MCSE Contracts in England

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 468 523 585
Rank change year-on-year +55 +62 -81
Contract jobs citing MCSE 74 116 209
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.24% 0.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.66% 0.88% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 91 150
10th Percentile £270 £107 £150
25th Percentile £305 £223 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -3.41%
75th Percentile £556 £575 £538
90th Percentile £619 £650 £619
UK median daily rate £413 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -17.50% +17.65% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 8
10th Percentile £12.65 - £14.88
25th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £16.09
Median hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £19.43
Median % change year-on-year - -9.91% -
75th Percentile £35.33 £20.68 £26.30
90th Percentile £45.27 £24.16 £33.63
UK median hourly rate £16.25 £17.50 £19.43
% change year-on-year -7.14% -9.91% -73.57%

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 contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,283 13,151 15,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.55% 27.54% 21.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,990 8,833 10,320
10th Percentile £313 £349 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £745 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,005 654 675
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +39.24% +8.22%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.18 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.84%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCSE in England.

Daily rate trend for MCSE in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCSE in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MCSE in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCSE in England.

Hourly rate trend for MCSE in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MCSE in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MCSE in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +19 22 £538 +13.16% 11
South West +11 15 £538 -2.27% 8
London +82 13 £325 -18.75% 12
North of England +12 13 £425 -29.17% 19
North West +1 9 £303 -53.46% 7
Midlands +12 5 £117 -47.53% 5
East of England +10 5 £425 +286.36% 2
North East +14 4 £488 +343.18% 2
East Midlands +3 3 £130 -41.70% 1
West Midlands +9 2 £117 -57.45% 4
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 30 (40.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (24.32%) Confluence
3 12 (16.22%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.35%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.97%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (20.27%) Azure
3 11 (14.86%) AWS
4 3 (4.05%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.70%) IaaS
5 2 (2.70%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.35%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.35%) GCP
6 1 (1.35%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 28 (37.84%) DNS
2 25 (33.78%) DHCP
3 14 (18.92%) SAN
4 11 (14.86%) VPN
5 9 (12.16%) TCP/IP
6 7 (9.46%) Fibre Channel
6 7 (9.46%) NAS
7 6 (8.11%) Firewall
8 5 (6.76%) iSCSI
8 5 (6.76%) VLAN
9 4 (5.41%) SSL
9 4 (5.41%) VoIP
10 3 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (2.70%) LAN
11 2 (2.70%) NetScaler
11 2 (2.70%) Network Security
11 2 (2.70%) Skype
11 2 (2.70%) WAN
11 2 (2.70%) Wireless
12 1 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.51%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.70%) MySQL
2 2 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.35%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.35%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (24.32%) JIRA
General
1 45 (60.81%) Social Skills
2 34 (45.95%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (24.32%) Military
4 7 (9.46%) Finance
5 6 (8.11%) Banking
5 6 (8.11%) Manufacturing
5 6 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.76%) Marketing
7 4 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (5.41%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.35%) Advertising
8 1 (1.35%) Automotive
8 1 (1.35%) Electronics
8 1 (1.35%) French Language
8 1 (1.35%) Front Office
8 1 (1.35%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.35%) Legal
8 1 (1.35%) Local Government
8 1 (1.35%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.35%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 18 (24.32%) Test Engineer
2 16 (21.62%) Integration Engineer
2 16 (21.62%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 12 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (10.81%) Senior
5 6 (8.11%) Support Engineer
6 5 (6.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 5 (6.76%) Desktop Engineer
6 5 (6.76%) Server Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Architect
7 4 (5.41%) IT Support
7 4 (5.41%) Service Delivery Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (5.41%) VMware Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Administrator
8 3 (4.05%) Analyst
8 3 (4.05%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (29.73%) PKI
2 9 (12.16%) Clustering
3 4 (5.41%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.41%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.41%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (4.05%) Replication
5 2 (2.70%) Blackberry
5 2 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.70%) iPad
5 2 (2.70%) iPhone
6 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.35%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.35%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.35%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 61 (82.43%) Windows
2 40 (54.05%) Windows Server
3 21 (28.38%) Windows Server 2012
4 16 (21.62%) Windows 10
5 10 (13.51%) Linux
6 4 (5.41%) Mac OS
6 4 (5.41%) Unix
7 2 (2.70%) CentOS
7 2 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (39.19%) ITIL
2 22 (29.73%) Agile
3 20 (27.03%) Critical Thinking
4 18 (24.32%) Regression Testing
4 18 (24.32%) Test Scripting
5 14 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (14.86%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (10.81%) Project Management
8 8 (10.81%) Service Management
8 8 (10.81%) Task Automation
9 7 (9.46%) High Availability
10 6 (8.11%) Change Management
10 6 (8.11%) Customer Service
10 6 (8.11%) Infrastructure Management
10 6 (8.11%) PRINCE2
11 5 (6.76%) Problem Management
12 4 (5.41%) Line Management
12 4 (5.41%) Mentoring
12 4 (5.41%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (36.49%) SQL
2 19 (25.68%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.35%) Python
3 1 (1.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 74 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 30 (40.54%) MCSA
3 29 (39.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 27 (36.49%) Security Cleared
5 23 (31.08%) SC Cleared
6 22 (29.73%) Degree
7 18 (24.32%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (20.27%) CCNA
9 6 (8.11%) DV Cleared
10 5 (6.76%) CCNP
11 4 (5.41%) AWS Certification
11 4 (5.41%) MCP
11 4 (5.41%) MCTS
12 2 (2.70%) A+ Certification
12 2 (2.70%) Azure Certification
12 2 (2.70%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (2.70%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (1.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) SLA
2 3 (4.05%) NCSC
2 3 (4.05%) NIST
3 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.35%) GDPR
3 1 (1.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (55.41%) Active Directory
2 32 (43.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (9.46%) vSphere
4 4 (5.41%) Firmware
4 4 (5.41%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.70%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.70%) XenApp
5 2 (2.70%) XenDesktop
6 1 (1.35%) Terminal Services
6 1 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.35%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (10.81%) SCCM
2 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.05%) Backup Exec
3 3 (4.05%) vCenter Server
3 3 (4.05%) WSUS
4 1 (1.35%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.35%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 60 (81.08%) Microsoft
2 39 (52.70%) VMware
3 8 (10.81%) Cisco
3 8 (10.81%) ServiceNow
4 4 (5.41%) Citrix
5 3 (4.05%) Apple
5 3 (4.05%) Bloomberg
5 3 (4.05%) Dell
5 3 (4.05%) HP
5 3 (4.05%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.70%) CA
6 2 (2.70%) Reuters
7 1 (1.35%) Adobe
7 1 (1.35%) BEA
7 1 (1.35%) EMC
7 1 (1.35%) Juniper
7 1 (1.35%) McAfee
7 1 (1.35%) SAP
7 1 (1.35%) Sophos
7 1 (1.35%) Veritas