Hybrid/Remote MCSE Job Trends

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 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 380 502
Rank change year-on-year +30 +122 -3
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 89 41 66
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.42% 0.25% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.99% 0.74% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6 28 42
10th Percentile £41,750 - £31,025
25th Percentile £49,063 £32,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £38,094 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +64.07% -4.77% -
75th Percentile £66,563 £55,625 £48,438
90th Percentile £67,500 £61,500 £55,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +35.71% -12.50% -11.11%

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 4,474 5,531 8,632
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.99% 33.58% 26.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,068 2,475 5,526
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £89,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MCSE and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

MCSE job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

MCSE
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing MCSE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing MCSE

MCSE
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing MCSE over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

MCSE salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 4 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 74 (83.15%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 82 (92.13%) Microsoft 365
2 80 (89.89%) AWS
3 14 (15.73%) Azure
4 4 (4.49%) Mimecast
5 2 (2.25%) GCP
6 1 (1.12%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.37%) Firewall
2 2 (2.25%) DNS
2 2 (2.25%) LAN
2 2 (2.25%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (2.25%) VPN
2 2 (2.25%) WAN
3 1 (1.12%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.25%) SQL Server
General
1 80 (89.89%) Social Skills
2 40 (44.94%) Swedish Language
3 34 (38.20%) French Language
4 1 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (87.64%) Analyst
1 78 (87.64%) Service Analyst
1 78 (87.64%) Service Desk Analyst
2 7 (7.87%) Senior
3 4 (4.49%) Cloud Consultant
3 4 (4.49%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
3 4 (4.49%) Consultant
3 4 (4.49%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 4 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (4.49%) IT Analyst
3 4 (4.49%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (4.49%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
3 4 (4.49%) Solutions Consultant
4 3 (3.37%) IT Engineer
4 3 (3.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (3.37%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (1.12%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (1.12%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (1.12%) Senior Backup Engineer
5 1 (1.12%) Storage and Backup Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.49%) Onboarding
1 4 (4.49%) Public Cloud
2 1 (1.12%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.12%) Fat Client
2 1 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (1.12%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.48%) Windows
2 5 (5.62%) Linux
3 4 (4.49%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (89.89%) ITIL
2 78 (87.64%) Customer Service
3 74 (83.15%) ITSM
3 74 (83.15%) Performance Metrics
4 6 (6.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (6.74%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (5.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (5.62%) Presales
5 5 (5.62%) Service Delivery
6 4 (4.49%) Cloud Operations
6 4 (4.49%) DevOps
6 4 (4.49%) Document Management
6 4 (4.49%) Incident Management
6 4 (4.49%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (4.49%) Line Management
6 4 (4.49%) Performance Improvement
6 4 (4.49%) Problem Management
6 4 (4.49%) SOA
6 4 (4.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (4.49%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.25%) SQL
2 1 (1.12%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 89 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 79 (88.76%) Degree
3 74 (83.15%) AWS Certification
4 8 (8.99%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (7.87%) CCNA
6 6 (6.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (5.62%) Azure Certification
8 4 (4.49%) CCNP
8 4 (4.49%) LPIC
8 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 4 (4.49%) MOS
8 4 (4.49%) RHCSA
8 4 (4.49%) VCAP
9 2 (2.25%) MCSA
10 1 (1.12%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.12%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (83.15%) QA
2 1 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.12%) NIST
2 1 (1.12%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (5.62%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.49%) vSphere
3 2 (2.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (5.62%) SCCM
2 4 (4.49%) Terraform
3 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 84 (94.38%) Microsoft
2 78 (87.64%) ServiceNow
3 9 (10.11%) VMware
4 7 (7.87%) Cisco
5 6 (6.74%) Citrix
6 2 (2.25%) Adobe
6 2 (2.25%) Dell
6 2 (2.25%) Draytek
6 2 (2.25%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.25%) Juniper
6 2 (2.25%) SonicWALL
6 2 (2.25%) Veeam
6 2 (2.25%) WatchGuard
7 1 (1.12%) NetApp