MCSE Jobs in the North of England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 353 401 356
Rank change year-on-year +48 -45 -65
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 43 31 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.25% 0.18% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.11% 0.59% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 39 31 74
10th Percentile £32,550 - £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £23,750 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -6.25% -10.85%
75th Percentile £56,250 £47,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £63,375
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
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,891 5,290 5,091
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.54% 30.34% 28.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,654 1,763 2,480
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,800 £28,170
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £47,625
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +10.24% -4.75%
75th Percentile £62,500 £69,574 £64,106
90th Percentile £78,061 £83,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,995 £58,193 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.50% +5.81% -

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the North of England

MCSE
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSE in the North of England.

Salary trend for MCSE in the North of England

MCSE
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSE in the North of England

MCSE
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
Yorkshire +110 23 £44,000 +58.56% 2
North West +2 11 £46,000 +8.24% 3
North East - 9 £42,250 - 1
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 16 (37.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (34.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.65%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (51.16%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (41.86%) Azure
3 7 (16.28%) AWS
4 6 (13.95%) Entra ID
5 3 (6.98%) OneDrive
6 2 (4.65%) GCP
7 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.33%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (51.16%) Firewall
2 13 (30.23%) VPN
3 10 (23.26%) VLAN
4 7 (16.28%) Internet
4 7 (16.28%) TCP/IP
5 6 (13.95%) VoIP
6 5 (11.63%) DHCP
6 5 (11.63%) DNS
6 5 (11.63%) LAN
6 5 (11.63%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (9.30%) NAS
7 4 (9.30%) SAN
7 4 (9.30%) SSL
8 3 (6.98%) IPv4
8 3 (6.98%) WAN
9 2 (4.65%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (4.65%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (4.65%) WLAN
10 1 (2.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.60%) SQL Server
General
1 19 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Law
4 3 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.65%) Games
6 1 (2.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (20.93%) IT Support
2 8 (18.60%) 3rd Line Support
2 8 (18.60%) IT Manager
3 5 (11.63%) Infrastructure Manager
3 5 (11.63%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 4 (9.30%) Analyst
4 4 (9.30%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (9.30%) IT Support Technician
4 4 (9.30%) IT Technician
4 4 (9.30%) Lead
4 4 (9.30%) Support Technician
4 4 (9.30%) Systems Analyst
4 4 (9.30%) Team Leader
5 3 (6.98%) 3rd Line Support Technician
5 3 (6.98%) E-Commerce Manager
5 3 (6.98%) Help Desk Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Senior
5 3 (6.98%) Server Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) Management Information System
1 4 (9.30%) Replication
1 4 (9.30%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.98%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.65%) NHS
3 2 (4.65%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 31 (72.09%) Windows
2 23 (53.49%) Windows Server
3 12 (27.91%) Linux
4 4 (9.30%) Windows 10
5 2 (4.65%) Android
5 2 (4.65%) Mac OS
5 2 (4.65%) Unix
5 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (34.88%) Customer Service
3 11 (25.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (20.93%) ITIL
5 8 (18.60%) Computer Science
6 7 (16.28%) Project Delivery
7 6 (13.95%) Kalman Filter
7 6 (13.95%) Performance Tuning
7 6 (13.95%) Service Delivery
8 5 (11.63%) Migration
8 5 (11.63%) Server Management
8 5 (11.63%) Server Virtualisation
9 4 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (9.30%) E-Commerce
9 4 (9.30%) Email Filtering
9 4 (9.30%) Security Hardening
9 4 (9.30%) Time Management
9 4 (9.30%) Virtual Environments
9 4 (9.30%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 4 (9.30%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.93%) PowerShell
2 4 (9.30%) SQL
3 1 (2.33%) Bash
3 1 (2.33%) Python
3 1 (2.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (48.84%) MCSA
3 15 (34.88%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (30.23%) CCNA
5 12 (27.91%) Degree
6 10 (23.26%) MCP
7 5 (11.63%) Azure Certification
7 5 (11.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (9.30%) CEH
8 4 (9.30%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (9.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (9.30%) OSCP
8 4 (9.30%) SSCP
9 3 (6.98%) CISSP
9 3 (6.98%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (6.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (4.65%) CCNP
10 2 (4.65%) Master's Degree
11 1 (2.33%) AWS Certification
11 1 (2.33%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.33%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 22 (51.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (39.53%) Active Directory
3 14 (32.56%) Hyper-V
4 7 (16.28%) vSphere
5 5 (11.63%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (23.26%) SCCM
2 8 (18.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (9.30%) WSUS
4 3 (6.98%) Autotask
4 3 (6.98%) SCOM
5 2 (4.65%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 29 (67.44%) Microsoft
2 25 (58.14%) VMware
3 6 (13.95%) Datto
4 5 (11.63%) Cisco
4 5 (11.63%) Google
4 5 (11.63%) Sophos
5 4 (9.30%) Citrix
5 4 (9.30%) Veeam
6 3 (6.98%) Acronis
6 3 (6.98%) ConnectWise
6 3 (6.98%) Draytek
6 3 (6.98%) Kaseya
6 3 (6.98%) SonicWALL
7 2 (4.65%) Apple
7 2 (4.65%) LogicMonitor
7 2 (4.65%) Palo Alto
7 2 (4.65%) SolarWinds