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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 593 674 734
Rank change year-on-year +81 +60 -221
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 315 313 571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.32% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.15% 0.96% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 241 271 466
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,225 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.30% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% +6.25%

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 27,486 32,730 43,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.51% 33.01% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,243 14,736 18,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,483 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.49% +4.70% +1.01%

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 18 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 18 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 +83 292 £43,000 +3.61% 52
UK excluding London 0 243 £40,000 - 52
South East +23 88 £35,000 -4.11% 8
Work from Home +18 67 £40,000 - 18
London +82 64 £65,000 +23.81% 12
North of England +69 47 £45,000 +16.13% 14
Midlands -30 40 £44,225 +5.30% 8
East of England +9 28 £40,000 -5.88% 3
West Midlands -1 27 £45,000 +40.63% 5
South West -25 25 £37,000 -12.43% 7
Yorkshire +101 23 £44,000 +41.94% 11
North West -5 15 £45,000 +5.88% 2
East Midlands -16 13 £44,225 -1.72% 3
Scotland -55 13 £62,500 +95.31% 8
North East - 9 £42,250 - 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 (27.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (18.41%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.81%) SharePoint 2010
3 12 (3.81%) SharePoint 2013
4 9 (2.86%) IIS
5 5 (1.59%) CMS
6 2 (0.63%) Confluence
7 1 (0.32%) Apache
7 1 (0.32%) WebSphere
Applications
1 45 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.32%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 202 (64.13%) Azure
2 141 (44.76%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (18.73%) AWS
4 42 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (12.70%) IBM Cloud
6 38 (12.06%) Entra ID
7 16 (5.08%) GCP
7 16 (5.08%) Power Platform
8 15 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (4.76%) Nutanix
8 15 (4.76%) OneDrive
9 11 (3.49%) WhatsApp
10 10 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.54%) Mimecast
12 6 (1.90%) IaaS
12 6 (1.90%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.90%) SaaS
13 3 (0.95%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.95%) PaaS
14 2 (0.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 105 (33.33%) Firewall
2 78 (24.76%) SAN
3 58 (18.41%) DNS
4 56 (17.78%) DHCP
5 48 (15.24%) WAN
6 46 (14.60%) VPN
7 45 (14.29%) VLAN
8 39 (12.38%) LAN
9 34 (10.79%) NAS
10 31 (9.84%) VoIP
11 29 (9.21%) TCP/IP
12 17 (5.40%) Internet
13 16 (5.08%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (4.44%) Network Security
14 14 (4.44%) SD-WAN
15 10 (3.17%) MPLS
15 10 (3.17%) WLAN
16 9 (2.86%) NetScaler
16 9 (2.86%) Wireless
17 7 (2.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.62%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.13%) Power BI
3 5 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.95%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.95%) MySQL
5 3 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.63%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.32%) Metadata
7 1 (0.32%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.22%) Git
2 6 (1.90%) JIRA
3 2 (0.63%) GitLab
3 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.32%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
General
1 97 (30.79%) Social Skills
2 65 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (14.60%) Public Sector
4 19 (6.03%) Finance
5 13 (4.13%) Manufacturing
6 11 (3.49%) Billing
6 11 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.22%) Automotive
8 7 (2.22%) Legal
8 7 (2.22%) Retail
9 6 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.90%) Law
10 5 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.59%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.27%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.27%) Electronics
12 3 (0.95%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.63%) Games
13 2 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 47 (14.92%) IT Support
2 39 (12.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 38 (12.06%) Support Engineer
4 37 (11.75%) IT Engineer
5 30 (9.52%) 3rd Line Support
6 22 (6.98%) Lead
7 21 (6.67%) IT Manager
8 20 (6.35%) IT Support Engineer
9 17 (5.40%) 2nd Line Support
9 17 (5.40%) IT Technician
10 16 (5.08%) Analyst
10 16 (5.08%) Senior
11 15 (4.76%) Storage Specialist
12 14 (4.44%) Cloud Engineer
13 13 (4.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 13 (4.13%) Architect
13 13 (4.13%) Consultant
13 13 (4.13%) Virtualisation Specialist
14 12 (3.81%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 12 (3.81%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.76%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.59%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.32%) .NET
3 1 (0.32%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.32%) XML
3 1 (0.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.65%) Hybrid Cloud
2 41 (13.02%) Data Centre
3 40 (12.70%) Blockchain
3 40 (12.70%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (8.25%) Replication
5 24 (7.62%) Management Information System
6 20 (6.35%) Public Cloud
7 18 (5.71%) Security Posture
8 12 (3.81%) Driving Licence
9 9 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.86%) Virtual Team
10 8 (2.54%) PKI
11 7 (2.22%) Clustering
11 7 (2.22%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.90%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.59%) EPoS
13 5 (1.59%) NHS
14 4 (1.27%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 211 (66.98%) Windows
2 122 (38.73%) Windows Server
3 112 (35.56%) Linux
4 47 (14.92%) Debian
5 46 (14.60%) CentOS
6 40 (12.70%) Alpine Linux
7 27 (8.57%) Windows Server 2012
8 25 (7.94%) Windows 10
9 24 (7.62%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (5.08%) Windows Server 2019
11 14 (4.44%) Ubuntu
12 11 (3.49%) Mac OS
12 11 (3.49%) SUSE
13 8 (2.54%) Android
13 8 (2.54%) Apple iOS
14 7 (2.22%) Unix
15 4 (1.27%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (1.27%) Windows Vista
16 3 (0.95%) Windows 7
17 2 (0.63%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (29.84%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (26.98%) ITIL
3 69 (21.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 55 (17.46%) Customer Service
5 46 (14.60%) Artificial Intelligence
6 45 (14.29%) Task Automation
7 44 (13.97%) CI/CD
7 44 (13.97%) DevOps
7 44 (13.97%) Project Delivery
7 44 (13.97%) Project Management
8 40 (12.70%) Co-Creation
8 40 (12.70%) Data Science
8 40 (12.70%) Functional Testing
8 40 (12.70%) Separation of Concerns
8 40 (12.70%) Technology Transformation
9 39 (12.38%) Cybersecurity
10 38 (12.06%) Mentoring
11 35 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
12 25 (7.94%) Presales
13 24 (7.62%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 46 (14.60%) SQL
2 41 (13.02%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.86%) C#
4 8 (2.54%) Python
5 7 (2.22%) Bash
6 6 (1.90%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.32%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.32%) Swift
Qualifications
1 315 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 132 (41.90%) MCSA
3 109 (34.60%) Cisco Certification
4 91 (28.89%) CCNA
5 73 (23.17%) Degree
6 60 (19.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 57 (18.10%) Azure Certification
8 32 (10.16%) MCP
9 27 (8.57%) CCNP
10 19 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (6.03%) Security Cleared
11 18 (5.71%) MCITP
12 15 (4.76%) SC Cleared
13 12 (3.81%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (3.81%) Network+ Certification
14 11 (3.49%) A+ Certification
15 7 (2.22%) CISSP
15 7 (2.22%) Master's Degree
16 6 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (1.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.08%) SLA
2 11 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.90%) GDPR
4 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.32%) NIST
4 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 157 (49.84%) Active Directory
2 132 (41.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 80 (25.40%) Hyper-V
4 40 (12.70%) Docker
5 23 (7.30%) vSphere
6 22 (6.98%) Virtual Servers
7 19 (6.03%) XenDesktop
8 17 (5.40%) VMware ESXi
9 11 (3.49%) vCloud
10 9 (2.86%) XenApp
11 6 (1.90%) Firmware
12 3 (0.95%) KVM
12 3 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.63%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 44 (13.97%) Terraform
2 42 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (12.70%) Kubernetes
4 32 (10.16%) SCCM
5 11 (3.49%) WSUS
6 10 (3.17%) vCenter Server
7 9 (2.86%) FortiGate
7 9 (2.86%) SCOM
8 3 (0.95%) Autotask
8 3 (0.95%) SCOrch
8 3 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.63%) Ansible
9 2 (0.63%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.63%) HP SIM
9 2 (0.63%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.63%) vRealize
9 2 (0.63%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.32%) Puppet
Vendors
1 207 (65.71%) Microsoft
2 147 (46.67%) VMware
3 60 (19.05%) Cisco
4 51 (16.19%) HP
5 49 (15.56%) Red Hat
6 45 (14.29%) Veeam
7 44 (13.97%) IBM
8 39 (12.38%) Citrix
9 21 (6.67%) Dell
9 21 (6.67%) Google
9 21 (6.67%) Nimble Storage
10 19 (6.03%) Meraki
11 17 (5.40%) Commvault
12 13 (4.13%) Apple
13 12 (3.81%) Symantec
14 11 (3.49%) Fujitsu
15 9 (2.86%) Sophos
16 8 (2.54%) Draytek
16 8 (2.54%) SonicWALL
17 7 (2.22%) Aruba