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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 620 650 728
Rank change year-on-year +30 +78 -195
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 306 317 580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.33% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.10% 0.98% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 232 275 473
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,688 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,701 32,451 45,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.33% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,227 14,614 19,248
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the UK

MCSE
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for MCSE in the UK

MCSE
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSE in the UK

MCSE
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the UK 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
England +57 282 £42,500 +3.66% 59
UK excluding London +4 235 £40,000 - 55
South East +22 87 £35,000 -4.11% 9
London +118 63 £58,750 +11.90% 13
Work from Home +5 61 £40,000 - 17
North of England +59 41 £41,250 +6.45% 15
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
Scotland -48 14 £62,500 +95.31% 7
North West -6 13 £45,000 +5.88% 6
East Midlands -24 12 £44,225 -1.72% 2
North East - 8 £37,500 - 1
Isle of Man - 2 £50,000 -

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (28.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (18.95%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.25%) SharePoint 2010
3 13 (4.25%) SharePoint 2013
4 9 (2.94%) IIS
5 5 (1.63%) CMS
6 2 (0.65%) Confluence
7 1 (0.33%) Apache
7 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 44 (14.38%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.33%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.33%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.65%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 197 (64.38%) Azure
2 139 (45.42%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (19.93%) AWS
4 41 (13.40%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (13.07%) IBM Cloud
6 35 (11.44%) Entra ID
7 18 (5.88%) GCP
8 16 (5.23%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (4.90%) Power Platform
10 14 (4.58%) OneDrive
11 13 (4.25%) Nutanix
12 9 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (2.94%) WhatsApp
13 8 (2.61%) Mimecast
14 6 (1.96%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.96%) SaaS
15 5 (1.63%) IaaS
16 3 (0.98%) Google Workspace
16 3 (0.98%) PaaS
17 2 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 105 (34.31%) Firewall
2 74 (24.18%) SAN
3 54 (17.65%) DNS
4 53 (17.32%) DHCP
5 49 (16.01%) WAN
6 46 (15.03%) VPN
7 43 (14.05%) VLAN
8 40 (13.07%) LAN
9 34 (11.11%) NAS
10 30 (9.80%) VoIP
11 29 (9.48%) TCP/IP
12 18 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
13 17 (5.56%) Internet
14 15 (4.90%) Network Security
15 14 (4.58%) SD-WAN
16 10 (3.27%) MPLS
16 10 (3.27%) WLAN
17 9 (2.94%) Wireless
18 8 (2.61%) NetScaler
19 7 (2.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.52%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.92%) Power BI
3 4 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.98%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.65%) MySQL
5 2 (0.65%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.33%) Metadata
6 1 (0.33%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (2.29%) Git
2 4 (1.31%) JIRA
3 2 (0.65%) GitLab
3 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.33%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
General
1 94 (30.72%) Social Skills
2 66 (21.57%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (15.03%) Public Sector
4 17 (5.56%) Finance
5 13 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.92%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.27%) Billing
8 9 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.29%) Automotive
10 6 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.63%) Electronics
11 5 (1.63%) Legal
11 5 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.63%) Retail
11 5 (1.63%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.31%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.98%) Multimedia
14 2 (0.65%) Games
14 2 (0.65%) Police
15 1 (0.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 47 (15.36%) IT Support
2 40 (13.07%) Support Engineer
3 37 (12.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 36 (11.76%) IT Engineer
5 31 (10.13%) 3rd Line Support
6 21 (6.86%) IT Manager
6 21 (6.86%) Lead
7 20 (6.54%) IT Support Engineer
8 18 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
9 17 (5.56%) IT Technician
10 16 (5.23%) Senior
11 15 (4.90%) Analyst
12 14 (4.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 14 (4.58%) Cloud Engineer
13 13 (4.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 13 (4.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 13 (4.25%) Consultant
13 13 (4.25%) Storage Specialist
14 12 (3.92%) Architect
14 12 (3.92%) Virtualisation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.25%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.63%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.33%) XML
3 1 (0.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (13.40%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (13.07%) Blockchain
2 40 (13.07%) Data Centre
2 40 (13.07%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (7.84%) Management Information System
3 24 (7.84%) Replication
4 19 (6.21%) Public Cloud
5 17 (5.56%) Security Posture
6 12 (3.92%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.94%) Virtual Team
8 7 (2.29%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.29%) PKI
9 6 (1.96%) Clustering
9 6 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.96%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.63%) EPoS
10 5 (1.63%) NHS
11 4 (1.31%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 204 (66.67%) Windows
2 114 (37.25%) Windows Server
3 112 (36.60%) Linux
4 48 (15.69%) Debian
5 47 (15.36%) CentOS
6 40 (13.07%) Alpine Linux
7 26 (8.50%) Windows Server 2012
8 24 (7.84%) Windows 10
8 24 (7.84%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (4.90%) Windows Server 2019
10 13 (4.25%) Ubuntu
11 11 (3.59%) Mac OS
12 10 (3.27%) SUSE
13 8 (2.61%) Apple iOS
14 7 (2.29%) Android
15 6 (1.96%) Unix
16 5 (1.63%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (1.31%) Windows Vista
18 3 (0.98%) Windows 7
19 2 (0.65%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (30.39%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (27.78%) ITIL
3 65 (21.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 54 (17.65%) Customer Service
5 46 (15.03%) Artificial Intelligence
6 45 (14.71%) Task Automation
7 44 (14.38%) Project Management
8 43 (14.05%) CI/CD
8 43 (14.05%) DevOps
9 42 (13.73%) Project Delivery
10 40 (13.07%) Co-Creation
10 40 (13.07%) Data Science
10 40 (13.07%) Functional Testing
10 40 (13.07%) Separation of Concerns
10 40 (13.07%) Technology Transformation
11 37 (12.09%) Cybersecurity
11 37 (12.09%) Mentoring
12 33 (10.78%) Disaster Recovery
13 24 (7.84%) Computer Science
13 24 (7.84%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 43 (14.05%) SQL
2 38 (12.42%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.94%) C#
4 7 (2.29%) Python
5 6 (1.96%) Bash
5 6 (1.96%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.65%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.33%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 306 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 124 (40.52%) MCSA
3 106 (34.64%) Cisco Certification
4 88 (28.76%) CCNA
5 69 (22.55%) Degree
6 56 (18.30%) Azure Certification
7 55 (17.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 32 (10.46%) MCP
9 28 (9.15%) CCNP
10 19 (6.21%) MCITP
10 19 (6.21%) Security Cleared
11 18 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (4.90%) SC Cleared
13 11 (3.59%) A+ Certification
13 11 (3.59%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (3.59%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (2.29%) CISSP
14 7 (2.29%) Master's Degree
15 5 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (1.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.23%) SLA
2 11 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.63%) GDPR
5 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.33%) NIST
5 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 151 (49.35%) Active Directory
2 127 (41.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 81 (26.47%) Hyper-V
4 40 (13.07%) Docker
5 22 (7.19%) vSphere
6 20 (6.54%) Virtual Servers
6 20 (6.54%) XenDesktop
7 16 (5.23%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (3.27%) vCloud
8 10 (3.27%) XenApp
9 5 (1.63%) Firmware
10 4 (1.31%) KVM
11 2 (0.65%) Terminal Server
11 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 44 (14.38%) Terraform
2 42 (13.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (13.07%) Kubernetes
4 28 (9.15%) SCCM
5 10 (3.27%) WSUS
6 9 (2.94%) vCenter Server
7 8 (2.61%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.31%) SCOM
9 3 (0.98%) Autotask
10 2 (0.65%) Ansible
10 2 (0.65%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.65%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.33%) HP SIM
11 1 (0.33%) Nessus
11 1 (0.33%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.33%) Puppet
11 1 (0.33%) vRealize
Vendors
1 199 (65.03%) Microsoft
2 142 (46.41%) VMware
3 60 (19.61%) Cisco
4 50 (16.34%) Red Hat
5 49 (16.01%) HP
6 44 (14.38%) IBM
7 42 (13.73%) Veeam
8 39 (12.75%) Citrix
9 22 (7.19%) Dell
9 22 (7.19%) Google
10 19 (6.21%) Meraki
10 19 (6.21%) Nimble Storage
11 15 (4.90%) Commvault
12 13 (4.25%) Apple
12 13 (4.25%) Symantec
13 10 (3.27%) Fujitsu
14 9 (2.94%) Sophos
15 8 (2.61%) SonicWALL
16 7 (2.29%) Draytek
16 7 (2.29%) Sage