MCSE Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Nottinghamshire with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 74 50
Rank change year-on-year +16 -24 +41
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 3 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 0.46% 0.40% 0.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.00% 0.96% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,165 £46,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £47,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.49% -26.92% +8.33%
75th Percentile £53,951 £48,750 £70,000
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -31.58% -9.52% -12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 150 417 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 23.11% 41.33% 20.60%
Number of salaries quoted 76 93 56
10th Percentile - - £26,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £43,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £42,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.18% -26.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £65,500 £71,875
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -14.29% +10.53%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

MCSE job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

MCSE
Salary Trend in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing MCSE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing MCSE

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Security Specialist
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Insider Threat
1 3 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 3 (100.00%) Black-Box Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 3 (100.00%) Open Source
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Red Team
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) CEH
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CISMP
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) GIAC
1 3 (100.00%) GPEN
1 3 (100.00%) MCP
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) OSCP
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft