MCSE Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 219 235 222
Rank change year-on-year +16 -13 -46
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 29 39 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.40% 0.58% 0.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.53% 1.41% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 21 29 55
10th Percentile £28,500 - £31,300
25th Percentile £32,750 £25,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £32,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -24.71% +13.33%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £50,625
90th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £59,500
England median annual salary £44,225 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.57% -7.78% +2.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,896 2,768 2,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 26.23% 41.15% 30.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,272 975 1,153
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £28,602
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £35,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing MCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the West Midlands

MCSE
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSE in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for MCSE in the West Midlands

MCSE
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSE in the West Midlands

MCSE
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the West Midlands 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
Staffordshire -10 14 £50,000 +56.25% 4
Birmingham -12 6 £65,000 +4.00%
Worcestershire - 4 £34,250 -
Solihull - 2 £62,500 -
Shropshire -6 1 £14,000 -46.15%
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 20 (68.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (37.93%) SharePoint
3 2 (6.90%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (89.66%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (62.07%) Azure
3 16 (55.17%) Entra ID
4 9 (31.03%) Power Platform
5 8 (27.59%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (20.69%) PowerApps
7 2 (6.90%) AWS
7 2 (6.90%) Azure App Service
7 2 (6.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (6.90%) GCP
8 1 (3.45%) Google Workspace
8 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (34.48%) Firewall
2 7 (24.14%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (20.69%) LAN
3 6 (20.69%) WAN
4 5 (17.24%) DHCP
4 5 (17.24%) DNS
4 5 (17.24%) Internet
4 5 (17.24%) Network Security
4 5 (17.24%) SAN
4 5 (17.24%) VPN
5 4 (13.79%) Wireless
6 3 (10.34%) VLAN
7 2 (6.90%) HTTP
7 2 (6.90%) IPv6
7 2 (6.90%) VoIP
8 1 (3.45%) BGP
8 1 (3.45%) ISDN
8 1 (3.45%) OSPF
8 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
8 1 (3.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) Power BI
2 4 (13.79%) MySQL
2 4 (13.79%) SQL Server
3 2 (6.90%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (6.90%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Git
2 2 (6.90%) MSBuild
General
1 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (20.69%) Retail
4 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
5 3 (10.34%) Multimedia
6 1 (3.45%) Automotive
6 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) IT Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Consultant
2 6 (20.69%) Functional Consultant
2 6 (20.69%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Network Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Support Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Technical Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) IT Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) IT Support
4 3 (10.34%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (6.90%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (6.90%) IT Technical Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Network Systems Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Team Leader
5 2 (6.90%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) .NET
1 2 (6.90%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Data Centre
2 6 (20.69%) Virtual Team
3 5 (17.24%) EPoS
4 4 (13.79%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (10.34%) CCTV
5 3 (10.34%) Clustering
5 3 (10.34%) iPad
5 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
5 3 (10.34%) Media Streaming
6 2 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (6.90%) Private Cloud
7 1 (3.45%) IoT
7 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (3.45%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 19 (65.52%) Windows
2 10 (34.48%) Windows Server
3 8 (27.59%) Linux
4 5 (17.24%) Windows 10
5 3 (10.34%) Unix
6 2 (6.90%) Android
6 2 (6.90%) Windows 7
7 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
7 1 (3.45%) Mac OS X
7 1 (3.45%) Ubuntu
7 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (27.59%) ITIL
2 8 (27.59%) Software Engineering
3 7 (24.14%) Migration
3 7 (24.14%) Server Management
4 6 (20.69%) Agile
4 6 (20.69%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (20.69%) Collaborative Culture
4 6 (20.69%) CRM
4 6 (20.69%) DevSecOps
4 6 (20.69%) Presales
4 6 (20.69%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (20.69%) Scrum
5 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
6 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
6 3 (10.34%) Email Filtering
6 3 (10.34%) IT Strategy
6 3 (10.34%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (10.34%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) C#
1 8 (27.59%) SQL
2 5 (17.24%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.90%) PHP
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (48.28%) Degree
3 13 (44.83%) CCNA
3 13 (44.83%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (17.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (10.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (10.34%) MCP
5 3 (10.34%) MCSA
6 2 (6.90%) Azure Certification
6 2 (6.90%) CCIE
6 2 (6.90%) CCNP
6 2 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (3.45%) CCA
7 1 (3.45%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.45%) DBS Check
7 1 (3.45%) HNC
7 1 (3.45%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) GDPR
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (58.62%) Active Directory
2 14 (48.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (34.48%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) SCCM
2 3 (10.34%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (10.34%) FortiGate
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.34%) SCOM
Vendors
1 23 (79.31%) Microsoft
2 14 (48.28%) VMware
3 8 (27.59%) Cisco
4 5 (17.24%) HP
5 4 (13.79%) Apple
5 4 (13.79%) Ruckus Wireless
6 3 (10.34%) Dell
6 3 (10.34%) Meraki
6 3 (10.34%) Sage
7 2 (6.90%) EMC
7 2 (6.90%) Remedy
7 2 (6.90%) SonicWALL
8 1 (3.45%) Citrix
8 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
8 1 (3.45%) Google
8 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
8 1 (3.45%) Ubiquiti