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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 602 672 709
Rank change year-on-year +70 +37 -181
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 313 316 557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.31% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.14% 0.96% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 239 277 465
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -7.78% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £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 27,489 32,962 42,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.71% 32.63% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17,297 14,888 18,855
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +7.73% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,276 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.49% +2.55% +0.50%

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 10 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 10 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 +84 289 £43,500 +4.82% 52
UK excluding London +16 242 £40,000 - 54
South East +28 88 £35,000 -4.11% 11
Work from Home +8 67 £44,000 +10.00% 17
London +84 63 £65,000 +23.81% 8
North of England +65 47 £45,000 +20.00% 9
Midlands -35 40 £45,000 +7.14% 7
East of England +22 28 £40,000 -5.88% 1
West Midlands -13 27 £50,000 +56.25% 5
Yorkshire +105 23 £44,000 +58.56% 4
South West -21 23 £37,000 -12.43% 15
North West -6 15 £45,000 +5.88% 3
Scotland -50 14 £62,500 +95.31% 7
East Midlands -23 13 £44,225 -1.72% 2
North East - 9 £42,250 - 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 83 (26.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (18.85%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.51%) SharePoint 2010
3 11 (3.51%) SharePoint 2013
4 10 (3.19%) IIS
5 5 (1.60%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) Apache
6 1 (0.32%) Confluence
6 1 (0.32%) WebSphere
Applications
1 42 (13.42%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.32%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.64%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 203 (64.86%) Azure
2 142 (45.37%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (18.85%) AWS
4 43 (13.74%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (12.78%) IBM Cloud
6 38 (12.14%) Entra ID
7 17 (5.43%) Power Platform
8 16 (5.11%) GCP
9 15 (4.79%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (4.79%) Nutanix
9 15 (4.79%) OneDrive
10 13 (4.15%) WhatsApp
11 10 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (2.56%) Mimecast
13 6 (1.92%) IaaS
13 6 (1.92%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.92%) SaaS
14 3 (0.96%) Google Workspace
14 3 (0.96%) PaaS
15 2 (0.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 106 (33.87%) Firewall
2 80 (25.56%) SAN
3 58 (18.53%) DNS
4 55 (17.57%) DHCP
5 47 (15.02%) VPN
5 47 (15.02%) WAN
6 46 (14.70%) VLAN
7 38 (12.14%) LAN
8 34 (10.86%) NAS
9 32 (10.22%) VoIP
10 29 (9.27%) TCP/IP
11 17 (5.43%) Internet
12 14 (4.47%) Network Security
12 14 (4.47%) SD-WAN
13 13 (4.15%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (3.19%) MPLS
14 10 (3.19%) WLAN
15 9 (2.88%) NetScaler
16 8 (2.56%) Wireless
17 7 (2.24%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.99%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.15%) Power BI
3 5 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.28%) MySQL
5 3 (0.96%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.64%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.64%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Cassandra
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%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.24%) Git
2 5 (1.60%) JIRA
3 2 (0.64%) GitLab
3 2 (0.64%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.32%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.32%) MSBuild
General
1 95 (30.35%) Social Skills
2 61 (19.49%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (14.70%) Public Sector
4 19 (6.07%) Finance
5 13 (4.15%) Manufacturing
6 12 (3.83%) Billing
7 10 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.88%) Legal
9 8 (2.56%) Retail
10 7 (2.24%) Automotive
11 6 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.92%) Law
12 5 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.60%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.28%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.28%) Electronics
14 3 (0.96%) Multimedia
15 2 (0.64%) Banking
15 2 (0.64%) Games
Job Titles
1 45 (14.38%) IT Support
2 38 (12.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 36 (11.50%) Support Engineer
4 34 (10.86%) IT Engineer
5 30 (9.58%) 3rd Line Support
6 22 (7.03%) Lead
7 21 (6.71%) IT Manager
8 18 (5.75%) IT Support Engineer
9 17 (5.43%) 2nd Line Support
9 17 (5.43%) Analyst
9 17 (5.43%) IT Technician
10 16 (5.11%) Senior
11 15 (4.79%) Storage Specialist
12 14 (4.47%) Architect
13 13 (4.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 13 (4.15%) Cloud Engineer
13 13 (4.15%) Consultant
13 13 (4.15%) Infrastructure Architect
13 13 (4.15%) Virtualisation Specialist
14 12 (3.83%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.79%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.60%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.64%) .NET
4 1 (0.32%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.32%) XML
4 1 (0.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.74%) Data Centre
1 43 (13.74%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (12.78%) Blockchain
2 40 (12.78%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (8.63%) Replication
4 25 (7.99%) Management Information System
5 21 (6.71%) Public Cloud
6 18 (5.75%) Security Posture
7 12 (3.83%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.88%) Virtual Team
9 8 (2.56%) Clustering
10 7 (2.24%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.92%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.60%) EPoS
12 5 (1.60%) NHS
12 5 (1.60%) PKI
13 4 (1.28%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 207 (66.13%) Windows
2 120 (38.34%) Windows Server
3 114 (36.42%) Linux
4 47 (15.02%) Debian
5 46 (14.70%) CentOS
6 40 (12.78%) Alpine Linux
7 25 (7.99%) Windows Server 2012
8 24 (7.67%) Windows Server 2016
9 23 (7.35%) Windows 10
10 16 (5.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 15 (4.79%) Ubuntu
12 12 (3.83%) SUSE
13 11 (3.51%) Mac OS
14 8 (2.56%) Android
14 8 (2.56%) Apple iOS
14 8 (2.56%) Unix
15 4 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (1.28%) Windows Vista
16 3 (0.96%) Windows 7
17 2 (0.64%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (30.03%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (26.52%) ITIL
3 68 (21.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 54 (17.25%) Customer Service
5 46 (14.70%) Artificial Intelligence
6 45 (14.38%) CI/CD
6 45 (14.38%) DevOps
6 45 (14.38%) Project Delivery
6 45 (14.38%) Task Automation
7 44 (14.06%) Project Management
8 41 (13.10%) Data Science
9 40 (12.78%) Co-Creation
9 40 (12.78%) Functional Testing
9 40 (12.78%) Separation of Concerns
9 40 (12.78%) Technology Transformation
10 39 (12.46%) Cybersecurity
10 39 (12.46%) Mentoring
11 36 (11.50%) Disaster Recovery
12 26 (8.31%) Presales
13 25 (7.99%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 46 (14.70%) SQL
2 42 (13.42%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.19%) C#
4 8 (2.56%) Python
5 7 (2.24%) Bash
6 6 (1.92%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.64%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.32%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.32%) PHP
8 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.32%) Swift
Qualifications
1 313 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 133 (42.49%) MCSA
3 109 (34.82%) Cisco Certification
4 91 (29.07%) CCNA
5 74 (23.64%) Degree
6 61 (19.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 57 (18.21%) Azure Certification
8 31 (9.90%) MCP
9 26 (8.31%) CCNP
10 19 (6.07%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (5.43%) MCITP
12 16 (5.11%) Security Cleared
13 14 (4.47%) Network+ Certification
14 12 (3.83%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (3.83%) SC Cleared
15 11 (3.51%) A+ Certification
16 7 (2.24%) CISSP
16 7 (2.24%) CompTIA Security+
16 7 (2.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 7 (2.24%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.11%) SLA
2 12 (3.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.92%) 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%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.32%) NIST
5 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 152 (48.56%) Active Directory
2 133 (42.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 80 (25.56%) Hyper-V
4 40 (12.78%) Docker
5 24 (7.67%) vSphere
6 22 (7.03%) Virtual Servers
7 18 (5.75%) XenDesktop
8 17 (5.43%) VMware ESXi
9 12 (3.83%) vCloud
10 9 (2.88%) XenApp
11 5 (1.60%) Firmware
12 3 (0.96%) KVM
12 3 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.64%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 44 (14.06%) Terraform
2 41 (13.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (12.78%) Kubernetes
4 31 (9.90%) SCCM
5 10 (3.19%) FortiGate
5 10 (3.19%) SCOM
5 10 (3.19%) vCenter Server
6 9 (2.88%) WSUS
7 3 (0.96%) Autotask
7 3 (0.96%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.96%) SCOrch
7 3 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.64%) Ansible
8 2 (0.64%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.64%) HP SIM
8 2 (0.64%) PowerCLI
8 2 (0.64%) vRealize
8 2 (0.64%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.32%) Puppet
Vendors
1 204 (65.18%) Microsoft
2 148 (47.28%) VMware
3 59 (18.85%) Cisco
4 51 (16.29%) HP
5 49 (15.65%) Red Hat
6 46 (14.70%) Veeam
7 44 (14.06%) IBM
8 39 (12.46%) Citrix
9 21 (6.71%) Nimble Storage
10 20 (6.39%) Dell
10 20 (6.39%) Google
11 19 (6.07%) Meraki
12 17 (5.43%) Commvault
13 13 (4.15%) Apple
14 12 (3.83%) Fujitsu
15 11 (3.51%) Symantec
16 9 (2.88%) Draytek
16 9 (2.88%) Sophos
17 8 (2.56%) Datto
17 8 (2.56%) SonicWALL