MCSE Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 439 529 517
Rank change year-on-year +90 -12 +147
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 38 64 104
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.18% 0.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 0.65% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 25 39 90
10th Percentile - £31,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,094 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.77% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £59,500 £56,750 £65,250
UK median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £44,375
% change year-on-year -17.65% -4.23% -1.39%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,421 9,795 9,693
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.57% 27.36% 26.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,990 5,907 5,887
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +1.69%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.21% -12.04% +9.09%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing MCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MCSE trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing MCSE.

MCSE salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing MCSE over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

MCSE salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.89%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 28 (73.68%) Azure
2 24 (63.16%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (44.74%) AWS
4 16 (42.11%) PaaS
4 16 (42.11%) SaaS
5 8 (21.05%) IaaS
6 5 (13.16%) Entra ID
7 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
8 1 (2.63%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (2.63%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (47.37%) DNS
2 8 (21.05%) DHCP
3 7 (18.42%) Firewall
4 3 (7.89%) InfiniBand
4 3 (7.89%) LAN
4 3 (7.89%) VoIP
4 3 (7.89%) WAN
5 2 (5.26%) Unified Communications
5 2 (5.26%) WLAN
6 1 (2.63%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.26%) Power BI
General
1 22 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.05%) Finance
2 8 (21.05%) Welsh Language
3 3 (7.89%) Automotive
3 3 (7.89%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (28.95%) IT Support
2 8 (21.05%) Server Engineer
3 7 (18.42%) Lead
3 7 (18.42%) Support Team Leader
3 7 (18.42%) Team Leader
4 5 (13.16%) Help Desk Support
4 5 (13.16%) Support Specialist
5 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Support
6 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
6 3 (7.89%) IT Support Specialist
6 3 (7.89%) Senior
6 3 (7.89%) Storage Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) Head of IT
7 2 (5.26%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (5.26%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (5.26%) Senior Support Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) Technical Support Specialist
7 2 (5.26%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.05%) Driving Licence
1 8 (21.05%) IoT
2 7 (18.42%) Management Information System
2 7 (18.42%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.63%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (71.05%) Windows
2 23 (60.53%) Linux
2 23 (60.53%) Windows Server
3 7 (18.42%) Mac OS
4 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (60.53%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (50.00%) ITIL
3 11 (28.95%) Coaching
3 11 (28.95%) Proactive Monitoring
4 9 (23.68%) Incident Management
5 8 (21.05%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (21.05%) Data Collection
5 8 (21.05%) ITSM
5 8 (21.05%) Mentoring
5 8 (21.05%) Performance Monitoring
5 8 (21.05%) Proactive Maintenance
5 8 (21.05%) Problem Management
5 8 (21.05%) Server Migrations
5 8 (21.05%) Service Management
6 7 (18.42%) Document Management
6 7 (18.42%) Workflow
7 4 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (7.89%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Management
8 3 (7.89%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 12 (31.58%) SQL
2 5 (13.16%) PowerShell
3 4 (10.53%) Bash
4 3 (7.89%) Perl
4 3 (7.89%) Python
5 2 (5.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (71.05%) MCSA
3 19 (50.00%) MCP
4 12 (31.58%) CCNA
4 12 (31.58%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (28.95%) Degree
6 8 (21.05%) Azure Certification
6 8 (21.05%) CCNP
6 8 (21.05%) DBS Check
7 4 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (7.89%) LPIC
8 3 (7.89%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (7.89%) RHCE
9 2 (5.26%) AWS Certification
9 2 (5.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (5.26%) DV Cleared
9 2 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
9 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
10 1 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (21.05%) SLA
2 2 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.26%) NCSC
2 2 (5.26%) NIST
3 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (39.47%) Active Directory
2 11 (28.95%) Hyper-V
3 10 (26.32%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (7.89%) GPFS
5 3 (7.89%) Lustre
5 3 (7.89%) NFS
6 2 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (2.63%) Docker
7 1 (2.63%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (18.42%) PaperCut
2 2 (5.26%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.63%) SCCM
3 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.53%) arcserve
2 4 (10.53%) Cisco
2 4 (10.53%) VMware
3 3 (7.89%) Acronis
3 3 (7.89%) Fortinet
3 3 (7.89%) Kaseya
3 3 (7.89%) Meraki
3 3 (7.89%) Sage
3 3 (7.89%) SonicWALL
3 3 (7.89%) WatchGuard
4 2 (5.26%) Forcepoint
4 2 (5.26%) Sophos
5 1 (2.63%) Citrix
5 1 (2.63%) Dell
5 1 (2.63%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (2.63%) Oracle