MCSE Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 516 550 502
Rank change year-on-year +34 -48 -142
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 238 215 382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.35% 0.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.23% 0.95% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 171 195 304
10th Percentile £28,500 £23,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £28,875 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £53,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £64,625
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,750 £46,065
% change year-on-year +7.78% -9.37% +2.37%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

MCSE is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,361 22,582 22,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.64% 36.54% 31.37%
Number of salaries quoted 12,186 8,272 10,253
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,181 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,150
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

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 27 April 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 27 April 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
South East +42 87 £35,000 -4.11% 9
North of England +63 43 £45,000 +20.00% 7
Midlands -11 41 £45,000 +8.43% 5
West Midlands +16 29 £50,000 +56.25% 4
East of England +20 28 £40,000 -5.88% 3
Yorkshire +110 23 £44,000 +58.56% 3
South West -2 22 £36,000 -14.79% 9
Scotland -56 14 £56,250 +78.57% 10
East Midlands -23 12 £44,225 -1.72% 1
North West -2 11 £46,000 +8.24% 3
North East - 9 £42,250 - 1
Isle of Man - 2 £50,000 -
Wales - 1 - -
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 77 (32.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (20.59%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.36%) IIS
4 5 (2.10%) CMS
4 5 (2.10%) SharePoint 2010
4 5 (2.10%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.42%) Apache
5 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (15.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.42%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.42%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.84%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 148 (62.18%) Azure
2 106 (44.54%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (18.49%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (17.65%) AWS
5 40 (16.81%) IBM Cloud
6 33 (13.87%) Entra ID
7 15 (6.30%) OneDrive
8 14 (5.88%) Power Platform
9 11 (4.62%) GCP
10 10 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (4.20%) WhatsApp
11 6 (2.52%) PowerApps
11 6 (2.52%) SaaS
12 4 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (1.26%) Google Workspace
13 3 (1.26%) IaaS
14 2 (0.84%) Azure App Service
14 2 (0.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 2 (0.84%) Mimecast
14 2 (0.84%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 82 (34.45%) Firewall
2 43 (18.07%) SAN
3 41 (17.23%) DNS
4 38 (15.97%) DHCP
5 37 (15.55%) WAN
6 34 (14.29%) NAS
6 34 (14.29%) VLAN
7 32 (13.45%) VoIP
7 32 (13.45%) VPN
8 29 (12.18%) LAN
9 28 (11.76%) TCP/IP
10 16 (6.72%) Internet
11 12 (5.04%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (4.62%) SD-WAN
13 10 (4.20%) MPLS
13 10 (4.20%) Network Security
14 8 (3.36%) Wireless
15 7 (2.94%) Wireshark
15 7 (2.94%) WLAN
16 6 (2.52%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.98%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.78%) Power BI
3 4 (1.68%) MySQL
3 4 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.42%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.94%) Git
2 3 (1.26%) JIRA
3 2 (0.84%) GitLab
3 2 (0.84%) MSBuild
3 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.42%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
General
1 74 (31.09%) Social Skills
2 50 (21.01%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (19.33%) Public Sector
4 10 (4.20%) Manufacturing
4 10 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (3.36%) Retail
6 6 (2.52%) Finance
6 6 (2.52%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.10%) Law
8 4 (1.68%) Legal
9 3 (1.26%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.84%) Games
10 2 (0.84%) Police
10 2 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.42%) Automotive
11 1 (0.42%) Banking
11 1 (0.42%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 39 (16.39%) IT Support
2 32 (13.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 32 (13.45%) IT Engineer
3 30 (12.61%) 3rd Line Support
3 30 (12.61%) Support Engineer
4 21 (8.82%) Lead
5 17 (7.14%) Analyst
5 17 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (7.14%) IT Technician
6 15 (6.30%) IT Manager
7 13 (5.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 12 (5.04%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 12 (5.04%) Senior
9 10 (4.20%) Consultant
10 9 (3.78%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 9 (3.78%) Infrastructure Manager
10 9 (3.78%) IT Support Technician
10 9 (3.78%) Support Technician
10 9 (3.78%) Systems Engineer
10 9 (3.78%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.10%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.84%) .NET
2 2 (0.84%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.42%) XML
3 1 (0.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (17.23%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (16.81%) Blockchain
2 40 (16.81%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (11.76%) Data Centre
4 13 (5.46%) Management Information System
5 12 (5.04%) Driving Licence
6 9 (3.78%) Public Cloud
6 9 (3.78%) Replication
7 8 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.94%) Clustering
9 6 (2.52%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.52%) Operational Technology
9 6 (2.52%) Virtual Team
10 5 (2.10%) EPoS
11 4 (1.68%) CCTV
11 4 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.68%) NHS
11 4 (1.68%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.26%) iPad
12 3 (1.26%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 140 (58.82%) Windows
2 96 (40.34%) Linux
3 76 (31.93%) Windows Server
4 47 (19.75%) Debian
5 45 (18.91%) CentOS
6 40 (16.81%) Alpine Linux
7 20 (8.40%) Windows 10
8 10 (4.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (3.36%) Android
9 8 (3.36%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (2.94%) Apple iOS
10 7 (2.94%) Mac OS
11 5 (2.10%) Unix
11 5 (2.10%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (1.26%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.26%) Windows 7
12 3 (1.26%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.84%) Windows 2000
13 2 (0.84%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.84%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (34.45%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (28.57%) ITIL
3 46 (19.33%) CI/CD
3 46 (19.33%) Customer Service
3 46 (19.33%) DevOps
4 45 (18.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 43 (18.07%) Task Automation
6 42 (17.65%) Data Science
7 40 (16.81%) Artificial Intelligence
7 40 (16.81%) Co-Creation
7 40 (16.81%) Functional Testing
7 40 (16.81%) Separation of Concerns
7 40 (16.81%) Technology Transformation
8 35 (14.71%) Project Management
9 24 (10.08%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (10.08%) Mentoring
10 20 (8.40%) Project Delivery
11 17 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
12 15 (6.30%) Computer Science
12 15 (6.30%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.92%) PowerShell
1 26 (10.92%) SQL
2 8 (3.36%) C#
3 7 (2.94%) Python
4 6 (2.52%) Bash
5 2 (0.84%) PHP
5 2 (0.84%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.42%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.42%) Swift
Qualifications
1 238 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 99 (41.60%) MCSA
3 98 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
4 84 (35.29%) CCNA
5 53 (22.27%) Azure Certification
6 46 (19.33%) Degree
7 31 (13.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 22 (9.24%) CCNP
9 21 (8.82%) MCP
10 12 (5.04%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (5.04%) Network+ Certification
11 11 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (4.62%) MCITP
12 10 (4.20%) SC Cleared
12 10 (4.20%) Security Cleared
13 7 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (2.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (2.52%) AWS Certification
15 5 (2.10%) A+ Certification
15 5 (2.10%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (4.20%) SLA
3 8 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.10%) GDPR
5 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.42%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 106 (44.54%) Active Directory
2 89 (37.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (28.57%) Hyper-V
4 41 (17.23%) Docker
5 13 (5.46%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (4.62%) vSphere
6 11 (4.62%) XenDesktop
7 5 (2.10%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (1.26%) KVM
8 3 (1.26%) XenApp
9 2 (0.84%) Firmware
9 2 (0.84%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 44 (18.49%) Terraform
2 41 (17.23%) Kubernetes
3 28 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (9.66%) SCCM
5 10 (4.20%) FortiGate
6 7 (2.94%) SCOM
6 7 (2.94%) WSUS
7 6 (2.52%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.26%) Autotask
8 3 (1.26%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.84%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.42%) Ansible
Vendors
1 138 (57.98%) Microsoft
2 104 (43.70%) VMware
3 48 (20.17%) Red Hat
4 43 (18.07%) IBM
5 42 (17.65%) Cisco
6 22 (9.24%) Citrix
7 17 (7.14%) Veeam
8 16 (6.72%) Meraki
9 14 (5.88%) Google
10 13 (5.46%) Apple
11 12 (5.04%) Dell
11 12 (5.04%) HP
12 9 (3.78%) Draytek
13 8 (3.36%) Datto
13 8 (3.36%) Sophos
14 7 (2.94%) SonicWALL
15 6 (2.52%) Palo Alto
16 5 (2.10%) Acronis
16 5 (2.10%) ConnectWise
16 5 (2.10%) Nimble Storage