MCSE Job Trends 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 17 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 199 189
Rank change year-on-year +16 -10 +94
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 1 8 36
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.023% 0.14% 0.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.067% 0.43% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 36
10th Percentile - £35,500 £32,500
25th Percentile - £35,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £38,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +96.08% -15.00% +1.41%
75th Percentile - £46,750 £48,750
90th Percentile - £55,625 £53,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -25.00% +15.51%

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 1,494 1,865 1,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 34.91% 31.62% 43.96%
Number of salaries quoted 798 970 1,408
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,475 £29,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% +2.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,075 £86,150 £81,625
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +4.55%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

MCSE job vacancy trend in the South West

MCSE
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing MCSE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing MCSE

MCSE
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 17 November 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
Bristol - 1 £75,000 -
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Extreme Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle