MCSE Contracts in London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 382 457 522
Rank change year-on-year +75 +65 -99
Contract jobs citing MCSE 12 32 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.068% 0.12% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.56% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 22 59
10th Percentile £237 £105 £185
25th Percentile £259 £186 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £388 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% -22.50% +21.95%
75th Percentile £347 £500 £538
90th Percentile £376 £587 £545
England median daily rate £388 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -13.89% +5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.69
Median hourly rate - - £25.09
75th Percentile - - £25.48
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.00 £18.50 £23.22
% change year-on-year -2.70% -20.32% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,219 5,682 6,678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.91% 21.66% 17.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,856 3,846 4,565
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 81 147
10th Percentile £14.21 £20.00 £22.16
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.37% +6.74% +21.92%
75th Percentile £42.75 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.35 £83.75 £66.11
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.29
% change year-on-year -23.81% +33.62% +4.77%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for MCSE in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for MCSE in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for MCSE in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the London 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
North London +3 2 £250 -
Central London +42 1 £375 -37.50% 1
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (8.33%) IIS
2 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (16.67%) AWS
4 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) VPN
2 3 (25.00%) LAN
2 3 (25.00%) WAN
3 2 (16.67%) NAS
3 2 (16.67%) SAN
4 1 (8.33%) DHCP
4 1 (8.33%) DNS
4 1 (8.33%) Firewall
4 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) MySQL
1 2 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.33%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Banking
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Front Office
4 3 (25.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (8.33%) Advertising
5 1 (8.33%) Electronics
5 1 (8.33%) French Language
5 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (8.33%) Marketing
5 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (8.33%) Spanish Language
5 1 (8.33%) Swedish Language
5 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Server Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Exchange Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Operations Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Operations Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Service Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Support
3 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Clustering
2 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 2 (16.67%) iPad
2 2 (16.67%) iPhone
2 2 (16.67%) PKI
2 2 (16.67%) Replication
3 1 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Linux
2 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) ITIL
2 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (16.67%) High Availability
4 2 (16.67%) Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Security Hardening
4 2 (16.67%) Server Management
4 2 (16.67%) Task Automation
5 1 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (8.33%) Change Control
5 1 (8.33%) Chat Support
5 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (8.33%) Network Management
5 1 (8.33%) Proactive Maintenance
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Server Virtualisation
5 1 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (33.33%) MCSA
3 3 (25.00%) Degree
3 3 (25.00%) MCP
4 1 (8.33%) AWS Certification
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
4 1 (8.33%) CCNA
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Backup Exec
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (8.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) Bloomberg
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco
3 3 (25.00%) Refinitiv
3 3 (25.00%) VMware
4 2 (16.67%) CA
4 2 (16.67%) Reuters
5 1 (8.33%) Apple
5 1 (8.33%) Aruba
5 1 (8.33%) IronPort
5 1 (8.33%) Juniper
5 1 (8.33%) SAP
5 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
5 1 (8.33%) SolarWinds
5 1 (8.33%) Zscaler