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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 609 671 726
Rank change year-on-year +62 +55 -216
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 310 327 563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.32% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.13% 0.97% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 237 288 473
10th Percentile £30,250 £23,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £31,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -7.22% +0.14%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £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 27,433 33,803 42,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.82% 32.57% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 17,326 15,201 19,033
10th Percentile £28,290 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -

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 3 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 3 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 +70 285 £44,000 +6.02% 44
UK excluding London +41 239 £40,000 - 52
South East +24 88 £35,000 -4.11% 13
Work from Home +27 66 £44,500 +11.25% 13
London +83 63 £65,000 +23.81% 5
North of England +62 43 £45,000 +20.00% 8
Midlands -6 41 £45,000 +7.14% 5
West Midlands +6 29 £50,000 +56.25% 3
East of England +22 28 £40,000 -5.88% 2
Yorkshire +96 23 £44,000 +58.56% 3
South West -23 22 £36,000 -14.79% 9
Scotland -55 15 £62,500 +98.41% 10
East Midlands -14 12 £44,225 -1.72% 2
North West -8 11 £46,000 +8.24% 4
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 82 (26.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (18.71%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.23%) IIS
4 9 (2.90%) SharePoint 2010
4 9 (2.90%) SharePoint 2013
5 5 (1.61%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) Apache
6 1 (0.32%) Confluence
6 1 (0.32%) WebSphere
Applications
1 42 (13.55%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.65%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 202 (65.16%) Azure
2 137 (44.19%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (18.71%) AWS
4 44 (14.19%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (12.90%) IBM Cloud
6 38 (12.26%) Entra ID
7 18 (5.81%) Power Platform
8 15 (4.84%) GCP
8 15 (4.84%) Nutanix
8 15 (4.84%) OneDrive
9 14 (4.52%) Dynamics 365
10 13 (4.19%) WhatsApp
11 10 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (2.58%) Mimecast
13 6 (1.94%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.94%) SaaS
14 5 (1.61%) IaaS
15 3 (0.97%) Google Workspace
16 2 (0.65%) Azure App Service
16 2 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 105 (33.87%) Firewall
2 81 (26.13%) SAN
3 60 (19.35%) DNS
4 57 (18.39%) DHCP
5 48 (15.48%) VLAN
5 48 (15.48%) VPN
6 45 (14.52%) WAN
7 36 (11.61%) LAN
8 34 (10.97%) NAS
9 32 (10.32%) VoIP
10 29 (9.35%) TCP/IP
11 17 (5.48%) Internet
12 14 (4.52%) Network Security
12 14 (4.52%) SD-WAN
13 13 (4.19%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (3.23%) MPLS
14 10 (3.23%) WLAN
15 9 (2.90%) NetScaler
15 9 (2.90%) Wireless
16 7 (2.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.06%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.19%) Power BI
3 5 (1.61%) MySQL
3 5 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.97%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.97%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.65%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.65%) 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%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.26%) Git
2 5 (1.61%) JIRA
3 2 (0.65%) GitLab
3 2 (0.65%) MSBuild
3 2 (0.65%) 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 95 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 60 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (14.84%) Public Sector
4 18 (5.81%) Finance
5 13 (4.19%) Billing
5 13 (4.19%) Manufacturing
6 10 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.58%) Legal
8 8 (2.58%) Retail
9 7 (2.26%) Automotive
10 6 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.94%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.61%) Law
11 5 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.29%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.29%) Electronics
13 3 (0.97%) Multimedia
14 2 (0.65%) Games
14 2 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 45 (14.52%) IT Support
2 39 (12.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 36 (11.61%) Support Engineer
4 33 (10.65%) IT Engineer
5 30 (9.68%) 3rd Line Support
6 22 (7.10%) Lead
7 21 (6.77%) IT Manager
8 18 (5.81%) IT Support Engineer
9 17 (5.48%) Analyst
9 17 (5.48%) IT Technician
10 16 (5.16%) Senior
11 15 (4.84%) 2nd Line Support
11 15 (4.84%) Architect
11 15 (4.84%) Storage Specialist
12 14 (4.52%) Infrastructure Architect
13 13 (4.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 13 (4.19%) Consultant
13 13 (4.19%) Virtualisation Specialist
14 12 (3.87%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
15 11 (3.55%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.84%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (0.97%) .NET
4 2 (0.65%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.32%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.32%) XML
5 1 (0.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (14.19%) Data Centre
2 43 (13.87%) Hybrid Cloud
3 40 (12.90%) Blockchain
3 40 (12.90%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (9.03%) Replication
5 25 (8.06%) Management Information System
6 22 (7.10%) Public Cloud
7 18 (5.81%) Security Posture
8 12 (3.87%) Driving Licence
9 10 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (3.23%) Virtual Team
10 7 (2.26%) Clustering
10 7 (2.26%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.94%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.61%) EPoS
12 5 (1.61%) NHS
13 4 (1.29%) Fat Client
13 4 (1.29%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 201 (64.84%) Windows
2 118 (38.06%) Windows Server
3 115 (37.10%) Linux
4 47 (15.16%) Debian
5 46 (14.84%) CentOS
6 40 (12.90%) Alpine Linux
7 26 (8.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 23 (7.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 22 (7.10%) Windows 10
10 16 (5.16%) Ubuntu
11 15 (4.84%) Windows Server 2019
12 13 (4.19%) SUSE
13 11 (3.55%) Mac OS
14 8 (2.58%) Android
14 8 (2.58%) Apple iOS
15 7 (2.26%) Unix
16 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2008
17 3 (0.97%) Windows 7
18 2 (0.65%) Windows 2000
18 2 (0.65%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (30.65%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (25.16%) ITIL
3 68 (21.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 50 (16.13%) Customer Service
5 46 (14.84%) Artificial Intelligence
5 46 (14.84%) CI/CD
5 46 (14.84%) DevOps
5 46 (14.84%) Project Delivery
6 45 (14.52%) Task Automation
7 44 (14.19%) Project Management
8 42 (13.55%) Data Science
9 40 (12.90%) Co-Creation
9 40 (12.90%) Functional Testing
9 40 (12.90%) Mentoring
9 40 (12.90%) Separation of Concerns
9 40 (12.90%) Technology Transformation
10 39 (12.58%) Cybersecurity
11 36 (11.61%) Disaster Recovery
12 27 (8.71%) Presales
13 24 (7.74%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 47 (15.16%) SQL
2 43 (13.87%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.55%) C#
4 8 (2.58%) Python
5 7 (2.26%) Bash
6 6 (1.94%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.65%) PHP
7 2 (0.65%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.32%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.32%) Swift
Qualifications
1 310 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 128 (41.29%) MCSA
3 106 (34.19%) Cisco Certification
4 88 (28.39%) CCNA
5 71 (22.90%) Degree
6 61 (19.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 56 (18.06%) Azure Certification
8 27 (8.71%) MCP
9 26 (8.39%) CCNP
10 19 (6.13%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (5.16%) MCITP
12 15 (4.84%) Security Cleared
13 14 (4.52%) Network+ Certification
14 12 (3.87%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (3.55%) SC Cleared
16 7 (2.26%) A+ Certification
16 7 (2.26%) CISSP
16 7 (2.26%) CompTIA Security+
16 7 (2.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 7 (2.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.48%) SLA
2 12 (3.87%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.94%) GDPR
5 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 148 (47.74%) Active Directory
2 131 (42.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 79 (25.48%) Hyper-V
4 40 (12.90%) Docker
5 24 (7.74%) vSphere
6 22 (7.10%) Virtual Servers
7 16 (5.16%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.16%) XenDesktop
8 13 (4.19%) vCloud
9 7 (2.26%) XenApp
10 4 (1.29%) Firmware
11 3 (0.97%) KVM
11 3 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.65%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 44 (14.19%) Terraform
2 40 (12.90%) Kubernetes
3 39 (12.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 29 (9.35%) SCCM
5 10 (3.23%) FortiGate
6 9 (2.90%) SCOM
6 9 (2.90%) vCenter Server
6 9 (2.90%) WSUS
7 3 (0.97%) Autotask
7 3 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.65%) Ansible
8 2 (0.65%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.65%) HP SIM
8 2 (0.65%) PowerCLI
8 2 (0.65%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.65%) vRealize
8 2 (0.65%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.32%) Puppet
Vendors
1 199 (64.19%) Microsoft
2 146 (47.10%) VMware
3 57 (18.39%) Cisco
4 49 (15.81%) HP
4 49 (15.81%) Red Hat
5 47 (15.16%) Veeam
6 44 (14.19%) IBM
7 37 (11.94%) Citrix
8 21 (6.77%) Nimble Storage
9 19 (6.13%) Meraki
10 18 (5.81%) Google
11 17 (5.48%) Commvault
11 17 (5.48%) Dell
12 13 (4.19%) Apple
12 13 (4.19%) Fujitsu
13 9 (2.90%) Draytek
13 9 (2.90%) Sophos
13 9 (2.90%) Symantec
14 8 (2.58%) Datto
14 8 (2.58%) SonicWALL