MCSE Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 457 461 504
Rank change year-on-year +4 +43 -53
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 263 223 417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.46% 0.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.56% 1.22% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 130 173 338
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,550 £26,175
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.24% -0.59% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £52,958
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £65,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -5.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16,873 18,275 26,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.85% 37.96% 33.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,460 7,807 11,272
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £28,109
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +2.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the UK excluding London

MCSE
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSE in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for MCSE in the UK excluding London

MCSE
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSE in the UK excluding London

MCSE
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Midlands +37 114 £44,225 -15.76% 5
West Midlands +40 82 £35,000 -40.43% 4
South East -16 66 £33,000 -17.50% 8
East Midlands -8 32 £45,000 - 1
North of England +11 28 £37,500 -6.25% 12
South West -14 27 £37,000 -12.43% 4
East of England -3 15 £45,000 +13.92% 1
Yorkshire +65 13 £38,750 +13.14% 3
North West -17 11 £40,196 -8.12% 6
Scotland -38 8 £48,500 +73.21% 5
North East - 6 £33,500 - 3
Wales +33 5 £40,000 -5.88%
MCSE
UK

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 62 (23.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (15.21%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.42%) SharePoint 2010
3 9 (3.42%) SharePoint 2013
4 5 (1.90%) CMS
5 3 (1.14%) IIS
6 1 (0.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 36 (13.69%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.76%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 118 (44.87%) Azure
2 94 (35.74%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (14.83%) Azure AI
3 39 (14.83%) Azure DevOps
3 39 (14.83%) IBM Cloud
4 29 (11.03%) AWS
5 28 (10.65%) Entra ID
6 15 (5.70%) OneDrive
7 11 (4.18%) Power Platform
8 10 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (3.42%) GCP
10 8 (3.04%) Google Workspace
11 6 (2.28%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.90%) SaaS
13 3 (1.14%) WhatsApp
14 2 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
14 2 (0.76%) Azure AKS
14 2 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (0.76%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 82 (31.18%) Internet
2 78 (29.66%) WLAN
3 73 (27.76%) Network Security
4 59 (22.43%) Firewall
5 29 (11.03%) WAN
6 26 (9.89%) SAN
7 25 (9.51%) LAN
8 24 (9.13%) DNS
8 24 (9.13%) VPN
9 22 (8.37%) VLAN
10 21 (7.98%) DHCP
11 19 (7.22%) TCP/IP
12 18 (6.84%) NAS
12 18 (6.84%) VoIP
12 18 (6.84%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (3.42%) Wireless
14 8 (3.04%) SD-WAN
15 6 (2.28%) BGP
15 6 (2.28%) OSPF
16 5 (1.90%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.18%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.04%) Power BI
3 5 (1.90%) MySQL
4 2 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.28%) Git
2 3 (1.14%) Axure RP
2 3 (1.14%) JIRA
3 2 (0.76%) GitLab
3 2 (0.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (25.48%) Social Skills
2 44 (16.73%) Public Sector
3 34 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (4.18%) Finance
5 9 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (3.42%) Retail
6 8 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.28%) Automotive
7 6 (2.28%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.52%) Advertising
8 4 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.52%) Legal
9 2 (0.76%) Banking
9 2 (0.76%) Multimedia
9 2 (0.76%) Police
10 1 (0.38%) Local Government
10 1 (0.38%) Marketing
10 1 (0.38%) Military
10 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 97 (36.88%) IT Engineer
2 91 (34.60%) IT Support
3 86 (32.70%) Support Engineer
4 74 (28.14%) IT Support Engineer
5 29 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (7.22%) 3rd Line Support
7 16 (6.08%) Lead
8 15 (5.70%) Consultant
9 14 (5.32%) Systems Engineer
10 11 (4.18%) IT Technician
11 10 (3.80%) 2nd Line Support
11 10 (3.80%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 10 (3.80%) Analyst
11 10 (3.80%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 9 (3.42%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 9 (3.42%) IT Support Technician
12 9 (3.42%) Support Technician
13 8 (3.04%) Cloud Engineer
13 8 (3.04%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 78 (29.66%) Driving Licence
2 72 (27.38%) Onboarding
3 39 (14.83%) Blockchain
3 39 (14.83%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (14.83%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (6.46%) Data Centre
5 15 (5.70%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.04%) Smartphone
7 7 (2.66%) NHS
8 6 (2.28%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.28%) Replication
8 6 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.28%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.90%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.90%) PKI
10 4 (1.52%) EPoS
11 3 (1.14%) CCTV
11 3 (1.14%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.14%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 174 (66.16%) Windows
2 136 (51.71%) Linux
3 66 (25.10%) Windows Server
4 43 (16.35%) Debian
5 42 (15.97%) CentOS
6 39 (14.83%) Alpine Linux
7 27 (10.27%) Windows 10
8 11 (4.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (3.80%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (3.42%) Android
11 7 (2.66%) Apple iOS
11 7 (2.66%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (2.28%) Mac OS
12 6 (2.28%) Mac OS X
12 6 (2.28%) Ubuntu
13 4 (1.52%) Windows 7
13 4 (1.52%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (1.52%) Windows Vista
14 2 (0.76%) Windows 2000
14 2 (0.76%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (49.81%) ITIL
2 113 (42.97%) Problem-Solving
3 87 (33.08%) Mentoring
4 85 (32.32%) Computer Science
5 69 (26.24%) Network Management
6 67 (25.48%) Asset Management
6 67 (25.48%) IT Asset Management
7 42 (15.97%) Customer Service
7 42 (15.97%) Task Automation
8 41 (15.59%) CI/CD
8 41 (15.59%) DevOps
9 39 (14.83%) Artificial Intelligence
9 39 (14.83%) Co-Creation
9 39 (14.83%) Data Science
9 39 (14.83%) Functional Testing
9 39 (14.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 39 (14.83%) Separation of Concerns
9 39 (14.83%) Technology Transformation
10 26 (9.89%) Project Management
11 16 (6.08%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (9.13%) PowerShell
2 22 (8.37%) SQL
3 6 (2.28%) C#
4 2 (0.76%) Python
4 2 (0.76%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.38%) Swift
Qualifications
1 263 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 132 (50.19%) Cisco Certification
3 120 (45.63%) CCNA
4 112 (42.59%) Degree
5 91 (34.60%) MCP
6 86 (32.70%) CCNP
6 86 (32.70%) MCSA
7 81 (30.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 67 (25.48%) LPIC
9 45 (17.11%) Azure Certification
10 21 (7.98%) MCITP
11 19 (7.22%) SC Cleared
11 19 (7.22%) Security Cleared
11 19 (7.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 10 (3.80%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (3.04%) A+ Certification
13 8 (3.04%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (2.28%) HNC
14 6 (2.28%) HND
15 5 (1.90%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (2.28%) SLA
2 4 (1.52%) GDPR
3 3 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.76%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 96 (36.50%) Active Directory
2 58 (22.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (17.49%) Hyper-V
4 41 (15.59%) Docker
5 12 (4.56%) XenDesktop
6 11 (4.18%) vSphere
7 8 (3.04%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (2.66%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (2.28%) XenApp
10 3 (1.14%) Firmware
10 3 (1.14%) KVM
11 2 (0.76%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 43 (16.35%) Terraform
2 41 (15.59%) Kubernetes
3 30 (11.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (8.37%) SCCM
5 9 (3.42%) WSUS
6 4 (1.52%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.14%) Autotask
7 3 (1.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 200 (76.05%) Microsoft
2 117 (44.49%) Cisco
3 72 (27.38%) VMware
4 45 (17.11%) Red Hat
5 44 (16.73%) IBM
6 21 (7.98%) Dell
7 20 (7.60%) Google
8 19 (7.22%) Apple
8 19 (7.22%) Citrix
9 18 (6.84%) HP
10 14 (5.32%) Veeam
11 12 (4.56%) Fortinet
12 11 (4.18%) Meraki
13 9 (3.42%) Symantec
14 7 (2.66%) ServiceNow
14 7 (2.66%) Sophos
15 6 (2.28%) Datto
15 6 (2.28%) SonicWALL
15 6 (2.28%) Ubiquiti
16 5 (1.90%) Commvault