MCSA Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 140 174
Rank change year-on-year +1 +34 -41
Contract jobs citing MCSA 2 18 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.072% 0.56% 0.100%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 1.79% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 15 1
10th Percentile £243 £336 -
25th Percentile £269 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £650 £700
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% -7.14% +50.86%
75th Percentile £369 £684 -
90th Percentile £388 £700 -
England median daily rate £519 £480 £388
% change year-on-year +8.07% +23.87% +19.23%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

MCSA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 829 1,007 902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 29.85% 31.35% 22.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 692 589
10th Percentile £248 £325 £261
25th Percentile £415 £425 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +3.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £651 £604 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 68 68
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £11.77 £24.75 £18.63
Median hourly rate £16.06 £37.50 £39.87
Median % change year-on-year -57.17% -5.94% -4.50%
75th Percentile £38.43 £49.52 £54.11
90th Percentile £53.79 £66.03 £65.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing MCSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCSA in the North West.

Daily rate trend for MCSA in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCSA in the North West over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MCSA in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCSA in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for MCSA in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the North West region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +17 1 £400 +14.29% 2
Merseyside +11 1 £250 -61.54%
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Server Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) BCP
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Database Security
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow