MCSE Jobs in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 265 231
Rank change year-on-year +95 -34 +68
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 8 28 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.21% 0.27% 0.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.48% 0.82% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 7 26 29
10th Percentile - £31,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,750 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £37,000 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% -12.43% -6.11%
75th Percentile £29,000 £49,688 £48,750
90th Percentile £47,400 £53,125 £53,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £43,125
% change year-on-year -12.50% -7.25% -4.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,670 3,424 2,834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 44.47% 32.73% 43.97%
Number of salaries quoted 936 2,195 1,379
10th Percentile £29,563 £30,000 £30,431
25th Percentile £34,500 £41,250 £38,033
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,729 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,500 £68,750 £72,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £83,800
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for MCSE in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the South West over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Salary histogram for MCSE in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
Devon - 6 £28,000 -
Bristol +67 1 £75,000 +130.77% 1
Gloucestershire +56 1 - - 1
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure AKS
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Analyst
1 6 (75.00%) Software Analyst
1 6 (75.00%) Software Support Analyst
1 6 (75.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Wintel Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) .NET
1 6 (75.00%) ASP.NET
1 6 (75.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
1 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Android
2 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (12.50%) Analytics
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
2 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
2 1 (12.50%) CRM
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Fintech
2 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (12.50%) Kanban
2 1 (12.50%) Line Management
2 1 (12.50%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (12.50%) Task Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) VB
2 1 (12.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (87.50%) MCP
3 2 (25.00%) MCSA
4 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
4 1 (12.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) NCSC
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) BitLocker
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (12.50%) McAfee
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Symantec
2 1 (12.50%) VMware