MCSE Jobs in the West Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 147 187 276
Rank change year-on-year +40 +89 -56
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 82 39 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.17% 0.77% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.13% 1.92% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 21 30 45
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,725 £37,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £58,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.43% +30.56% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £63,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £67,694 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,984 2,035 2,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 28.36% 40.09% 32.76%
Number of salaries quoted 956 990 1,587
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,250 £29,256
25th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £35,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +11.70% -3.74%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,375 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

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 26 July 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 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
Staffordshire -6 21 £38,750 -18.42% 3
Warwickshire +24 14 - -
Birmingham -21 11 £32,500 -48.00% 1
Worcestershire - 9 £34,250 -
Solihull - 3 £62,500 -
Walsall - 2 - -
Shropshire -4 1 £14,000 -46.67%
Bilston - 1 - -
Wednesbury - 1 - -
West Bromwich - 1 - -
Willenhall - 1 - -
Wolverhampton - 1 - -
Stourbridge - 1 - -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 - -
Tipton - 1 - -
Brierley Hill - 1 - -
Coventry - 1 - -
Dudley - 1 - -
Halesowen - 1 - -
Kingswinford - 1 - -
Rowley Regis - 1 - -
Smethwick - 1 - -
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 15 (18.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (9.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (7.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (30.49%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (19.51%) Azure
3 12 (14.63%) Entra ID
4 7 (8.54%) Power Platform
5 6 (7.32%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (7.32%) Google Workspace
5 6 (7.32%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 56 (68.29%) WLAN
2 54 (65.85%) Internet
2 54 (65.85%) Network Security
3 13 (15.85%) Firewall
4 11 (13.41%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (8.54%) DHCP
5 7 (8.54%) DNS
5 7 (8.54%) LAN
5 7 (8.54%) WAN
6 6 (7.32%) BGP
6 6 (7.32%) OSPF
6 6 (7.32%) TCP/IP
6 6 (7.32%) VLAN
6 6 (7.32%) VPN
7 5 (6.10%) Wireless
8 2 (2.44%) SAN
8 2 (2.44%) VoIP
8 2 (2.44%) Wireless Security
9 1 (1.22%) ISDN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.32%) Power BI
2 2 (2.44%) MySQL
2 2 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (7.32%) Git
General
1 22 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.76%) Retail
3 6 (7.32%) Automotive
4 5 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.88%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.44%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 64 (78.05%) IT Engineer
2 55 (67.07%) IT Support
3 53 (64.63%) IT Support Engineer
3 53 (64.63%) Support Engineer
4 11 (13.41%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (7.32%) Consultant
5 6 (7.32%) Functional Consultant
6 5 (6.10%) Analyst
6 5 (6.10%) Support Analyst
7 4 (4.88%) Network Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) Desktop Engineer
8 3 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.44%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 2 (2.44%) Infrastructure Manager
9 2 (2.44%) IT Support Analyst
9 2 (2.44%) Technical Analyst
9 2 (2.44%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
9 2 (2.44%) Technical Manager
9 2 (2.44%) Technical Support
9 2 (2.44%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 50 (60.98%) Driving Licence
1 50 (60.98%) Onboarding
2 7 (8.54%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.32%) Smartphone
3 6 (7.32%) Virtual Team
4 5 (6.10%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (4.88%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.88%) EPoS
6 2 (2.44%) CCTV
6 2 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.44%) iPad
6 2 (2.44%) Media Streaming
6 2 (2.44%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.22%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 73 (89.02%) Windows
2 60 (73.17%) Linux
3 13 (15.85%) Windows Server
4 10 (12.20%) Windows 10
5 6 (7.32%) Mac OS X
5 6 (7.32%) Ubuntu
5 6 (7.32%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (7.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (3.66%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.44%) Android
8 1 (1.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (71.95%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (69.51%) ITIL
3 56 (68.29%) Computer Science
4 51 (62.20%) Mentoring
5 50 (60.98%) Asset Management
5 50 (60.98%) IT Asset Management
5 50 (60.98%) Network Management
6 6 (7.32%) Agile
6 6 (7.32%) Business Case
6 6 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (7.32%) CRM
6 6 (7.32%) DevSecOps
6 6 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (7.32%) Migration
6 6 (7.32%) Performance Tuning
6 6 (7.32%) Presales
6 6 (7.32%) Requirements Gathering
6 6 (7.32%) Scrum
6 6 (7.32%) Software Engineering
6 6 (7.32%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.76%) PowerShell
1 8 (9.76%) SQL
2 6 (7.32%) C#
Qualifications
1 82 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 64 (78.05%) Degree
3 63 (76.83%) CCNA
3 63 (76.83%) Cisco Certification
4 56 (68.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (64.63%) CCNP
5 53 (64.63%) MCP
6 50 (60.98%) LPIC
7 6 (7.32%) HNC
7 6 (7.32%) HND
8 2 (2.44%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.44%) CCIE
8 2 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.44%) MCSA
9 1 (1.22%) CCA
9 1 (1.22%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.44%) GDPR
2 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.22%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (26.83%) Active Directory
2 10 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (10.98%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.88%) SCCM
3 2 (2.44%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 75 (91.46%) Microsoft
2 62 (75.61%) Cisco
3 10 (12.20%) VMware
4 9 (10.98%) Apple
5 8 (9.76%) Dell
6 6 (7.32%) Fortinet
6 6 (7.32%) Google
6 6 (7.32%) Ubiquiti
7 5 (6.10%) HP
7 5 (6.10%) Ruckus Wireless
8 4 (4.88%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.44%) EMC
9 2 (2.44%) Meraki
9 2 (2.44%) Sage
9 2 (2.44%) SonicWALL
10 1 (1.22%) Citrix
10 1 (1.22%) SolarWinds