MCSE Contracts in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 476 520 557
Rank change year-on-year +44 +37 -57
Contract jobs citing MCSE 73 127 222
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.26% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.64% 0.94% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 101 155
10th Percentile £268 £107 £153
25th Percentile £300 £219 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £556 £575 £538
90th Percentile £613 £650 £608
UK median daily rate £375 £463 £425
% change year-on-year -18.92% +8.82% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 8
10th Percentile £13.10 - £15.31
25th Percentile £15.13 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £18.50 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -20.32% -
75th Percentile £27.41 £20.00 £38.83
90th Percentile £42.11 £23.89 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £23.22
% change year-on-year -5.41% -20.32% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,420 13,530 15,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.07% 27.63% 21.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,032 9,064 10,005
10th Percentile £313 £335 £320
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £717
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 980 713 679
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.22 £18.76
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.29
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +33.62% +4.77%
75th Percentile £61.82 £68.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +27.06% +13.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCSE in England.

Daily rate trend for MCSE in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCSE in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MCSE in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCSE in England.

Hourly rate trend for MCSE in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MCSE in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MCSE in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +27 21 £538 -0.92% 12
South West +17 15 £538 +16.22% 17
North of England +16 14 £425 -22.73% 6
London +75 12 £325 -16.13% 5
North West +6 10 £303 -53.46% 2
East of England +15 5 £425 +286.36% 2
Midlands +12 5 £117 -47.53% 5
North East +18 4 £488 +343.18% 1
East Midlands +12 3 £130 -41.70% 2
West Midlands +14 2 £117 -43.27% 3
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UK

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 29 (39.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (23.29%) Confluence
3 14 (19.18%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.37%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.37%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.37%) IIS
4 1 (1.37%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (9.59%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 18 (24.66%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (20.55%) Azure
3 8 (10.96%) AWS
4 3 (4.11%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.74%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.74%) IaaS
5 2 (2.74%) Mimecast
5 2 (2.74%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.37%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 24 (32.88%) DNS
2 22 (30.14%) DHCP
3 13 (17.81%) SAN
4 12 (16.44%) VPN
5 8 (10.96%) TCP/IP
6 7 (9.59%) NAS
7 6 (8.22%) Fibre Channel
7 6 (8.22%) Firewall
8 5 (6.85%) iSCSI
8 5 (6.85%) VLAN
9 4 (5.48%) LAN
9 4 (5.48%) SSL
9 4 (5.48%) VoIP
9 4 (5.48%) WAN
10 3 (4.11%) Skype
10 3 (4.11%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (2.74%) Network Security
11 2 (2.74%) Wireless
12 1 (1.37%) MPLS
12 1 (1.37%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.70%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.74%) MySQL
2 2 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.37%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.37%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (23.29%) JIRA
General
1 44 (60.27%) Social Skills
2 35 (47.95%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (21.92%) Military
4 10 (13.70%) Finance
5 8 (10.96%) Banking
6 6 (8.22%) Manufacturing
6 6 (8.22%) Public Sector
7 5 (6.85%) Marketing
8 4 (5.48%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (5.48%) Telecoms
9 3 (4.11%) Front Office
9 3 (4.11%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.37%) Advertising
10 1 (1.37%) Electronics
10 1 (1.37%) French Language
10 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.37%) Spanish Language
10 1 (1.37%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 16 (21.92%) Integration Engineer
1 16 (21.92%) Test and Integration Engineer
1 16 (21.92%) Test Engineer
2 10 (13.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (10.96%) Senior
3 8 (10.96%) Support Engineer
4 6 (8.22%) Server Engineer
5 5 (6.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 5 (6.85%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (6.85%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (6.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 4 (5.48%) Analyst
6 4 (5.48%) Desktop Engineer
6 4 (5.48%) IT Support
6 4 (5.48%) Service Delivery Engineer
6 4 (5.48%) VMware Engineer
7 3 (4.11%) Architect
7 3 (4.11%) DBA
7 3 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.11%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.74%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (28.77%) PKI
2 9 (12.33%) Clustering
3 4 (5.48%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.48%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.48%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.74%) Blackberry
4 2 (2.74%) iPad
4 2 (2.74%) iPhone
4 2 (2.74%) Replication
5 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.37%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.37%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.37%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 59 (80.82%) Windows
2 37 (50.68%) Windows Server
3 20 (27.40%) Windows Server 2012
4 18 (24.66%) Windows 10
5 10 (13.70%) Linux
6 4 (5.48%) Unix
7 3 (4.11%) Mac OS
8 2 (2.74%) CentOS
8 2 (2.74%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.37%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (42.47%) ITIL
2 20 (27.40%) Agile
3 19 (26.03%) Critical Thinking
4 16 (21.92%) Regression Testing
4 16 (21.92%) Test Scripting
5 12 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (13.70%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (12.33%) Service Management
8 8 (10.96%) Project Management
9 7 (9.59%) Customer Service
9 7 (9.59%) High Availability
10 6 (8.22%) Change Management
10 6 (8.22%) Infrastructure Management
10 6 (8.22%) PRINCE2
10 6 (8.22%) Task Automation
11 5 (6.85%) Problem Management
11 5 (6.85%) Server Management
12 4 (5.48%) Deployment Automation
12 4 (5.48%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 26 (35.62%) SQL
2 21 (28.77%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.37%) Bash
3 1 (1.37%) Bicep
3 1 (1.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 73 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (36.99%) MCSA
3 26 (35.62%) Security Cleared
4 25 (34.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 23 (31.51%) Degree
6 22 (30.14%) SC Cleared
7 18 (24.66%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (20.55%) CCNA
9 7 (9.59%) MCP
10 6 (8.22%) DV Cleared
11 5 (6.85%) CCNP
12 4 (5.48%) MCTS
13 2 (2.74%) A+ Certification
13 2 (2.74%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (2.74%) MOS
13 2 (2.74%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (1.37%) CCIE
14 1 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (1.37%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.07%) SLA
2 3 (4.11%) NCSC
2 3 (4.11%) NIST
3 1 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.37%) GDPR
System Software
1 38 (52.05%) Active Directory
2 28 (38.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (9.59%) vSphere
4 4 (5.48%) Firmware
5 2 (2.74%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.74%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (1.37%) Terminal Services
6 1 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.37%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 10 (13.70%) SCCM
2 4 (5.48%) WSUS
3 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.74%) Backup Exec
4 2 (2.74%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.37%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.37%) SCOM
Vendors
1 58 (79.45%) Microsoft
2 35 (47.95%) VMware
3 9 (12.33%) ServiceNow
4 7 (9.59%) Cisco
5 5 (6.85%) Bloomberg
6 3 (4.11%) Apple
6 3 (4.11%) Dell
6 3 (4.11%) HP
6 3 (4.11%) Red Hat
6 3 (4.11%) Refinitiv
6 3 (4.11%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.74%) CA
7 2 (2.74%) Citrix
7 2 (2.74%) Reuters
7 2 (2.74%) Sophos
7 2 (2.74%) Veeam
8 1 (1.37%) Adobe
8 1 (1.37%) BEA
8 1 (1.37%) Juniper
8 1 (1.37%) SAP