MCSE Jobs with Work from Home Options

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 519 536 629
Rank change year-on-year +17 +93 -213
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 61 125 242
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.31% 0.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.64% 1.21% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 41 111 199
10th Percentile £31,000 £23,500 £32,375
25th Percentile £36,750 £31,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -23.81% +23.53%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £65,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £81,750
UK median annual salary £44,000 £42,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.67% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,564 10,353 16,666
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.10% 25.93% 23.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5,898 6,233 8,808
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing MCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MCSE trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing MCSE over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

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 21 (34.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (22.95%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.64%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (9.84%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (60.66%) Azure
2 36 (59.02%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (32.79%) AWS
4 9 (14.75%) Entra ID
5 8 (13.11%) OneDrive
6 6 (9.84%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (9.84%) Power Platform
6 6 (9.84%) PowerApps
7 3 (4.92%) IaaS
8 2 (3.28%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (3.28%) PaaS
8 2 (3.28%) WhatsApp
9 1 (1.64%) GCP
9 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (40.98%) Firewall
2 21 (34.43%) DNS
3 20 (32.79%) SAN
4 19 (31.15%) DHCP
5 18 (29.51%) TCP/IP
5 18 (29.51%) VLAN
6 15 (24.59%) NAS
7 10 (16.39%) VoIP
7 10 (16.39%) VPN
8 9 (14.75%) WAN
9 7 (11.48%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (9.84%) SD-WAN
11 5 (8.20%) MPLS
12 4 (6.56%) LAN
13 3 (4.92%) NetScaler
13 3 (4.92%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (3.28%) Fibre Channel
14 2 (3.28%) iSCSI
14 2 (3.28%) Wireless
14 2 (3.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.84%) Power BI
2 2 (3.28%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (3.28%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.64%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.64%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (9.84%) Git
General
1 22 (36.07%) Social Skills
2 15 (24.59%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (13.11%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (6.56%) Finance
6 1 (1.64%) Back Office
6 1 (1.64%) Banking
6 1 (1.64%) Law
6 1 (1.64%) Legal
6 1 (1.64%) Local Government
6 1 (1.64%) Marketing
6 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.64%) Retail
6 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (19.67%) IT Support
2 11 (18.03%) IT Engineer
3 9 (14.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (14.75%) Support Engineer
4 8 (13.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 7 (11.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 7 (11.48%) 3rd Line Support
5 7 (11.48%) Analyst
5 7 (11.48%) IT Technician
6 6 (9.84%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (9.84%) Consultant
6 6 (9.84%) Functional Consultant
7 5 (8.20%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 5 (8.20%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (8.20%) Lead
7 5 (8.20%) Team Leader
8 4 (6.56%) Cloud Engineer
9 3 (4.92%) Head of IT Services
9 3 (4.92%) Head of Support
9 3 (4.92%) IT Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) Driving Licence
2 6 (9.84%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.84%) Virtual Team
3 3 (4.92%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.28%) Clustering
4 2 (3.28%) NHS
4 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.28%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.28%) Replication
5 1 (1.64%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.64%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.64%) IoT
5 1 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.64%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 38 (62.30%) Windows
2 19 (31.15%) Windows Server
3 17 (27.87%) Linux
4 7 (11.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (4.92%) Unix
5 3 (4.92%) Windows 10
6 2 (3.28%) Windows 7
6 2 (3.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.64%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (60.66%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (39.34%) ITIL
3 13 (21.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 12 (19.67%) Customer Service
5 11 (18.03%) Mentoring
6 8 (13.11%) Agile
7 7 (11.48%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (11.48%) Project Management
8 6 (9.84%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (9.84%) Collaborative Culture
8 6 (9.84%) CRM
8 6 (9.84%) DevSecOps
8 6 (9.84%) Presales
8 6 (9.84%) Requirements Gathering
8 6 (9.84%) Scrum
8 6 (9.84%) Server Management
8 6 (9.84%) Software Engineering
9 5 (8.20%) Change Advisory Board
9 5 (8.20%) Proactive Monitoring
9 5 (8.20%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.84%) C#
2 4 (6.56%) SQL
3 3 (4.92%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.64%) Bash
4 1 (1.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 61 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (47.54%) CCNA
2 29 (47.54%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (13.11%) ITIL Certification
4 7 (11.48%) Degree
5 6 (9.84%) Azure Certification
6 5 (8.20%) MCSA
6 5 (8.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (4.92%) CISSP
8 2 (3.28%) AWS Certification
8 2 (3.28%) CCNP
8 2 (3.28%) MCITP
8 2 (3.28%) MCP
9 1 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.64%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certified Architect
9 1 (1.64%) RHCSA
9 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.20%) SLA
2 2 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.64%) NIST
System Software
1 27 (44.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (34.43%) Active Directory
2 21 (34.43%) Hyper-V
3 4 (6.56%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (4.92%) XenDesktop
5 2 (3.28%) Firmware
5 2 (3.28%) Terminal Server
5 2 (3.28%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (8.20%) SCCM
3 4 (6.56%) vCenter Server
4 3 (4.92%) WSUS
5 2 (3.28%) SCOM
6 1 (1.64%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.64%) SCOrch
6 1 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (67.21%) Microsoft
2 29 (47.54%) VMware
3 6 (9.84%) Cisco
3 6 (9.84%) Meraki
3 6 (9.84%) Veeam
4 5 (8.20%) Citrix
5 3 (4.92%) IBM
5 3 (4.92%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.28%) Commvault
6 2 (3.28%) Dell
6 2 (3.28%) Nimble Storage
6 2 (3.28%) Oracle
7 1 (1.64%) Adobe
7 1 (1.64%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.64%) Google
7 1 (1.64%) HP
7 1 (1.64%) Juniper
7 1 (1.64%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.64%) Sophos
7 1 (1.64%) WatchGuard