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

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 544 539 486
Rank change year-on-year -5 -53 -85
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 236 208 404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.37% 0.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.19% 0.97% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 168 187 309
10th Percentile £28,425 £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% +1.19%
75th Percentile £51,250 £53,096 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £65,050
UK median annual salary £43,000 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.61% -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 19,876 21,429 23,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.34% 37.62% 32.43%
Number of salaries quoted 12,265 7,966 10,533
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,600 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +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 31 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 31 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 86 £35,000 -4.11% 11
North of England +47 41 £40,000 +3.23% 18
Midlands -26 41 £44,225 +6.57% 5
East of England +3 28 £40,000 -5.88% 3
West Midlands -20 28 £43,750 +36.72% 3
South West -36 24 £37,000 -12.43% 12
Yorkshire +87 20 £40,000 +53.85% 9
Scotland -55 14 £62,500 +95.31% 8
North West -17 13 £45,000 +5.88% 7
East Midlands -25 13 £44,225 -1.72% 2
North East - 8 £37,500 - 2
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 78 (33.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (19.92%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.97%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (2.97%) SharePoint 2013
4 6 (2.54%) IIS
5 5 (2.12%) CMS
6 1 (0.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (16.10%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.85%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 143 (60.59%) Azure
2 109 (46.19%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (16.95%) AWS
3 40 (16.95%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (16.95%) IBM Cloud
4 29 (12.29%) Entra ID
5 14 (5.93%) OneDrive
6 11 (4.66%) Power Platform
7 10 (4.24%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (4.24%) GCP
8 7 (2.97%) WhatsApp
9 6 (2.54%) PowerApps
9 6 (2.54%) SaaS
10 3 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.27%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.85%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.42%) IaaS
12 1 (0.42%) OpenDNS
12 1 (0.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 81 (34.32%) Firewall
2 42 (17.80%) SAN
3 39 (16.53%) WAN
4 37 (15.68%) DNS
5 35 (14.83%) DHCP
6 34 (14.41%) NAS
7 32 (13.56%) VLAN
7 32 (13.56%) VPN
8 31 (13.14%) LAN
9 30 (12.71%) VoIP
10 28 (11.86%) TCP/IP
11 16 (6.78%) Internet
12 15 (6.36%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (4.24%) MPLS
13 10 (4.24%) Network Security
13 10 (4.24%) SD-WAN
14 9 (3.81%) Wireless
15 7 (2.97%) NetScaler
15 7 (2.97%) Wireshark
15 7 (2.97%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.78%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.39%) Power BI
3 4 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.85%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.54%) Git
2 3 (1.27%) JIRA
3 2 (0.85%) GitLab
3 2 (0.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 74 (31.36%) Social Skills
2 54 (22.88%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (19.07%) Public Sector
4 9 (3.81%) Manufacturing
4 9 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.54%) Finance
7 5 (2.12%) Retail
7 5 (2.12%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.27%) Multimedia
9 2 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.85%) Games
9 2 (0.85%) Police
9 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Automotive
10 1 (0.42%) Local Government
10 1 (0.42%) Marketing
10 1 (0.42%) Military
Job Titles
1 39 (16.53%) IT Support
2 33 (13.98%) IT Engineer
3 31 (13.14%) 3rd Line Support
3 31 (13.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (12.71%) Support Engineer
5 22 (9.32%) Lead
6 17 (7.20%) IT Support Engineer
6 17 (7.20%) IT Technician
7 15 (6.36%) Analyst
7 15 (6.36%) IT Manager
8 14 (5.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 13 (5.51%) Senior
10 12 (5.08%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 10 (4.24%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 10 (4.24%) Consultant
12 9 (3.81%) Infrastructure Manager
12 9 (3.81%) IT Support Technician
12 9 (3.81%) Support Technician
12 9 (3.81%) Systems Engineer
12 9 (3.81%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 40 (16.95%) Blockchain
1 40 (16.95%) Distributed Systems
1 40 (16.95%) Hybrid Cloud
2 25 (10.59%) Data Centre
3 12 (5.08%) Driving Licence
3 12 (5.08%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.24%) Replication
5 8 (3.39%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.97%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.54%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.12%) Clustering
8 5 (2.12%) EPoS
8 5 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.12%) NHS
8 5 (2.12%) Operational Technology
8 5 (2.12%) PKI
9 4 (1.69%) CCTV
9 4 (1.69%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.27%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 142 (60.17%) Windows
2 93 (39.41%) Linux
3 74 (31.36%) Windows Server
4 48 (20.34%) Debian
5 46 (19.49%) CentOS
6 40 (16.95%) Alpine Linux
7 21 (8.90%) Windows 10
8 11 (4.66%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (4.24%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (2.97%) Android
10 7 (2.97%) Apple iOS
10 7 (2.97%) Mac OS
11 5 (2.12%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (1.69%) Windows Vista
13 3 (1.27%) Ubuntu
13 3 (1.27%) Unix
13 3 (1.27%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.85%) VMS
14 2 (0.85%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (33.05%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (31.36%) ITIL
3 49 (20.76%) Customer Service
4 44 (18.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 43 (18.22%) Task Automation
6 42 (17.80%) CI/CD
6 42 (17.80%) DevOps
7 40 (16.95%) Artificial Intelligence
7 40 (16.95%) Co-Creation
7 40 (16.95%) Data Science
7 40 (16.95%) Functional Testing
7 40 (16.95%) Separation of Concerns
7 40 (16.95%) Technology Transformation
8 36 (15.25%) Project Management
9 24 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
10 23 (9.75%) Mentoring
11 20 (8.47%) Project Delivery
12 16 (6.78%) Process Improvement
13 15 (6.36%) Disaster Recovery
13 15 (6.36%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.59%) SQL
2 21 (8.90%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.54%) C#
3 6 (2.54%) Python
4 4 (1.69%) Bash
5 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.42%) Swift
Qualifications
1 236 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 99 (41.95%) Cisco Certification
3 95 (40.25%) MCSA
4 84 (35.59%) CCNA
5 52 (22.03%) Azure Certification
6 44 (18.64%) Degree
7 30 (12.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 26 (11.02%) MCP
9 24 (10.17%) CCNP
10 15 (6.36%) SC Cleared
10 15 (6.36%) Security Cleared
11 14 (5.93%) MCITP
12 11 (4.66%) ITIL Certification
13 10 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (3.81%) A+ Certification
14 9 (3.81%) Network+ Certification
15 5 (2.12%) CISSP
15 5 (2.12%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (2.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 4 (1.69%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.24%) SLA
2 9 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.69%) GDPR
5 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.42%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 112 (47.46%) Active Directory
2 89 (37.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (28.81%) Hyper-V
4 40 (16.95%) Docker
5 14 (5.93%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (5.93%) XenDesktop
6 11 (4.66%) vSphere
7 6 (2.54%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.69%) KVM
8 4 (1.69%) XenApp
9 3 (1.27%) Firmware
10 2 (0.85%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 42 (17.80%) Terraform
2 40 (16.95%) Kubernetes
3 29 (12.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (8.05%) SCCM
5 9 (3.81%) WSUS
6 8 (3.39%) FortiGate
7 7 (2.97%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.27%) Autotask
9 2 (0.85%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.42%) SCOM
Vendors
1 140 (59.32%) Microsoft
2 104 (44.07%) VMware
3 48 (20.34%) Red Hat
4 45 (19.07%) Cisco
5 43 (18.22%) IBM
6 24 (10.17%) Citrix
7 20 (8.47%) Veeam
8 16 (6.78%) Google
8 16 (6.78%) HP
8 16 (6.78%) Meraki
9 15 (6.36%) Dell
10 13 (5.51%) Apple
11 8 (3.39%) Sophos
12 7 (2.97%) Draytek
12 7 (2.97%) SonicWALL
12 7 (2.97%) Symantec
13 6 (2.54%) Datto
13 6 (2.54%) Nimble Storage
14 5 (2.12%) Palo Alto
14 5 (2.12%) Ruckus Wireless