 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (50.00%) CREST Certified
4 4 (50.00%) GIAC
4 4 (50.00%) GPEN
4 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 4 (50.00%) OSCP
4 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) AWS Certification
6 1 (12.50%) A+ Certification
6 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
6 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
6 1 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Nmap
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco
3 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (12.50%) Dell
4 1 (12.50%) Veeam
4 1 (12.50%) VMware