MCSE Jobs in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 343 407
Rank change year-on-year +13 +64 -34
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 15 47 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.13% 0.27% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 1.20% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 8 42 28
10th Percentile £30,625 £30,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £24,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £45,000 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% +16.13% -3.13%
75th Percentile £45,938 £54,375 £47,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £64,750 £63,375
England median annual salary £35,000 £43,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year -18.60% +3.61% -7.78%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,831 3,919 5,110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 58.07% 22.19% 30.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3,117 2,705 1,742
10th Percentile £27,146 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,748 £35,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £48,500 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% -11.63% +15.54%
75th Percentile £58,943 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,133 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +9.09%

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 18 May 2025.

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 18 May 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
Yorkshire +49 6 - - 12
North West -10 6 £35,000 -22.22% 11
North East +30 3 £37,500 -11.24% 2
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 5 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (6.67%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 14 (93.33%) Azure
2 8 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 4 (26.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) Firewall
2 4 (26.67%) DNS
3 3 (20.00%) DHCP
3 3 (20.00%) VoIP
4 1 (6.67%) NAS
4 1 (6.67%) SAN
4 1 (6.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 12 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 3 (20.00%) Automotive
4 2 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (6.67%) Finance
5 1 (6.67%) Law
5 1 (6.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Support Specialist
2 4 (26.67%) IT Support
2 4 (26.67%) IT Support Specialist
3 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support
3 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
3 3 (20.00%) Technical Specialist
3 3 (20.00%) Technical Support
3 3 (20.00%) Technical Support Specialist
4 2 (13.33%) Application Support Team Leader
4 2 (13.33%) Applications Support
4 2 (13.33%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Lead
4 2 (13.33%) Support Team Leader
4 2 (13.33%) Team Leader
5 1 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Wintel Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 4 (26.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
3 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
2 7 (46.67%) Linux
3 6 (40.00%) Windows Server
4 5 (33.33%) Mac OS
5 3 (20.00%) Windows 10
6 1 (6.67%) Android
6 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
6 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) Coaching
2 4 (26.67%) Document Management
2 4 (26.67%) Workflow
3 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (20.00%) CRM
3 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 3 (20.00%) Line Management
3 3 (20.00%) Migration
3 3 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (20.00%) Server Management
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) ITIL
4 2 (13.33%) Preventative Maintenance
4 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) SQL
2 5 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.67%) VB
3 1 (6.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (46.67%) CCNA
2 7 (46.67%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (46.67%) MCSA
3 5 (33.33%) MCP
4 3 (20.00%) Degree
4 3 (20.00%) MCITP
4 3 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (13.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (6.67%) CCDA
6 1 (6.67%) CCNP
6 1 (6.67%) MCSD
6 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
6 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) ISO 9001
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.67%) NCSC
1 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Hyper-V
2 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (6.67%) BitLocker
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) PaperCut
2 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) Cisco
3 3 (20.00%) Acronis
3 3 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 3 (20.00%) Kaseya
3 3 (20.00%) Meraki
3 3 (20.00%) Sage
3 3 (20.00%) SonicWALL
3 3 (20.00%) VMware
3 3 (20.00%) WatchGuard
4 2 (13.33%) SAP
4 2 (13.33%) Veeam
5 1 (6.67%) Facebook
5 1 (6.67%) McAfee
5 1 (6.67%) Symantec