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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 453 534 543
Rank change year-on-year +81 +9 -40
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 126 235 208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.31% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.59% 1.18% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 74 167 187
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,400 £23,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £53,096
90th Percentile £53,750 £62,500 £61,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £43,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year -12.79% +2.38% -6.67%

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 21,361 19,849 21,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.83% 26.51% 37.41%
Number of salaries quoted 8,719 12,283 7,957
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,900 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 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
Midlands +89 64 £35,000 -20.86% 9
West Midlands +77 48 £35,000 -17.65% 5
South East +20 28 £45,000 +28.57% 14
East Midlands +46 16 £35,000 -20.86% 4
North of England +12 15 £36,250 -9.38% 10
South West +97 9 £28,000 -24.32% 1
Wales - 8 £38,094 -
Yorkshire +43 7 £55,000 +37.50% 2
North West -5 6 £35,000 -22.22% 8
North East +44 2 £48,750 +30.00%
East of England +24 2 £52,500 +31.25% 6
Scotland +109 1 £25,500 -59.20% 2
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 13 (10.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (7.14%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.79%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (8.73%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.17%) SAP Business One
2 3 (2.38%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.79%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 48 (38.10%) Azure
2 35 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (14.29%) AWS
4 16 (12.70%) PaaS
4 16 (12.70%) SaaS
5 11 (8.73%) Google Workspace
6 8 (6.35%) IaaS
7 7 (5.56%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.38%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.59%) GCP
10 1 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.79%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (31.75%) WLAN
2 32 (25.40%) Network Security
3 30 (23.81%) DNS
4 28 (22.22%) Internet
5 22 (17.46%) Firewall
6 19 (15.08%) DHCP
7 12 (9.52%) VLAN
8 11 (8.73%) BGP
8 11 (8.73%) LAN
8 11 (8.73%) OSPF
8 11 (8.73%) TCP/IP
8 11 (8.73%) WAN
9 6 (4.76%) Wireshark
10 3 (2.38%) SAN
10 3 (2.38%) VoIP
11 2 (1.59%) InfiniBand
12 1 (0.79%) IPv4
12 1 (0.79%) NAS
12 1 (0.79%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.79%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.35%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.79%) JIRA
General
1 59 (46.83%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.11%) Automotive
3 13 (10.32%) Public Sector
4 11 (8.73%) Retail
5 9 (7.14%) Finance
6 8 (6.35%) Welsh Language
7 5 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.17%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.38%) Legal
10 1 (0.79%) Law
10 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (35.71%) IT Support
2 44 (34.92%) IT Engineer
3 42 (33.33%) Support Engineer
4 31 (24.60%) IT Support Engineer
5 14 (11.11%) Analyst
5 14 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (9.52%) Infrastructure Support
7 11 (8.73%) Lead
7 11 (8.73%) Support Analyst
7 11 (8.73%) Systems Engineer
8 9 (7.14%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 9 (7.14%) Support Team Leader
8 9 (7.14%) Team Leader
9 8 (6.35%) Server Engineer
9 8 (6.35%) Technical Support
10 6 (4.76%) NOC Engineer
10 6 (4.76%) Software Analyst
10 6 (4.76%) Software Support Analyst
10 6 (4.76%) Support Specialist
11 5 (3.97%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.76%) .NET
1 6 (4.76%) ASP.NET
1 6 (4.76%) WPF
2 1 (0.79%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 42 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 28 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 13 (10.32%) Smartphone
4 8 (6.35%) Data Centre
4 8 (6.35%) IoT
4 8 (6.35%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.17%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.79%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 94 (74.60%) Windows
2 70 (55.56%) Linux
3 52 (41.27%) Windows Server
4 19 (15.08%) Windows 10
5 17 (13.49%) Ubuntu
6 14 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (10.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (8.73%) Mac OS X
9 9 (7.14%) Mac OS
10 6 (4.76%) CentOS
11 3 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (1.59%) Android
12 2 (1.59%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.79%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.79%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (49.21%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (42.06%) ITIL
3 47 (37.30%) Computer Science
4 41 (32.54%) Mentoring
5 33 (26.19%) Asset Management
6 28 (22.22%) IT Asset Management
6 28 (22.22%) Network Management
7 18 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 17 (13.49%) Proactive Monitoring
9 14 (11.11%) Coaching
9 14 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
10 12 (9.52%) Performance Tuning
11 11 (8.73%) Business Case
11 11 (8.73%) Information Security
11 11 (8.73%) Systems Engineering
12 9 (7.14%) ITSM
12 9 (7.14%) Performance Monitoring
13 8 (6.35%) Cybersecurity
13 8 (6.35%) Incident Management
13 8 (6.35%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (24.60%) SQL
2 19 (15.08%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.76%) C#
4 3 (2.38%) Python
5 2 (1.59%) Bash
5 2 (1.59%) Perl
5 2 (1.59%) VB
6 1 (0.79%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 126 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 64 (50.79%) MCP
3 61 (48.41%) Degree
4 57 (45.24%) MCSA
5 56 (44.44%) CCNA
5 56 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (35.71%) CCNP
6 45 (35.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (23.81%) LPIC
8 14 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 11 (8.73%) A+ Certification
9 11 (8.73%) HNC
9 11 (8.73%) HND
9 11 (8.73%) Network+ Certification
10 10 (7.94%) Azure Certification
11 9 (7.14%) DBS Check
12 5 (3.97%) Security Cleared
13 4 (3.17%) MCITP
14 3 (2.38%) DV Cleared
14 3 (2.38%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.73%) SLA
2 6 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.38%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.59%) NCSC
5 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.79%) NIST
5 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 13 (10.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (9.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (8.73%) Hyper-V
5 5 (3.97%) vSphere
6 2 (1.59%) GPFS
6 2 (1.59%) Lustre
6 2 (1.59%) NFS
6 2 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.79%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.79%) Docker
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.79%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (5.56%) PaperCut
2 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.38%) SCCM
4 2 (1.59%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.79%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.79%) Terraform
5 1 (0.79%) vRealize
5 1 (0.79%) VxRail
5 1 (0.79%) WMI
Vendors
1 100 (79.37%) Microsoft
2 56 (44.44%) Cisco
3 18 (14.29%) VMware
4 14 (11.11%) Dell
4 14 (11.11%) Fortinet
5 11 (8.73%) Apple
5 11 (8.73%) Google
5 11 (8.73%) Ubiquiti
6 6 (4.76%) Palo Alto
6 6 (4.76%) Red Hat
6 6 (4.76%) SAP
7 3 (2.38%) Acronis
7 3 (2.38%) arcserve
7 3 (2.38%) Kaseya
7 3 (2.38%) Meraki
7 3 (2.38%) Sage
7 3 (2.38%) SonicWALL
7 3 (2.38%) WatchGuard
8 1 (0.79%) Remedy
8 1 (0.79%) Symantec