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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 635 692
Rank change year-on-year +79 +57 -193
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 290 300 523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.34% 0.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.18% 1.03% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 223 261 424
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,625 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% -7.78% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £54,313
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £44,612 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% -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 24,484 29,082 36,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.31% 32.87% 26.52%
Number of salaries quoted 15,742 13,274 16,890
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,712 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,000
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 £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 20 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 20 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 +31 88 £35,000 -4.11% 10
London +80 64 £65,000 +23.81% 14
North of England +52 46 £45,000 +16.13% 15
Midlands -29 39 £44,612 +6.22% 8
East of England +10 28 £40,000 -5.88% 3
West Midlands 0 27 £45,000 +40.63% 5
South West -21 25 £37,000 -12.43% 7
Yorkshire +100 23 £44,000 +41.94% 11
North West -12 14 £45,000 +5.88% 3
East Midlands -27 12 £44,225 -1.72% 3
North East - 9 £42,250 - 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 (29.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 12 (4.14%) SharePoint 2010
3 12 (4.14%) SharePoint 2013
4 6 (2.07%) IIS
5 5 (1.72%) CMS
6 2 (0.69%) Confluence
7 1 (0.34%) Apache
7 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 43 (14.83%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.34%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.34%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.34%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.69%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 187 (64.48%) Azure
2 133 (45.86%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (20.34%) AWS
4 41 (14.14%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (13.79%) IBM Cloud
6 33 (11.38%) Entra ID
7 16 (5.52%) GCP
8 15 (5.17%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (5.17%) Nutanix
9 14 (4.83%) OneDrive
9 14 (4.83%) Power Platform
10 10 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.76%) Mimecast
12 6 (2.07%) IaaS
12 6 (2.07%) PowerApps
12 6 (2.07%) SaaS
13 4 (1.38%) WhatsApp
14 3 (1.03%) Google Workspace
14 3 (1.03%) PaaS
15 2 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 100 (34.48%) Firewall
2 73 (25.17%) SAN
3 55 (18.97%) DNS
4 53 (18.28%) DHCP
5 45 (15.52%) WAN
6 44 (15.17%) VLAN
7 41 (14.14%) VPN
8 36 (12.41%) LAN
9 34 (11.72%) NAS
10 30 (10.34%) VoIP
11 29 (10.00%) TCP/IP
12 17 (5.86%) Internet
13 16 (5.52%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (3.79%) Network Security
14 11 (3.79%) SD-WAN
15 10 (3.45%) MPLS
16 8 (2.76%) Wireless
17 7 (2.41%) Wireshark
17 7 (2.41%) WLAN
18 5 (1.72%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.28%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.48%) Power BI
3 5 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.03%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.03%) MySQL
5 3 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.69%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.34%) Metadata
7 1 (0.34%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.41%) Git
2 6 (2.07%) JIRA
3 2 (0.69%) GitLab
3 2 (0.69%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.34%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
General
1 93 (32.07%) Social Skills
2 62 (21.38%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (15.17%) Public Sector
4 17 (5.86%) Finance
5 12 (4.14%) Manufacturing
6 11 (3.79%) Billing
7 9 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.41%) Automotive
8 7 (2.41%) Retail
9 6 (2.07%) Law
9 6 (2.07%) Legal
10 5 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.38%) Electronics
12 3 (1.03%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.69%) Banking
13 2 (0.69%) Games
13 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.34%) Local Government
14 1 (0.34%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (15.86%) IT Support
2 36 (12.41%) IT Engineer
3 32 (11.03%) Support Engineer
4 28 (9.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 27 (9.31%) 3rd Line Support
6 22 (7.59%) Lead
7 21 (7.24%) IT Manager
8 19 (6.55%) IT Support Engineer
9 17 (5.86%) 2nd Line Support
10 16 (5.52%) Analyst
10 16 (5.52%) IT Technician
11 15 (5.17%) Storage Specialist
12 13 (4.48%) Consultant
12 13 (4.48%) Virtualisation Specialist
13 12 (4.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 12 (4.14%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 12 (4.14%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
13 12 (4.14%) Architect
13 12 (4.14%) Cloud Engineer
13 12 (4.14%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.17%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.34%) .NET
3 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.34%) XML
3 1 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.48%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (13.79%) Blockchain
2 40 (13.79%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (12.07%) Data Centre
4 24 (8.28%) Replication
5 20 (6.90%) Management Information System
6 15 (5.17%) Security Posture
7 14 (4.83%) Public Cloud
8 12 (4.14%) Driving Licence
9 9 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.76%) PKI
11 7 (2.41%) Clustering
12 6 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (2.07%) Operational Technology
12 6 (2.07%) Virtual Team
13 5 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.72%) EPoS
13 5 (1.72%) NHS
14 4 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (1.38%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 195 (67.24%) Windows
2 112 (38.62%) Windows Server
3 101 (34.83%) Linux
4 44 (15.17%) Debian
5 41 (14.14%) CentOS
6 40 (13.79%) Alpine Linux
7 23 (7.93%) Windows Server 2012
8 22 (7.59%) Windows 10
9 21 (7.24%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (5.52%) Windows Server 2019
11 12 (4.14%) Ubuntu
12 11 (3.79%) SUSE
13 7 (2.41%) Android
13 7 (2.41%) Apple iOS
13 7 (2.41%) Mac OS
14 6 (2.07%) Unix
15 4 (1.38%) Windows Vista
16 2 (0.69%) VMS
16 2 (0.69%) Windows 2000
16 2 (0.69%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (31.72%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (26.90%) ITIL
3 58 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 49 (16.90%) Customer Service
5 46 (15.86%) Artificial Intelligence
6 45 (15.52%) Task Automation
7 44 (15.17%) Project Delivery
8 43 (14.83%) CI/CD
8 43 (14.83%) DevOps
9 40 (13.79%) Co-Creation
9 40 (13.79%) Data Science
9 40 (13.79%) Functional Testing
9 40 (13.79%) Separation of Concerns
9 40 (13.79%) Technology Transformation
10 39 (13.45%) Project Management
11 38 (13.10%) Cybersecurity
11 38 (13.10%) Mentoring
12 34 (11.72%) Disaster Recovery
13 24 (8.28%) Computer Science
14 21 (7.24%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (15.17%) SQL
2 40 (13.79%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.10%) C#
4 8 (2.76%) Python
5 6 (2.07%) Bash
5 6 (2.07%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.69%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 290 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 125 (43.10%) MCSA
3 102 (35.17%) Cisco Certification
4 87 (30.00%) CCNA
5 70 (24.14%) Degree
6 52 (17.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 50 (17.24%) Azure Certification
8 31 (10.69%) MCP
9 22 (7.59%) CCNP
10 19 (6.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (6.21%) MCITP
12 13 (4.48%) SC Cleared
12 13 (4.48%) Security Cleared
13 12 (4.14%) Network+ Certification
14 11 (3.79%) A+ Certification
14 11 (3.79%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (2.41%) CISSP
15 7 (2.41%) Master's Degree
16 6 (2.07%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (2.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.14%) SLA
2 11 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (2.07%) GDPR
5 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.34%) NIST
5 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 147 (50.69%) Active Directory
2 119 (41.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 71 (24.48%) Hyper-V
4 40 (13.79%) Docker
5 23 (7.93%) vSphere
6 22 (7.59%) Virtual Servers
7 13 (4.48%) XenDesktop
8 11 (3.79%) vCloud
8 11 (3.79%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (3.10%) XenApp
10 6 (2.07%) Firmware
11 3 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.69%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 44 (15.17%) Terraform
2 42 (14.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (13.79%) Kubernetes
4 32 (11.03%) SCCM
5 11 (3.79%) WSUS
6 9 (3.10%) FortiGate
6 9 (3.10%) SCOM
7 4 (1.38%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.03%) Autotask
8 3 (1.03%) SCOrch
8 3 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.69%) Ansible
9 2 (0.69%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.69%) HP SIM
9 2 (0.69%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.69%) vRealize
9 2 (0.69%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 192 (66.21%) Microsoft
2 128 (44.14%) VMware
3 54 (18.62%) Cisco
4 51 (17.59%) HP
5 46 (15.86%) Red Hat
6 44 (15.17%) IBM
7 37 (12.76%) Veeam
8 26 (8.97%) Citrix
9 21 (7.24%) Dell
9 21 (7.24%) Google
10 17 (5.86%) Commvault
11 16 (5.52%) Meraki
12 15 (5.17%) Nimble Storage
13 13 (4.48%) Apple
14 12 (4.14%) Symantec
15 11 (3.79%) Fujitsu
16 9 (3.10%) Sophos
17 8 (2.76%) Draytek
17 8 (2.76%) SonicWALL
18 7 (2.41%) Aruba