The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 24 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 Glasgow 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 70 58 -
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -
Contract jobs citing MCSA 6 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.643% 0.508% -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.974% 5.556% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 0
Average daily rate £200 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.27% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £226 £228 £319
% change year-on-year
-0.87% -28.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.00 £15.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year
-22.58% -8.82%
All Qualifications
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
151 72 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 16.18% 9.149% 10.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 33 30
Average daily rate £304 £275 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.45% -21.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £227 £255 £274
10% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 5
Average hourly rate £14.75 £15.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.66% -62.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.20 £36.70 £175.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCSA
Scotland

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow MCSA Daily Rate Trend

MCSA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow MCSA Hourly Rate Trend

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (87.50%) ITIL
2 7 (87.50%) MCP
2 7 (87.50%) Windows
3 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
4 5 (62.50%) Service Management
4 5 (62.50%) Windows 7
5 4 (50.00%) SCCM
5 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
5 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
6 3 (37.50%) VMware
7 2 (25.00%) Finance
7 2 (25.00%) Migration
7 2 (25.00%) SAN
7 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (25.00%) Remedy
7 2 (25.00%) LAN
7 2 (25.00%) MS Office
7 2 (25.00%) SCOM
7 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (25.00%) Application Packaging
8 1 (12.50%) WSUS
8 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
8 1 (12.50%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
8 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (12.50%) Degree
8 1 (12.50%) XenApp
8 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 Development
1 2 (25.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
2 2 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) SAN
1 2 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Desktop Technician
2 3 (37.50%) Desktop Support
3 2 (25.00%) Support Technician
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Support
3 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support Technician
4 1 (12.50%) Server Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Server Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Wintel Support
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Windows 7
3 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
4 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (87.50%) MCP
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) MCSE
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (12.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) SCCM
2 2 (25.00%) SCOM
3 1 (12.50%) WSUS
3 1 (12.50%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) Remedy
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco
4 1 (12.50%) HP
4 1 (12.50%) Compaq
4 1 (12.50%) Citrix
4 1 (12.50%) McAfee