MCSE Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 524 539 488
Rank change year-on-year +15 -51 -99
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 241 213 402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.36% 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.24% 0.98% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 174 191 312
10th Percentile £28,500 £23,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,798 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,375 £61,250 £62,950
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -7.78% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding 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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,428 21,804 22,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.42% 36.57% 31.61%
Number of salaries quoted 12,209 8,120 10,332
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,418 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,800 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the UK excluding London

MCSE
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSE in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for MCSE in the UK excluding London

MCSE
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for MCSE in the UK excluding London

MCSE
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +50 47 £45,000 +20.00% 7
Midlands -16 39 £45,000 +7.14% 8
East of England +7 28 £40,000 -5.88% 1
West Midlands -8 26 £50,000 +56.25% 6
Yorkshire +105 23 £44,000 +58.56% 5
South West -25 23 £37,000 -12.43% 14
North West -6 15 £45,000 +5.88% 1
Scotland -45 14 £62,500 +95.31% 9
East Midlands -25 13 £44,225 -1.72% 2
North East - 9 £42,250 - 1
Isle of Man - 2 £50,000 -
MCSE
UK

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 77 (31.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (20.75%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.90%) IIS
3 7 (2.90%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (2.90%) SharePoint 2013
4 5 (2.07%) CMS
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 36 (14.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.41%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.41%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.83%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 148 (61.41%) Azure
2 111 (46.06%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (17.84%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (17.43%) AWS
5 40 (16.60%) IBM Cloud
6 31 (12.86%) Entra ID
7 15 (6.22%) OneDrive
8 12 (4.98%) GCP
8 12 (4.98%) Power Platform
9 11 (4.56%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (4.56%) WhatsApp
10 6 (2.49%) PowerApps
10 6 (2.49%) SaaS
11 4 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.24%) Google Workspace
12 3 (1.24%) IaaS
13 2 (0.83%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.83%) PaaS
14 1 (0.41%) Azure App Service
14 1 (0.41%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 83 (34.44%) Firewall
2 42 (17.43%) SAN
3 39 (16.18%) WAN
4 38 (15.77%) DNS
5 35 (14.52%) DHCP
6 34 (14.11%) NAS
7 33 (13.69%) VLAN
8 32 (13.28%) VoIP
8 32 (13.28%) VPN
9 31 (12.86%) LAN
10 28 (11.62%) TCP/IP
11 16 (6.64%) Internet
12 12 (4.98%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (4.56%) SD-WAN
14 10 (4.15%) MPLS
14 10 (4.15%) Network Security
15 7 (2.90%) NetScaler
15 7 (2.90%) Wireless
15 7 (2.90%) Wireshark
15 7 (2.90%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.05%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.32%) Power BI
3 4 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.24%) MySQL
5 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (2.90%) Git
2 3 (1.24%) JIRA
3 2 (0.83%) GitLab
3 2 (0.83%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.41%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.41%) MSBuild
General
1 73 (30.29%) Social Skills
2 52 (21.58%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (19.09%) Public Sector
4 10 (4.15%) Manufacturing
4 10 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (2.90%) Retail
6 6 (2.49%) Finance
7 5 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.07%) Law
7 5 (2.07%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.66%) Legal
9 3 (1.24%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.83%) Games
10 2 (0.83%) Police
10 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Automotive
11 1 (0.41%) Banking
11 1 (0.41%) Local Government
11 1 (0.41%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 39 (16.18%) IT Support
2 32 (13.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 32 (13.28%) IT Engineer
3 30 (12.45%) 3rd Line Support
3 30 (12.45%) Support Engineer
4 22 (9.13%) Lead
5 17 (7.05%) Analyst
5 17 (7.05%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (7.05%) IT Technician
6 15 (6.22%) IT Manager
7 13 (5.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 12 (4.98%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 12 (4.98%) Senior
9 10 (4.15%) 2nd Line Support
9 10 (4.15%) Consultant
10 9 (3.73%) Cloud Engineer
10 9 (3.73%) IT Support Technician
10 9 (3.73%) Support Technician
10 9 (3.73%) Systems Engineer
10 9 (3.73%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.41%) .NET
2 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.41%) XML
2 1 (0.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (17.01%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (16.60%) Blockchain
2 40 (16.60%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (11.20%) Data Centre
4 13 (5.39%) Management Information System
5 12 (4.98%) Driving Licence
6 10 (4.15%) Replication
7 9 (3.73%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.90%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.49%) Clustering
9 6 (2.49%) Operational Technology
9 6 (2.49%) Virtual Team
10 5 (2.07%) EPoS
11 4 (1.66%) CCTV
11 4 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.66%) NHS
11 4 (1.66%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.24%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 146 (60.58%) Windows
2 94 (39.00%) Linux
3 78 (32.37%) Windows Server
4 47 (19.50%) Debian
5 45 (18.67%) CentOS
6 40 (16.60%) Alpine Linux
7 20 (8.30%) Windows 10
8 10 (4.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (3.32%) Android
9 8 (3.32%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (2.90%) Apple iOS
10 7 (2.90%) Mac OS
11 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (1.66%) Unix
12 4 (1.66%) Windows Vista
13 3 (1.24%) Ubuntu
13 3 (1.24%) Windows 7
13 3 (1.24%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.83%) Windows 2000
14 2 (0.83%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (33.61%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (29.88%) ITIL
3 50 (20.75%) Customer Service
4 46 (19.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 45 (18.67%) CI/CD
5 45 (18.67%) DevOps
6 44 (18.26%) Task Automation
7 41 (17.01%) Data Science
8 40 (16.60%) Artificial Intelligence
8 40 (16.60%) Co-Creation
8 40 (16.60%) Functional Testing
8 40 (16.60%) Separation of Concerns
8 40 (16.60%) Technology Transformation
9 36 (14.94%) Project Management
10 25 (10.37%) Cybersecurity
11 24 (9.96%) Mentoring
12 20 (8.30%) Project Delivery
13 17 (7.05%) Disaster Recovery
14 16 (6.64%) Process Improvement
15 15 (6.22%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.37%) PowerShell
2 23 (9.54%) SQL
3 7 (2.90%) C#
3 7 (2.90%) Python
4 6 (2.49%) Bash
5 2 (0.83%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.41%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.41%) PHP
6 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.41%) Swift
Qualifications
1 241 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 102 (42.32%) Cisco Certification
3 101 (41.91%) MCSA
4 87 (36.10%) CCNA
5 54 (22.41%) Azure Certification
6 46 (19.09%) Degree
7 31 (12.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 25 (10.37%) MCP
9 23 (9.54%) CCNP
10 12 (4.98%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (4.98%) MCITP
10 12 (4.98%) Network+ Certification
10 12 (4.98%) SC Cleared
10 12 (4.98%) Security Cleared
11 10 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (3.73%) A+ Certification
13 7 (2.90%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (2.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (2.07%) AWS Certification
15 5 (2.07%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (4.15%) SLA
3 8 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.07%) GDPR
5 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 111 (46.06%) Active Directory
2 91 (37.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 69 (28.63%) Hyper-V
4 40 (16.60%) Docker
5 14 (5.81%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (5.81%) XenDesktop
6 11 (4.56%) vSphere
7 5 (2.07%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (2.07%) XenApp
8 3 (1.24%) KVM
9 2 (0.83%) Firmware
9 2 (0.83%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 43 (17.84%) Terraform
2 40 (16.60%) Kubernetes
3 30 (12.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (9.96%) SCCM
5 10 (4.15%) FortiGate
6 7 (2.90%) vCenter Server
6 7 (2.90%) WSUS
7 6 (2.49%) SCOM
8 3 (1.24%) Autotask
9 2 (0.83%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 143 (59.34%) Microsoft
2 106 (43.98%) VMware
3 48 (19.92%) Red Hat
4 45 (18.67%) Cisco
5 43 (17.84%) IBM
6 25 (10.37%) Citrix
7 19 (7.88%) Veeam
8 16 (6.64%) Google
8 16 (6.64%) Meraki
9 15 (6.22%) Dell
9 15 (6.22%) HP
10 13 (5.39%) Apple
11 9 (3.73%) Draytek
12 8 (3.32%) Datto
12 8 (3.32%) Sophos
13 7 (2.90%) SonicWALL
13 7 (2.90%) Symantec
14 6 (2.49%) Nimble Storage
14 6 (2.49%) Palo Alto
15 5 (2.07%) Acronis