The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the East Midlands region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 79 83 73
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -10
Contract jobs citing MCSA 5 2 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.393% 0.146% 0.737%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.874% 0.990% 4.115%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
Average daily rate £400 £350 £188
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% +86.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £233 £245
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £15.50 - £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-27.27% -5.71%
All Qualifications
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
174 202 243
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 13.69% 14.78% 17.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 84 87
Average daily rate £340 £350 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -5.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £202 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £464 £487
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 35 27
Average hourly rate £15.00 £13.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -34.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £8.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £56.00 £47.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
MCSA
England

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MCSA across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

East Midlands MCSA Jobs Demand Trend

MCSA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MCSA across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands MCSA Daily Rate Trend

MCSA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCSA across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

East Midlands MCSA Daily Rate Histogram

MCSA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MCSA across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands MCSA Hourly Rate Trend

MCSA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Lincolnshire - 3 £400 -
Derbyshire +12 1 £110 -68.57%
Leicestershire -9 1 - -
MCSA
England

MCSA
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing MCSA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MCSA.

1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) VoIP
3 3 (60.00%) CCNA
3 3 (60.00%) Citrix
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (60.00%) MCSE
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 3 (60.00%) PABX
4 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (20.00%) ITSM
4 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (20.00%) Peregrine
4 1 (20.00%) Lotus
4 1 (20.00%) DHCP
4 1 (20.00%) DNS
4 1 (20.00%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (20.00%) MS Office
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) MCP

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing MCSA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MCSA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) LAN
1 3 (60.00%) VoIP
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) PABX
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) CCNA
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) MCSE
3 1 (20.00%) MCP
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) Peregrine
3 1 (20.00%) Lotus