MCSE Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 322 328
Rank change year-on-year +43 +6 +86
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 28 84 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.29% 0.45% 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.53% 1.41% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 15 42 53
10th Percentile £26,880 £26,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,500 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £34,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -15.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £47,500 £40,250 £53,096
90th Percentile - £44,875 £60,250
England median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% -5.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,263 5,966 5,261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 54.52% 32.09% 40.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,463 3,639 2,414
10th Percentile £34,988 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,000 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -0.68% +1.68%
75th Percentile £70,600 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,818 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.20% -10.30% +9.09%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing MCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the South East

MCSE
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSE in the South East.

Salary trend for MCSE in the South East

MCSE
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the South East over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Salary histogram for MCSE in the South East

MCSE
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Thames Valley +59 15 £45,000 +16.88% 5
Surrey +64 9 £26,172 -51.53% 3
Oxfordshire +45 7 £32,500 -15.58% 1
Buckinghamshire +41 7 £45,000 +28.57%
Hampshire +32 3 £37,500 -3.85% 8
Berkshire +45 1 £45,000 +12.50% 5
East Sussex +26 1 - -
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (32.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) SAP Business One
2 1 (3.57%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 13 (46.43%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (28.57%) Azure
3 5 (17.86%) AWS
4 3 (10.71%) Entra ID
5 2 (7.14%) GCP
5 2 (7.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) DNS
1 4 (14.29%) Network Security
2 3 (10.71%) DHCP
2 3 (10.71%) InfiniBand
2 3 (10.71%) Wireshark
3 2 (7.14%) Firewall
4 1 (3.57%) Intranet
4 1 (3.57%) LAN
4 1 (3.57%) VSAN
4 1 (3.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.57%) Finance
3 1 (3.57%) Legal
3 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) IT Support
2 7 (25.00%) Administrator
2 7 (25.00%) IT Administrator
3 3 (10.71%) Help Desk Support
3 3 (10.71%) IT Systems Administrator
3 3 (10.71%) NOC Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Storage Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Support Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (7.14%) Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) IT Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) IT Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 2 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Senior
4 2 (7.14%) Systems Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Systems Support
4 2 (7.14%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (21.43%) Driving Licence
3 4 (14.29%) Operational Technology
4 3 (10.71%) Data Centre
4 3 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 15 (53.57%) Linux
2 12 (42.86%) Windows
3 6 (21.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (21.43%) Windows 10
3 6 (21.43%) Windows Server
4 3 (10.71%) CentOS
4 3 (10.71%) Mac OS
4 3 (10.71%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 7 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 6 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (21.43%) Inventory Management
5 5 (17.86%) Data Protection
5 5 (17.86%) Information Security
6 4 (14.29%) Budgeting
6 4 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 4 (14.29%) Data Development
6 4 (14.29%) ERP
6 4 (14.29%) ITIL
6 4 (14.29%) Logistics
6 4 (14.29%) Process Improvement
6 4 (14.29%) Project Management
6 4 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
7 3 (10.71%) Data Management
7 3 (10.71%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) Python
2 3 (10.71%) Bash
2 3 (10.71%) Perl
2 3 (10.71%) SQL
3 2 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (50.00%) MCSA
3 11 (39.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 9 (32.14%) CCNA
4 9 (32.14%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (32.14%) Degree
5 7 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (17.86%) MCP
7 3 (10.71%) CCNP
7 3 (10.71%) LPIC
7 3 (10.71%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (10.71%) RHCE
8 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
8 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (25.00%) vSphere
2 5 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (14.29%) Hyper-V
4 3 (10.71%) GPFS
4 3 (10.71%) Lustre
4 3 (10.71%) NFS
5 1 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (3.57%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) PaperCut
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (3.57%) PowerCLI
3 1 (3.57%) SCCM
3 1 (3.57%) vRealize
3 1 (3.57%) VxRail
Vendors
1 21 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (42.86%) VMware
3 11 (39.29%) Cisco
4 4 (14.29%) SAP
5 3 (10.71%) Palo Alto
5 3 (10.71%) Red Hat
6 2 (7.14%) Citrix
7 1 (3.57%) Aruba
7 1 (3.57%) Dell
7 1 (3.57%) HP
7 1 (3.57%) Juniper
7 1 (3.57%) Sage
7 1 (3.57%) SolarWinds