MCSE Jobs in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 561 625 680
Rank change year-on-year +64 +55 -183
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 288 303 524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.34% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.18% 1.04% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 221 266 429
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% -8.33% +0.14%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -7.78% -

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,370 29,220 35,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.43% 32.72% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15,757 13,335 16,761
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,019 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
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% -

MCSE
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

MCSE
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for MCSE in England

MCSE
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSE in England

MCSE
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +25 88 £35,000 -4.11% 7
London +96 63 £65,000 +23.81% 11
North of England +50 47 £45,000 +20.00% 9
Midlands -16 39 £45,000 +7.14% 10
East of England +7 28 £40,000 -5.88% 3
West Midlands -8 26 £50,000 +56.25% 7
Yorkshire +105 23 £44,000 +58.56% 6
South West -25 23 £37,000 -12.43% 13
North West -6 15 £45,000 +5.88% 2
East Midlands -25 13 £44,225 -1.72% 3
North East - 9 £42,250 - 1
MCSE
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 82 (28.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (20.49%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.82%) SharePoint 2010
3 11 (3.82%) SharePoint 2013
4 7 (2.43%) IIS
5 5 (1.74%) CMS
6 1 (0.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) Confluence
6 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 41 (14.24%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.69%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 188 (65.28%) Azure
2 133 (46.18%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (20.49%) AWS
4 43 (14.93%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (13.89%) IBM Cloud
6 33 (11.46%) Entra ID
7 16 (5.56%) GCP
8 15 (5.21%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (5.21%) Nutanix
8 15 (5.21%) OneDrive
8 15 (5.21%) Power Platform
9 10 (3.47%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (2.78%) Mimecast
11 6 (2.08%) IaaS
11 6 (2.08%) PowerApps
11 6 (2.08%) SaaS
11 6 (2.08%) WhatsApp
12 3 (1.04%) Google Workspace
12 3 (1.04%) PaaS
13 2 (0.69%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 101 (35.07%) Firewall
2 74 (25.69%) SAN
3 56 (19.44%) DNS
4 53 (18.40%) DHCP
5 46 (15.97%) VLAN
6 44 (15.28%) WAN
7 42 (14.58%) VPN
8 35 (12.15%) LAN
9 34 (11.81%) NAS
10 31 (10.76%) VoIP
11 29 (10.07%) TCP/IP
12 17 (5.90%) Internet
13 13 (4.51%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (3.82%) Network Security
14 11 (3.82%) SD-WAN
15 10 (3.47%) MPLS
16 7 (2.43%) Wireless
16 7 (2.43%) Wireshark
16 7 (2.43%) WLAN
17 5 (1.74%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.68%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.51%) Power BI
3 5 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.39%) MySQL
5 3 (1.04%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.69%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.69%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.35%) Metadata
7 1 (0.35%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.43%) Git
2 5 (1.74%) JIRA
3 2 (0.69%) GitLab
3 2 (0.69%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.35%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.35%) MSBuild
General
1 91 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 58 (20.14%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (15.28%) Public Sector
4 17 (5.90%) Finance
5 13 (4.51%) Manufacturing
6 12 (4.17%) Billing
7 10 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.78%) Legal
9 7 (2.43%) Automotive
9 7 (2.43%) Retail
10 6 (2.08%) Law
11 4 (1.39%) Electronics
12 3 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.04%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.69%) Banking
13 2 (0.69%) Games
13 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.35%) Back Office
14 1 (0.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 45 (15.63%) IT Support
2 33 (11.46%) IT Engineer
3 31 (10.76%) Support Engineer
4 27 (9.38%) 3rd Line Support
4 27 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 22 (7.64%) Lead
6 21 (7.29%) IT Manager
7 18 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
8 17 (5.90%) 2nd Line Support
9 16 (5.56%) Analyst
9 16 (5.56%) IT Technician
10 15 (5.21%) Storage Specialist
11 13 (4.51%) Architect
11 13 (4.51%) Consultant
11 13 (4.51%) Infrastructure Architect
11 13 (4.51%) Virtualisation Specialist
12 12 (4.17%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 12 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 12 (4.17%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
12 12 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.21%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.74%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.69%) .NET
4 1 (0.35%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.35%) XML
4 1 (0.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (14.93%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (13.89%) Blockchain
2 40 (13.89%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (12.85%) Data Centre
4 25 (8.68%) Replication
5 20 (6.94%) Management Information System
6 15 (5.21%) Public Cloud
6 15 (5.21%) Security Posture
7 12 (4.17%) Driving Licence
8 9 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.43%) Clustering
10 6 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (2.08%) Operational Technology
10 6 (2.08%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.74%) EPoS
11 5 (1.74%) NHS
11 5 (1.74%) PKI
12 4 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.39%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 191 (66.32%) Windows
2 110 (38.19%) Windows Server
3 103 (35.76%) Linux
4 44 (15.28%) Debian
5 41 (14.24%) CentOS
6 40 (13.89%) Alpine Linux
7 22 (7.64%) Windows Server 2012
8 21 (7.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 20 (6.94%) Windows 10
10 16 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
11 13 (4.51%) Ubuntu
12 12 (4.17%) SUSE
13 8 (2.78%) Android
14 7 (2.43%) Apple iOS
14 7 (2.43%) Mac OS
15 6 (2.08%) Unix
16 4 (1.39%) Windows Vista
17 2 (0.69%) Windows 2000
17 2 (0.69%) Windows 7
17 2 (0.69%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (31.94%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (26.04%) ITIL
3 57 (19.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 48 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 46 (15.97%) Artificial Intelligence
6 45 (15.63%) CI/CD
6 45 (15.63%) DevOps
6 45 (15.63%) Project Delivery
6 45 (15.63%) Task Automation
7 41 (14.24%) Data Science
8 40 (13.89%) Co-Creation
8 40 (13.89%) Functional Testing
8 40 (13.89%) Separation of Concerns
8 40 (13.89%) Technology Transformation
9 39 (13.54%) Mentoring
9 39 (13.54%) Project Management
10 38 (13.19%) Cybersecurity
11 35 (12.15%) Disaster Recovery
12 24 (8.33%) Computer Science
13 21 (7.29%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (14.93%) SQL
2 42 (14.58%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.47%) C#
4 8 (2.78%) Python
5 7 (2.43%) Bash
6 6 (2.08%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.69%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.35%) PHP
8 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 288 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 126 (43.75%) MCSA
3 103 (35.76%) Cisco Certification
4 88 (30.56%) CCNA
5 69 (23.96%) Degree
6 52 (18.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 51 (17.71%) Azure Certification
8 30 (10.42%) MCP
9 21 (7.29%) CCNP
10 19 (6.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (5.90%) MCITP
12 13 (4.51%) Network+ Certification
13 11 (3.82%) A+ Certification
13 11 (3.82%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (3.47%) SC Cleared
14 10 (3.47%) Security Cleared
15 7 (2.43%) CISSP
15 7 (2.43%) Master's Degree
16 6 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.17%) SLA
2 11 (3.82%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.08%) GDPR
4 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.35%) NIST
4 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 142 (49.31%) Active Directory
2 119 (41.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 71 (24.65%) Hyper-V
4 40 (13.89%) Docker
5 24 (8.33%) vSphere
6 22 (7.64%) Virtual Servers
7 12 (4.17%) vCloud
7 12 (4.17%) XenDesktop
8 11 (3.82%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (2.78%) XenApp
10 5 (1.74%) Firmware
11 3 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.69%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 44 (15.28%) Terraform
2 41 (14.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (13.89%) Kubernetes
4 30 (10.42%) SCCM
5 10 (3.47%) FortiGate
6 9 (3.13%) SCOM
6 9 (3.13%) WSUS
7 4 (1.39%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.04%) Autotask
8 3 (1.04%) SCOrch
8 3 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.69%) Ansible
9 2 (0.69%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.69%) HP SIM
9 2 (0.69%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.69%) vRealize
9 2 (0.69%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 188 (65.28%) Microsoft
2 129 (44.79%) VMware
3 53 (18.40%) Cisco
4 51 (17.71%) HP
5 46 (15.97%) Red Hat
6 44 (15.28%) IBM
7 38 (13.19%) Veeam
8 25 (8.68%) Citrix
9 20 (6.94%) Dell
9 20 (6.94%) Google
10 17 (5.90%) Commvault
11 16 (5.56%) Meraki
12 15 (5.21%) Nimble Storage
13 13 (4.51%) Apple
14 12 (4.17%) Fujitsu
15 11 (3.82%) Symantec
16 9 (3.13%) Draytek
16 9 (3.13%) Sophos
17 8 (2.78%) Datto
17 8 (2.78%) SonicWALL