MCSE Job Trends in Yorkshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 150 171
Rank change year-on-year -11 +21 +85
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 1 1 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.029% 0.032% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.097% 0.082% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 9
10th Percentile - - £40,500
25th Percentile £49,000 £65,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +47.37% +72.73%
75th Percentile £51,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile - - £70,000
England median annual salary £35,221 £38,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.31% -24.00% +18.34%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,030 1,220 690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 30.25% 39.02% 20.92%
Number of salaries quoted 389 247 437
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £27,650
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,306 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,363 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MCSE relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

MCSE job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

MCSE
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing MCSE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing MCSE

MCSE
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
West Yorkshire -18 1 £50,000 -28.57% 1
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 1 (100.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Application Support Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Support
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Support Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Team Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft