MCSA Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 20 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 London 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 340 380 398
Rank change year-on-year
+40 +18
Contract jobs citing MCSA 41 22 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.189% 0.082% 0.117%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.281% 0.583% 0.887%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 6 13
Average daily rate £275 £263 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.76% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £203 £183 £171
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £350 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £235 £245
% change year-on-year
-4.25% -4.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 8
Average hourly rate £14.50 £22.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.09% +22.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £14.60 £12.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.90 £22.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-27.27% -5.71%
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 3200 3771 4060
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.75% 14.04% 13.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1905 2251 2340
Average daily rate £420 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.17% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £595
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 116 141
Average hourly rate £25.00 £20.50 £20.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.95% -0.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £12.50 £13.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £37.00
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London MCSA Hourly Rate Trend

MCSA
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCSA across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London MCSA Hourly Rate Histogram

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 London region over the 3 months to 20 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
City of London +29 16 £438 -
Harrow - 2 - -
Chiswick - 1 - -
MCSA
England

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 69 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 61 (88.41%) Windows
3 48 (69.57%) Microsoft
4 45 (65.22%) MCSE
5 36 (52.17%) MCP
6 35 (50.72%) Active Directory
7 34 (49.28%) Windows Server 2003
8 32 (46.38%) Citrix
9 29 (42.03%) Windows Server 2008
10 28 (40.58%) ITIL
11 25 (36.23%) VMware
12 24 (34.78%) Windows 7
13 23 (33.33%) MCITP
13 23 (33.33%) MS Exchange
14 22 (31.88%) Windows XP
14 22 (31.88%) VMware Infrastructure
15 20 (28.99%) MS Office
16 19 (27.54%) MS Excel
16 19 (27.54%) HP
16 19 (27.54%) Cisco
17 17 (24.64%) Blackberry
18 15 (21.74%) TCP/IP
18 15 (21.74%) DNS
18 15 (21.74%) VMware ESXi
19 14 (20.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
20 13 (18.84%) SCCM
21 12 (17.39%) MCTS
21 12 (17.39%) Law
21 12 (17.39%) CCNA
21 12 (17.39%) Cisco Certification

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 (1.449%) COM
Application Platforms
1 23 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 14 (20.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 11 (15.94%) Exchange Server 2010
4 10 (14.49%) Exchange Server 2003
4 10 (14.49%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (4.348%) Live Communications Server
5 3 (4.348%) IIS
6 1 (1.449%) Apache
6 1 (1.449%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.449%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (1.449%) Lync
Applications
1 20 (28.99%) MS Office
2 19 (27.54%) MS Excel
3 2 (2.899%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.899%) 3000 Xtra
2 1 (1.449%) Infor M3
Communications & Networking
1 15 (21.74%) TCP/IP
1 15 (21.74%) DNS
2 12 (17.39%) SAN
3 9 (13.04%) DHCP
4 7 (10.14%) WAN
5 6 (8.696%) VoIP
6 5 (7.246%) VPN
6 5 (7.246%) Firewall
6 5 (7.246%) NetScaler
7 3 (4.348%) Unified Communications
7 3 (4.348%) IPv6
7 3 (4.348%) PBX
8 2 (2.899%) ADSL
8 2 (2.899%) MPLS
9 1 (1.449%) Internet
9 1 (1.449%) 3G
9 1 (1.449%) LAN
9 1 (1.449%) LDAP
9 1 (1.449%) SSL
9 1 (1.449%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (2.899%) MySQL
General
1 12 (17.39%) Law
2 9 (13.04%) Finance
3 8 (11.59%) Telecoms
4 7 (10.14%) Banking
5 3 (4.348%) Legal
6 1 (1.449%) Back Office
6 1 (1.449%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (18.84%) 2nd Line Support
2 12 (17.39%) Analyst
3 9 (13.04%) Desktop Support
3 9 (13.04%) Support Engineer
4 8 (11.59%) Administrator
5 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 6 (8.696%) IT Administrator
6 6 (8.696%) Desktop Engineer
7 5 (7.246%) 3rd Line Support
8 4 (5.797%) Junior
8 4 (5.797%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (5.797%) Server Support
8 4 (5.797%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 4 (5.797%) Server Analyst
8 4 (5.797%) Storage Analyst
8 4 (5.797%) Storage Engineer
8 4 (5.797%) Server Engineer
8 4 (5.797%) Virtualisation Specialist
9 3 (4.348%) Windows Support Engineer
9 3 (4.348%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 17 (24.64%) Blackberry
2 5 (7.246%) Firmware
3 4 (5.797%) Statistics
3 4 (5.797%) CLARiiON
4 2 (2.899%) PDA
4 2 (2.899%) iPad
4 2 (2.899%) Replication
5 1 (1.449%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.449%) Podcast
5 1 (1.449%) iPhone
5 1 (1.449%) Visualisation
5 1 (1.449%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 61 (88.41%) Windows
2 34 (49.28%) Windows Server 2003
3 29 (42.03%) Windows Server 2008
4 24 (34.78%) Windows 7
5 22 (31.88%) Windows XP
6 10 (14.49%) Mac OS X
7 6 (8.696%) Linux
8 5 (7.246%) HPUX
8 5 (7.246%) Windows Vista
9 4 (5.797%) Windows 2000
10 2 (2.899%) Windows 2000 Server
10 2 (2.899%) UNIX
11 1 (1.449%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (40.58%) ITIL
2 9 (13.04%) Service Management
2 9 (13.04%) Service Delivery
3 7 (10.14%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (7.246%) Migration
4 5 (7.246%) Change Control
5 4 (5.797%) Information Assurance
5 4 (5.797%) Capacity Planning
5 4 (5.797%) Data Management
5 4 (5.797%) Risk Analysis
6 3 (4.348%) Service Desk Management
7 2 (2.899%) Configuration Management
7 2 (2.899%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (2.899%) Network Load Balancing
7 2 (2.899%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (1.449%) Load Balancing
8 1 (1.449%) Problem Management
8 1 (1.449%) Data Protection
8 1 (1.449%) Risk Management
8 1 (1.449%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.797%) SQL
2 3 (4.348%) Shell Script
2 3 (4.348%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.899%) VB
4 1 (1.449%) C
4 1 (1.449%) Perl
Qualifications
1 69 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 45 (65.22%) MCSE
3 36 (52.17%) MCP
4 23 (33.33%) MCITP
5 12 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (17.39%) MCTS
5 12 (17.39%) CCNA
6 9 (13.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (13.04%) MCDST
7 6 (8.696%) Security Cleared
8 5 (7.246%) DV Cleared
8 5 (7.246%) CISSP
8 5 (7.246%) MCT
9 2 (2.899%) CCA
9 2 (2.899%) Citrix Certification
9 2 (2.899%) Degree
10 1 (1.449%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.449%) OCP
10 1 (1.449%) OCA
10 1 (1.449%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (50.72%) Active Directory
2 22 (31.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (21.74%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (11.59%) Hyper-V
5 5 (7.246%) XenApp
5 5 (7.246%) VMware ESX
6 4 (5.797%) Terminal Services
6 4 (5.797%) vSphere
7 3 (4.348%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (2.899%) XenDesktop
9 1 (1.449%) vCloud
9 1 (1.449%) Terminal Server
9 1 (1.449%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 13 (18.84%) SCCM
2 8 (11.59%) Backup Exec
3 5 (7.246%) SCOM
3 5 (7.246%) HP SIM
4 4 (5.797%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 3 (4.348%) MOM
5 3 (4.348%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (2.899%) WSUS
6 2 (2.899%) Legato
6 2 (2.899%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (1.449%) DameWare
7 1 (1.449%) SCVMM
7 1 (1.449%) Plesk
7 1 (1.449%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 48 (69.57%) Microsoft
2 32 (46.38%) Citrix
3 25 (36.23%) VMware
4 19 (27.54%) HP
4 19 (27.54%) Cisco
5 8 (11.59%) Symantec
6 7 (10.14%) IBM
7 6 (8.696%) Apple
8 5 (7.246%) Sage
8 5 (7.246%) EMC
9 4 (5.797%) Oracle
9 4 (5.797%) Juniper
9 4 (5.797%) NetIQ
10 3 (4.348%) Red Hat
10 3 (4.348%) Dell
10 3 (4.348%) Brocade
11 2 (2.899%) McAfee
11 2 (2.899%) Websense
11 2 (2.899%) Reuters
11 2 (2.899%) Bloomberg
2/3rd Line Analyst - SQL Server - Symantec Backup Exec - SCCM
City, London
The successful 2/3rd Line Technical Analyst will have strong experience with o SQL Server 2005/2008 administration. o Archive backup system, preferably Symantec Backup Exec... o Scripting (...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250 - £295 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Junior Systems Engineer, London, 1 year fixed term contract
London
Junior Systems Engineer - SQL - Oracle... Good Windows server (2003-2008) Database deployment experience (SQL or Oracle) and some basic networking... MCITP, MCSE, MCSA, or CCNA accreditations are highly...
E-Choice Consulting
Rate: £16k - 24k per year + bens and overtime
Posted: 15 May 2013
Junior Systems Engineer, London, 3 month contract to perm
City of London
Junior Systems Engineer/Support skill set will include some of the following: Windows server, database deployment experience (SQL or Oracle) and cisco networkingEssential skills-Experienced providing field based/...
eChoice Consulting
Rate: £10 - 12 per hour + bens and overtime
Posted: 8 May 2013
Deskside Support Engineer III
City, London
Advanced Market Data troubleshooting experience including Reuters Kobra 3000 Xtra, Bloomberg (including BB Anywhere)... Blackberry/secureID/MAS/Rova) Server Administration (Windows, Unix, Red Hat and Linux) Qualifications & Experience:...
Polar Recruitment
Rate: £0000 - £9999 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Remote Monitoring Systems Engineer
City of London
About your personal attributes:Collaborative working and willing to share knowledge and experienceCustomer focused with excellent rapport building skills - able to comfortably communicate with clients face to face,...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £18000 - £24000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Network & Communications - Network Engineer
City of London
Search terms: - network, engineer, networking, communications, juniper, tcp/ip, lan, wan, unified communications, netscaler, windows, video conference, load balancing Top global law firm requires 2 x Network & Communications...
Hudson IT London
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Network Engineer - Juniper
City, London
The focus is on Juniper networks and LAN / WAN architecture - and less on communication requirements below... Cisco experience is also beneficial... Applies change control procedures... Implements arrangements for...
Aston Carter
Rate: £350 - £450 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
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