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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 622 696
Rank change year-on-year +57 +74 -188
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 282 297 524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.34% 0.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.14% 1.03% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 215 259 424
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% -8.89% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £54,375 £55,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,000 £74,250
UK median annual salary £44,000 £42,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.67% -

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 24,690 28,718 37,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.79% 33.17% 26.66%
Number of salaries quoted 15,746 13,110 16,945
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £30,898
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,973
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +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 28 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 28 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 +22 87 £35,000 -4.11% 9
London +118 63 £58,750 +11.90% 13
North of England +59 41 £41,250 +6.45% 16
Midlands -27 39 £44,225 +5.30% 7
East of England 0 28 £40,000 -5.88% 3
West Midlands -3 27 £42,500 +32.81% 5
South West -28 24 £37,000 -12.43% 12
Yorkshire +94 20 £41,250 +58.65% 8
North West -6 13 £45,000 +5.88% 7
East Midlands -24 12 £44,225 -1.72% 2
North East - 8 £37,500 - 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 86 (30.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (20.57%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.61%) SharePoint 2010
3 13 (4.61%) SharePoint 2013
4 5 (1.77%) CMS
4 5 (1.77%) IIS
5 2 (0.71%) Confluence
6 1 (0.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 43 (15.25%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.71%) 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 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.71%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 184 (65.25%) Azure
2 132 (46.81%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (21.63%) AWS
4 41 (14.54%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (14.18%) IBM Cloud
6 31 (10.99%) Entra ID
7 18 (6.38%) GCP
8 16 (5.67%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (4.96%) OneDrive
10 13 (4.61%) Nutanix
10 13 (4.61%) Power Platform
11 9 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (2.84%) Mimecast
13 6 (2.13%) PowerApps
13 6 (2.13%) SaaS
14 5 (1.77%) IaaS
15 3 (1.06%) Google Workspace
15 3 (1.06%) PaaS
15 3 (1.06%) WhatsApp
16 2 (0.71%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 100 (35.46%) Firewall
2 69 (24.47%) SAN
3 52 (18.44%) DNS
4 51 (18.09%) DHCP
5 46 (16.31%) WAN
6 43 (15.25%) VLAN
7 41 (14.54%) VPN
8 37 (13.12%) LAN
9 34 (12.06%) NAS
10 29 (10.28%) TCP/IP
10 29 (10.28%) VoIP
11 18 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
12 17 (6.03%) Internet
13 12 (4.26%) Network Security
14 11 (3.90%) SD-WAN
15 10 (3.55%) MPLS
16 8 (2.84%) Wireless
17 7 (2.48%) Wireshark
17 7 (2.48%) WLAN
18 5 (1.77%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.16%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.26%) Power BI
3 4 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.06%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.71%) MySQL
5 2 (0.71%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.35%) Metadata
6 1 (0.35%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (2.48%) Git
2 4 (1.42%) JIRA
3 2 (0.71%) GitLab
3 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.35%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
General
1 91 (32.27%) Social Skills
2 63 (22.34%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (15.60%) Public Sector
4 15 (5.32%) Finance
5 12 (4.26%) Manufacturing
6 10 (3.55%) Billing
7 9 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.48%) Automotive
8 7 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.77%) Electronics
9 5 (1.77%) Legal
9 5 (1.77%) Retail
10 3 (1.06%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.71%) Games
11 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.71%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.35%) Back Office
12 1 (0.35%) Banking
12 1 (0.35%) Law
12 1 (0.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (16.67%) IT Support
2 36 (12.77%) IT Engineer
3 34 (12.06%) Support Engineer
4 27 (9.57%) 3rd Line Support
5 26 (9.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (7.45%) IT Manager
6 21 (7.45%) Lead
7 20 (7.09%) IT Support Engineer
8 18 (6.38%) 2nd Line Support
9 16 (5.67%) IT Technician
10 15 (5.32%) Analyst
11 13 (4.61%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 13 (4.61%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 13 (4.61%) Cloud Engineer
11 13 (4.61%) Consultant
11 13 (4.61%) Storage Specialist
12 12 (4.26%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
12 12 (4.26%) Virtualisation Specialist
13 11 (3.90%) Infrastructure Architect
13 11 (3.90%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.61%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.77%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.35%) XML
3 1 (0.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (14.54%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (14.18%) Blockchain
2 40 (14.18%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (12.06%) Data Centre
4 22 (7.80%) Replication
5 20 (7.09%) Management Information System
6 14 (4.96%) Security Posture
7 13 (4.61%) Public Cloud
8 12 (4.26%) Driving Licence
9 9 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.48%) PKI
11 6 (2.13%) Clustering
11 6 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (2.13%) Operational Technology
11 6 (2.13%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.77%) EPoS
12 5 (1.77%) NHS
13 4 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (1.42%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 188 (66.67%) Windows
2 104 (36.88%) Windows Server
3 100 (35.46%) Linux
4 44 (15.60%) Debian
5 41 (14.54%) CentOS
6 40 (14.18%) Alpine Linux
7 22 (7.80%) Windows Server 2012
8 21 (7.45%) Windows 10
9 20 (7.09%) Windows Server 2016
10 15 (5.32%) Windows Server 2019
11 11 (3.90%) Ubuntu
12 10 (3.55%) SUSE
13 7 (2.48%) Android
13 7 (2.48%) Apple iOS
13 7 (2.48%) Mac OS
14 5 (1.77%) Unix
15 4 (1.42%) Windows Vista
16 2 (0.71%) VMS
16 2 (0.71%) Windows 2000
16 2 (0.71%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (32.27%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (27.66%) ITIL
3 54 (19.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 48 (17.02%) Customer Service
5 46 (16.31%) Artificial Intelligence
6 45 (15.96%) Task Automation
7 43 (15.25%) CI/CD
7 43 (15.25%) DevOps
8 42 (14.89%) Project Delivery
9 40 (14.18%) Co-Creation
9 40 (14.18%) Data Science
9 40 (14.18%) Functional Testing
9 40 (14.18%) Separation of Concerns
9 40 (14.18%) Technology Transformation
10 39 (13.83%) Project Management
11 37 (13.12%) Mentoring
12 36 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
13 32 (11.35%) Disaster Recovery
14 24 (8.51%) Computer Science
15 20 (7.09%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (14.54%) SQL
2 38 (13.48%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.19%) C#
4 7 (2.48%) Python
5 6 (2.13%) Bash
5 6 (2.13%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.71%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 282 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 117 (41.49%) MCSA
3 100 (35.46%) Cisco Certification
4 85 (30.14%) CCNA
5 66 (23.40%) Degree
6 50 (17.73%) Azure Certification
7 47 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 31 (10.99%) MCP
9 23 (8.16%) CCNP
10 19 (6.74%) MCITP
11 18 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (4.61%) SC Cleared
12 13 (4.61%) Security Cleared
13 11 (3.90%) A+ Certification
13 11 (3.90%) Network+ Certification
14 10 (3.55%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (2.48%) CISSP
15 7 (2.48%) Master's Degree
16 5 (1.77%) CompTIA Security+
16 5 (1.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.26%) SLA
2 11 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.19%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.77%) GDPR
5 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.35%) NIST
5 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.35%) QA
System Software
1 141 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 114 (40.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 71 (25.18%) Hyper-V
4 40 (14.18%) Docker
5 22 (7.80%) vSphere
6 20 (7.09%) Virtual Servers
7 14 (4.96%) XenDesktop
8 10 (3.55%) vCloud
8 10 (3.55%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (3.55%) XenApp
9 5 (1.77%) Firmware
10 2 (0.71%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 44 (15.60%) Terraform
2 42 (14.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (14.18%) Kubernetes
4 28 (9.93%) SCCM
5 10 (3.55%) WSUS
6 8 (2.84%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.42%) SCOM
8 3 (1.06%) Autotask
8 3 (1.06%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.71%) Ansible
9 2 (0.71%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.71%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.35%) HP SIM
10 1 (0.35%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.35%) Puppet
10 1 (0.35%) vRealize
10 1 (0.35%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 185 (65.60%) Microsoft
2 123 (43.62%) VMware
3 54 (19.15%) Cisco
4 49 (17.38%) HP
5 46 (16.31%) Red Hat
6 44 (15.60%) IBM
7 34 (12.06%) Veeam
8 25 (8.87%) Citrix
9 22 (7.80%) Dell
9 22 (7.80%) Google
10 16 (5.67%) Meraki
11 15 (5.32%) Commvault
12 13 (4.61%) Apple
12 13 (4.61%) Nimble Storage
12 13 (4.61%) Symantec
13 10 (3.55%) Fujitsu
14 9 (3.19%) Sophos
15 8 (2.84%) SonicWALL
16 7 (2.48%) Draytek
16 7 (2.48%) Sage