MCSE Job Trends in Watford

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Watford with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - +36
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Watford 0.38% - 1.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.86% - 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,250 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.54%
75th Percentile £28,750 - £58,750
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £27,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -47.62% -8.70% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Watford

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 Watford.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 35 71 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 13.41% 40.57% 22.13%
Number of salaries quoted 27 27 40
10th Percentile £25,250 - £22,250
25th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +0.59% -33.73%
75th Percentile £65,000 £51,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £57,500 £58,750
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

MCSE job vacancy trend in Watford

MCSE
Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing MCSE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing MCSE

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (100.00%) IT Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 8
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCDST
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware