MCSE Contracts in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 387 453 527
Rank change year-on-year +66 +74 -65
Contract jobs citing MCSE 13 29 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.074% 0.12% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 0.53% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 20 62
10th Percentile £250 £120 £226
25th Percentile £268 £247 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £388 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% -24.39% +24.24%
75th Percentile £450 £500 £538
90th Percentile - £588 £575
England median daily rate £438 £494 £425
% change year-on-year -11.39% +16.18% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.69
Median hourly rate - - £25.09
75th Percentile - - £25.48
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £19.43
% change year-on-year - -9.91% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

MCSE falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,184 5,456 6,739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.67% 21.69% 17.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,872 3,745 4,671
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £767 £800 £750
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 89 148
10th Percentile £14.49 £19.23 £24.18
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £51.50 £44.13
Median % change year-on-year -51.46% +16.71% +17.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £70.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.60 £87.50 £65.32
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

MCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing MCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for MCSE in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCSE in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MCSE in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for MCSE in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the London region over the 6 months to 12 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
North London +3 2 £250 -
Central London +39 1 £375 -37.50%
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (7.69%) IIS
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) AWS
1 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) DNS
2 3 (23.08%) DHCP
2 3 (23.08%) VPN
3 2 (15.38%) NAS
3 2 (15.38%) NetScaler
3 2 (15.38%) SAN
3 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (7.69%) Firewall
4 1 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) MySQL
1 2 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.69%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Banking
3 2 (15.38%) Legal
4 1 (7.69%) Advertising
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Electronics
4 1 (7.69%) French Language
4 1 (7.69%) Local Government
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing
4 1 (7.69%) Spanish Language
4 1 (7.69%) Swedish Language
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Server Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Citrix Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Exchange Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IT Operations Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Remote Desktop Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Remote Desktop Support
4 1 (7.69%) Remote Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Clustering
2 2 (15.38%) Blackberry
2 2 (15.38%) iPad
2 2 (15.38%) iPhone
2 2 (15.38%) PKI
2 2 (15.38%) Replication
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) NHS
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Server
3 2 (15.38%) Linux
3 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
3 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) ITIL
2 6 (46.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (30.77%) Task Automation
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (15.38%) Application Packaging
5 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (15.38%) High Availability
5 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) Security Hardening
5 2 (15.38%) User Experience
6 1 (7.69%) Business Continuity
6 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
6 1 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (7.69%) Network Management
6 1 (7.69%) Programme Management
6 1 (7.69%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) PowerShell
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
3 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (46.15%) MCSA
3 4 (30.77%) AWS Certification
3 4 (30.77%) CCNA
3 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (23.08%) Degree
5 2 (15.38%) CESG Certified Professional
5 2 (15.38%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (15.38%) MCP
5 2 (15.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (7.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (7.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
6 1 (7.69%) CCNP
6 1 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (15.38%) XenApp
3 2 (15.38%) XenDesktop
4 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (15.38%) Backup Exec
3 1 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (7.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 7 (53.85%) VMware
3 5 (38.46%) Cisco
4 2 (15.38%) Bloomberg
4 2 (15.38%) CA
4 2 (15.38%) Citrix
4 2 (15.38%) Reuters
5 1 (7.69%) Apple
5 1 (7.69%) Aruba
5 1 (7.69%) IronPort
5 1 (7.69%) Juniper
5 1 (7.69%) Okta
5 1 (7.69%) SAP
5 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
5 1 (7.69%) SolarWinds
5 1 (7.69%) Zscaler