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

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 609 657 750
Rank change year-on-year +48 +93 -216
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 308 308 581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.33% 0.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.09% 0.97% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 229 265 471
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,950 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £77,500
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 28,187 31,834 46,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.34% 33.91% 27.28%
Number of salaries quoted 17,276 14,419 19,396
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,843
25th Percentile £38,603 £42,500 £40,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +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 6 June 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 6 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
England +30 284 £40,500 -1.22% 49
UK excluding London -15 236 £40,000 - 51
South East +23 85 £34,000 -6.85% 9
London +69 64 £55,000 +4.76% 11
Work from Home -15 61 £40,000 - 15
Midlands -28 41 £44,225 +7.86% 6
North of England +27 40 £40,000 +3.23% 15
East of England -11 28 £40,000 -5.88% 2
West Midlands -34 28 £42,500 +32.81% 4
South West -32 26 £37,000 -12.43% 7
Yorkshire +83 19 £40,000 +53.85% 9
Scotland -66 14 £62,500 +95.31% 11
North West -24 13 £45,000 +5.88% 4
East Midlands -29 13 £44,225 -1.72% 2
North East - 8 £37,500 - 2
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 (27.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (19.81%) SharePoint
3 16 (5.19%) SharePoint 2010
3 16 (5.19%) SharePoint 2013
4 8 (2.60%) IIS
5 5 (1.62%) CMS
6 2 (0.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 44 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.65%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 198 (64.29%) Azure
2 143 (46.43%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (20.78%) AWS
4 40 (12.99%) Azure AI
4 40 (12.99%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (12.99%) IBM Cloud
5 33 (10.71%) Entra ID
6 20 (6.49%) GCP
7 18 (5.84%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (4.87%) Power Platform
9 14 (4.55%) OneDrive
10 11 (3.57%) Nutanix
11 9 (2.92%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (2.92%) WhatsApp
12 8 (2.60%) Mimecast
13 6 (1.95%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.95%) SaaS
14 3 (0.97%) Google Workspace
14 3 (0.97%) IaaS
15 2 (0.65%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 107 (34.74%) Firewall
2 70 (22.73%) SAN
3 54 (17.53%) DNS
4 52 (16.88%) DHCP
5 51 (16.56%) WAN
6 44 (14.29%) VPN
7 42 (13.64%) VLAN
8 41 (13.31%) LAN
9 33 (10.71%) NAS
10 29 (9.42%) VoIP
11 28 (9.09%) TCP/IP
12 20 (6.49%) Wi-Fi
13 17 (5.52%) Internet
14 14 (4.55%) Network Security
15 13 (4.22%) SD-WAN
16 10 (3.25%) MPLS
16 10 (3.25%) Wireless
17 9 (2.92%) WLAN
18 8 (2.60%) NetScaler
19 6 (1.95%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.47%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.90%) Power BI
3 4 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.97%) 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 (0.32%) Metadata
6 1 (0.32%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.95%) Git
2 4 (1.30%) JIRA
3 2 (0.65%) GitLab
3 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
General
1 97 (31.49%) Social Skills
2 68 (22.08%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (14.61%) Public Sector
4 19 (6.17%) Finance
5 15 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.90%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.92%) Billing
7 9 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.27%) Automotive
9 6 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.62%) Electronics
10 5 (1.62%) Legal
10 5 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.62%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.30%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.30%) Retail
12 3 (0.97%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.65%) Banking
13 2 (0.65%) Games
13 2 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 48 (15.58%) IT Support
2 44 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 37 (12.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 36 (11.69%) IT Engineer
5 31 (10.06%) 3rd Line Support
6 22 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
6 22 (7.14%) Lead
7 21 (6.82%) IT Manager
7 21 (6.82%) IT Support Engineer
8 17 (5.52%) Cloud Engineer
8 17 (5.52%) IT Technician
8 17 (5.52%) Senior
9 16 (5.19%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 16 (5.19%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 15 (4.87%) Analyst
11 14 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 13 (4.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 13 (4.22%) Consultant
13 12 (3.90%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
14 11 (3.57%) Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.57%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 41 (13.31%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (12.99%) Blockchain
2 40 (12.99%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (12.01%) Data Centre
4 24 (7.79%) Management Information System
5 23 (7.47%) Replication
6 18 (5.84%) Public Cloud
7 15 (4.87%) Security Posture
8 12 (3.90%) Driving Licence
9 9 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.92%) Virtual Team
10 7 (2.27%) Onboarding
10 7 (2.27%) PKI
11 6 (1.95%) NHS
12 5 (1.62%) Clustering
12 5 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.62%) EPoS
12 5 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.62%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 203 (65.91%) Windows
2 112 (36.36%) Windows Server
3 109 (35.39%) Linux
4 48 (15.58%) Debian
5 47 (15.26%) CentOS
6 40 (12.99%) Alpine Linux
7 25 (8.12%) Windows 10
7 25 (8.12%) Windows Server 2012
8 24 (7.79%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (5.19%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (3.90%) Ubuntu
11 10 (3.25%) Mac OS
12 9 (2.92%) SUSE
13 8 (2.60%) Apple iOS
14 6 (1.95%) Android
15 5 (1.62%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (1.30%) Unix
16 4 (1.30%) Windows Vista
17 3 (0.97%) Windows 7
18 2 (0.65%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (29.87%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (28.57%) ITIL
3 62 (20.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 58 (18.83%) Customer Service
5 46 (14.94%) Artificial Intelligence
6 44 (14.29%) Project Management
6 44 (14.29%) Task Automation
7 42 (13.64%) CI/CD
7 42 (13.64%) DevOps
8 40 (12.99%) Co-Creation
8 40 (12.99%) Data Science
8 40 (12.99%) Functional Testing
8 40 (12.99%) Separation of Concerns
8 40 (12.99%) Technology Transformation
9 38 (12.34%) Project Delivery
10 35 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
10 35 (11.36%) Mentoring
11 31 (10.06%) Disaster Recovery
12 25 (8.12%) Computer Science
13 23 (7.47%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 41 (13.31%) SQL
2 34 (11.04%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.92%) C#
4 6 (1.95%) T-SQL
5 5 (1.62%) Python
6 4 (1.30%) Bash
7 2 (0.65%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.32%) Swift
Qualifications
1 308 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 122 (39.61%) MCSA
3 104 (33.77%) Cisco Certification
4 87 (28.25%) CCNA
5 69 (22.40%) Degree
6 55 (17.86%) Azure Certification
7 50 (16.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 33 (10.71%) MCP
9 27 (8.77%) CCNP
10 25 (8.12%) MCITP
11 20 (6.49%) Security Cleared
12 18 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (5.19%) SC Cleared
14 11 (3.57%) A+ Certification
14 11 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (2.27%) CISSP
15 7 (2.27%) Master's Degree
16 5 (1.62%) CompTIA Security+
16 5 (1.62%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.52%) SLA
2 11 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.62%) GDPR
5 2 (0.65%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.32%) NIST
6 1 (0.32%) QA
System Software
1 153 (49.68%) Active Directory
2 125 (40.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 83 (26.95%) Hyper-V
4 41 (13.31%) Docker
5 23 (7.47%) XenDesktop
6 21 (6.82%) vSphere
7 19 (6.17%) Virtual Servers
8 16 (5.19%) VMware ESXi
9 13 (4.22%) XenApp
10 9 (2.92%) vCloud
11 5 (1.62%) Firmware
12 4 (1.30%) KVM
13 2 (0.65%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 46 (14.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (14.29%) Terraform
3 41 (13.31%) Kubernetes
4 30 (9.74%) SCCM
5 10 (3.25%) WSUS
6 9 (2.92%) vCenter Server
7 8 (2.60%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.97%) Autotask
9 2 (0.65%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.65%) SCOM
9 2 (0.65%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.32%) Ansible
10 1 (0.32%) HP SIM
10 1 (0.32%) Nessus
10 1 (0.32%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.32%) Puppet
10 1 (0.32%) vRealize
10 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 199 (64.61%) Microsoft
2 140 (45.45%) VMware
3 62 (20.13%) Cisco
4 50 (16.23%) HP
5 49 (15.91%) Red Hat
6 44 (14.29%) IBM
7 42 (13.64%) Citrix
8 40 (12.99%) Veeam
9 25 (8.12%) Dell
9 25 (8.12%) Google
10 19 (6.17%) Meraki
11 17 (5.52%) Nimble Storage
12 16 (5.19%) Symantec
13 14 (4.55%) Commvault
14 13 (4.22%) Apple
15 9 (2.92%) Fujitsu
15 9 (2.92%) Sophos
16 8 (2.60%) ServiceNow
16 8 (2.60%) SonicWALL
17 7 (2.27%) Aruba