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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 592 621 711
Rank change year-on-year +29 +90 -193
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 282 289 520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.34% 0.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.13% 1.02% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 214 250 417
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,750 £30,300
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 £57,125 £53,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,750 £76,000
UK median annual salary £43,000 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.61% -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 24,881 28,320 37,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.35% 33.66% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 15,751 12,947 16,894
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,875
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,750
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 £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +16 86 £35,000 -4.11% 11
London +89 62 £55,000 +4.76% 12
North of England +44 41 £40,000 +3.23% 18
Midlands -32 41 £44,225 +6.57% 6
East of England +3 28 £40,000 -5.88% 3
West Midlands -25 28 £43,750 +36.72% 4
South West -28 24 £37,000 -12.43% 10
Yorkshire +78 20 £40,000 +53.85% 9
North West -16 13 £45,000 +5.88% 7
East Midlands -26 13 £44,225 -1.72% 2
North East - 8 £37,500 - 2
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 59 (20.92%) SharePoint
3 14 (4.96%) SharePoint 2010
3 14 (4.96%) SharePoint 2013
4 5 (1.77%) CMS
5 4 (1.42%) IIS
6 2 (0.71%) Confluence
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%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.71%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 184 (65.25%) Azure
2 134 (47.52%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (21.63%) AWS
4 40 (14.18%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (14.18%) IBM Cloud
5 30 (10.64%) Entra ID
6 18 (6.38%) GCP
7 17 (6.03%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (4.96%) OneDrive
9 13 (4.61%) Power Platform
10 12 (4.26%) Nutanix
11 9 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (2.84%) Mimecast
13 6 (2.13%) PowerApps
13 6 (2.13%) SaaS
14 3 (1.06%) Google Workspace
14 3 (1.06%) IaaS
14 3 (1.06%) WhatsApp
15 2 (0.71%) Azure Functions
15 2 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 100 (35.46%) Firewall
2 68 (24.11%) SAN
3 52 (18.44%) DNS
4 50 (17.73%) DHCP
5 47 (16.67%) WAN
6 42 (14.89%) VLAN
7 40 (14.18%) VPN
8 38 (13.48%) 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 10 (3.55%) MPLS
14 10 (3.55%) SD-WAN
15 9 (3.19%) Wireless
16 7 (2.48%) Wireshark
16 7 (2.48%) WLAN
17 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
Development Applications
1 6 (2.13%) 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
General
1 91 (32.27%) Social Skills
2 63 (22.34%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (15.25%) Public Sector
4 16 (5.67%) Finance
5 12 (4.26%) Manufacturing
6 9 (3.19%) Billing
6 9 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (2.48%) Automotive
7 7 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.77%) Electronics
8 5 (1.77%) Legal
8 5 (1.77%) Retail
9 3 (1.06%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.71%) Games
10 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.71%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.35%) Back Office
11 1 (0.35%) Banking
11 1 (0.35%) Law
11 1 (0.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (16.67%) IT Support
2 36 (12.77%) IT Engineer
3 35 (12.41%) Support Engineer
4 27 (9.57%) 3rd Line Support
5 26 (9.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 22 (7.80%) Lead
7 21 (7.45%) IT Manager
8 20 (7.09%) IT Support Engineer
9 19 (6.74%) 2nd Line Support
10 16 (5.67%) IT Technician
11 15 (5.32%) Analyst
12 14 (4.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 14 (4.96%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 14 (4.96%) Cloud Engineer
13 13 (4.61%) Consultant
14 12 (4.26%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
14 12 (4.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 12 (4.26%) Storage Specialist
15 11 (3.90%) Virtualisation Specialist
16 10 (3.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.26%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.42%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 41 (14.54%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (14.18%) Blockchain
2 40 (14.18%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (11.35%) Data Centre
4 21 (7.45%) Replication
5 20 (7.09%) Management Information System
6 13 (4.61%) Security Posture
7 12 (4.26%) Driving Licence
8 11 (3.90%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.48%) PKI
11 6 (2.13%) Clustering
11 6 (2.13%) NHS
11 6 (2.13%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.77%) EPoS
12 5 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.77%) Operational Technology
13 4 (1.42%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 185 (65.60%) Windows
2 102 (36.17%) Windows Server
3 98 (34.75%) Linux
4 44 (15.60%) Debian
5 41 (14.54%) CentOS
6 40 (14.18%) Alpine Linux
7 21 (7.45%) Windows 10
8 20 (7.09%) Windows Server 2012
8 20 (7.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (5.32%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (3.55%) Ubuntu
11 9 (3.19%) SUSE
12 7 (2.48%) Android
12 7 (2.48%) Apple iOS
12 7 (2.48%) Mac OS
13 5 (1.77%) Unix
14 4 (1.42%) Windows Vista
15 2 (0.71%) VMS
15 2 (0.71%) Windows 2000
15 2 (0.71%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (31.56%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (28.37%) ITIL
3 53 (18.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 49 (17.38%) Customer Service
5 46 (16.31%) Artificial Intelligence
6 44 (15.60%) Task Automation
7 42 (14.89%) CI/CD
7 42 (14.89%) DevOps
8 40 (14.18%) Co-Creation
8 40 (14.18%) Data Science
8 40 (14.18%) Functional Testing
8 40 (14.18%) Project Delivery
8 40 (14.18%) Separation of Concerns
8 40 (14.18%) Technology Transformation
9 39 (13.83%) Project Management
10 35 (12.41%) Cybersecurity
10 35 (12.41%) Mentoring
11 31 (10.99%) Disaster Recovery
12 25 (8.87%) Computer Science
13 21 (7.45%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (14.54%) SQL
2 35 (12.41%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.19%) C#
4 6 (2.13%) Python
4 6 (2.13%) T-SQL
5 5 (1.77%) Bash
6 2 (0.71%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 282 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 115 (40.78%) MCSA
3 100 (35.46%) Cisco Certification
4 85 (30.14%) CCNA
5 67 (23.76%) Degree
6 49 (17.38%) Azure Certification
7 45 (15.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 31 (10.99%) MCP
9 23 (8.16%) CCNP
10 22 (7.80%) 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 72 (25.53%) Hyper-V
4 40 (14.18%) Docker
5 21 (7.45%) vSphere
6 20 (7.09%) Virtual Servers
7 15 (5.32%) XenDesktop
8 11 (3.90%) XenApp
9 10 (3.55%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (3.19%) vCloud
11 5 (1.77%) Firmware
12 2 (0.71%) Terminal Server
12 2 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 43 (15.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 43 (15.25%) Terraform
2 40 (14.18%) Kubernetes
3 28 (9.93%) SCCM
4 10 (3.55%) WSUS
5 8 (2.84%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.06%) Autotask
6 3 (1.06%) SCOM
6 3 (1.06%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.71%) CSIRT
7 2 (0.71%) SCOrch
7 2 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.35%) Ansible
8 1 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.35%) HP SIM
8 1 (0.35%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.35%) Puppet
8 1 (0.35%) vRealize
8 1 (0.35%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 184 (65.25%) Microsoft
2 123 (43.62%) VMware
3 55 (19.50%) Cisco
4 49 (17.38%) HP
5 45 (15.96%) Red Hat
6 44 (15.60%) IBM
7 33 (11.70%) Veeam
8 26 (9.22%) Citrix
9 23 (8.16%) Dell
9 23 (8.16%) Google
10 16 (5.67%) Meraki
11 15 (5.32%) Commvault
12 14 (4.96%) Symantec
13 13 (4.61%) Apple
14 12 (4.26%) Nimble Storage
15 9 (3.19%) Fujitsu
15 9 (3.19%) Sophos
16 8 (2.84%) SonicWALL
17 7 (2.48%) Draytek
17 7 (2.48%) Sage