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 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 526 541 493
Rank change year-on-year +15 -48 -98
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 242 211 408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.36% 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.24% 0.97% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 175 189 314
10th Percentile £28,500 £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% +3.03%
75th Percentile £51,250 £53,096 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £63,525
UK median annual salary £44,612 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% -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 19,526 21,760 23,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.26% 36.79% 31.93%
Number of salaries quoted 12,218 8,079 10,449
10th Percentile £27,338 £28,175 £27,750
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% +2.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,600 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 20 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 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% 9
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
Scotland -56 14 £62,500 +95.31% 7
East Midlands -27 12 £44,225 -1.72% 3
North East - 9 £42,250 - 1
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 80 (33.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (19.83%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.89%) IIS
3 7 (2.89%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (2.89%) SharePoint 2013
4 5 (2.07%) CMS
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) Confluence
5 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (15.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.41%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.41%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.83%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 145 (59.92%) Azure
2 109 (45.04%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (16.94%) AWS
3 41 (16.94%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (16.53%) IBM Cloud
5 31 (12.81%) Entra ID
6 14 (5.79%) OneDrive
7 11 (4.55%) GCP
7 11 (4.55%) Power Platform
8 10 (4.13%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (3.31%) WhatsApp
10 6 (2.48%) PowerApps
10 6 (2.48%) SaaS
11 4 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.24%) Google Workspace
12 3 (1.24%) IaaS
13 2 (0.83%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.83%) PaaS
14 1 (0.41%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 82 (33.88%) Firewall
2 42 (17.36%) SAN
3 39 (16.12%) WAN
4 37 (15.29%) DNS
5 35 (14.46%) DHCP
6 34 (14.05%) NAS
7 32 (13.22%) VLAN
7 32 (13.22%) VPN
8 31 (12.81%) LAN
8 31 (12.81%) VoIP
9 28 (11.57%) TCP/IP
10 16 (6.61%) Internet
11 14 (5.79%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (4.55%) SD-WAN
13 10 (4.13%) MPLS
13 10 (4.13%) Network Security
14 8 (3.31%) Wireless
15 7 (2.89%) NetScaler
15 7 (2.89%) Wireshark
15 7 (2.89%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.61%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.31%) Power BI
3 4 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.83%) MySQL
5 1 (0.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (2.89%) Git
2 4 (1.65%) JIRA
3 2 (0.83%) GitLab
3 2 (0.83%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.41%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
General
1 74 (30.58%) Social Skills
2 55 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (19.01%) Public Sector
4 9 (3.72%) Manufacturing
4 9 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (2.89%) Retail
6 6 (2.48%) Finance
6 6 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.07%) Law
7 5 (2.07%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.24%) Multimedia
9 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.83%) Games
9 2 (0.83%) Police
9 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Automotive
10 1 (0.41%) Banking
10 1 (0.41%) Legal
10 1 (0.41%) Local Government
10 1 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 39 (16.12%) IT Support
2 34 (14.05%) IT Engineer
3 33 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 31 (12.81%) 3rd Line Support
5 30 (12.40%) Support Engineer
6 22 (9.09%) Lead
7 17 (7.02%) IT Support Engineer
7 17 (7.02%) IT Technician
8 16 (6.61%) Analyst
9 15 (6.20%) IT Manager
10 14 (5.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 12 (4.96%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 12 (4.96%) Senior
12 10 (4.13%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 10 (4.13%) Consultant
13 9 (3.72%) 2nd Line Support
13 9 (3.72%) Infrastructure Manager
13 9 (3.72%) Support Technician
13 9 (3.72%) Systems Engineer
13 9 (3.72%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.41%) XML
2 1 (0.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (16.53%) Blockchain
1 40 (16.53%) Distributed Systems
1 40 (16.53%) Hybrid Cloud
2 27 (11.16%) Data Centre
3 12 (4.96%) Driving Licence
3 12 (4.96%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.13%) Replication
5 9 (3.72%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.89%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.48%) Clustering
7 6 (2.48%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.48%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.07%) EPoS
8 5 (2.07%) PKI
9 4 (1.65%) CCTV
9 4 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.65%) NHS
9 4 (1.65%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 150 (61.98%) Windows
2 94 (38.84%) Linux
3 81 (33.47%) Windows Server
4 48 (19.83%) Debian
5 46 (19.01%) CentOS
6 40 (16.53%) Alpine Linux
7 22 (9.09%) Windows 10
8 11 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (2.89%) Android
9 7 (2.89%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.89%) Mac OS
10 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (1.65%) Unix
11 4 (1.65%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (1.65%) Windows Vista
12 3 (1.24%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.24%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.83%) Windows 2000
13 2 (0.83%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (33.47%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (30.58%) ITIL
3 50 (20.66%) Customer Service
4 47 (19.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 44 (18.18%) Task Automation
6 43 (17.77%) CI/CD
6 43 (17.77%) DevOps
7 40 (16.53%) Artificial Intelligence
7 40 (16.53%) Co-Creation
7 40 (16.53%) Data Science
7 40 (16.53%) Functional Testing
7 40 (16.53%) Separation of Concerns
7 40 (16.53%) Technology Transformation
8 36 (14.88%) Project Management
9 25 (10.33%) Cybersecurity
10 24 (9.92%) Mentoring
11 20 (8.26%) Project Delivery
12 16 (6.61%) Disaster Recovery
12 16 (6.61%) Process Improvement
13 15 (6.20%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.33%) SQL
2 24 (9.92%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.89%) Python
4 6 (2.48%) C#
5 5 (2.07%) Bash
6 2 (0.83%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.41%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.41%) Swift
Qualifications
1 242 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 102 (42.15%) MCSA
3 101 (41.74%) Cisco Certification
4 86 (35.54%) CCNA
5 53 (21.90%) Azure Certification
6 46 (19.01%) Degree
7 32 (13.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 26 (10.74%) MCP
9 24 (9.92%) CCNP
10 15 (6.20%) SC Cleared
10 15 (6.20%) Security Cleared
11 12 (4.96%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (4.96%) MCITP
12 10 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (4.13%) Network+ Certification
13 9 (3.72%) A+ Certification
14 6 (2.48%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (2.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (2.07%) AWS Certification
15 5 (2.07%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.13%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (4.13%) SLA
2 8 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.07%) GDPR
4 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 116 (47.93%) Active Directory
2 91 (37.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 69 (28.51%) Hyper-V
4 40 (16.53%) Docker
5 14 (5.79%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (5.79%) XenDesktop
6 11 (4.55%) vSphere
7 5 (2.07%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.65%) KVM
8 4 (1.65%) XenApp
9 3 (1.24%) Firmware
10 2 (0.83%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 43 (17.77%) Terraform
2 40 (16.53%) Kubernetes
3 30 (12.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (10.33%) SCCM
5 9 (3.72%) FortiGate
5 9 (3.72%) WSUS
6 7 (2.89%) vCenter Server
7 6 (2.48%) SCOM
8 3 (1.24%) Autotask
9 2 (0.83%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 145 (59.92%) Microsoft
2 106 (43.80%) VMware
3 49 (20.25%) Red Hat
4 45 (18.60%) Cisco
5 43 (17.77%) IBM
6 25 (10.33%) Citrix
7 19 (7.85%) Veeam
8 16 (6.61%) Google
8 16 (6.61%) Meraki
9 15 (6.20%) Dell
9 15 (6.20%) HP
10 13 (5.37%) Apple
11 8 (3.31%) Draytek
11 8 (3.31%) Sophos
12 7 (2.89%) Datto
12 7 (2.89%) SonicWALL
12 7 (2.89%) Symantec
13 6 (2.48%) Nimble Storage
14 5 (2.07%) Palo Alto
15 4 (1.65%) Ubiquiti