The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 22 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 Leeds 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank - 69 47
Contract jobs citing MCSA 0 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds - 0.224% 1.127%
As % of the Qualifications category - 1.235% 6.931%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £350 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +75.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £226 £233 £338
% change year-on-year
-3.01% -31.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.00 £15.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-22.58% -11.42%
All Qualifications
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
136 162 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 18.09% 18.14% 16.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 101 45
Average daily rate £300 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £213 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 10
Average hourly rate £13.58 £12.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.12% -45.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.65 £12.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.75 £50.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCSA
West Yorkshire

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds MCSA Hourly Rate Trend

MCSA
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) ZENworks
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft