The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 110 104 107
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +3
Contract jobs citing MCSA 8 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.328% 0.226% 0.145%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.966% 1.786% 1.153%
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 3
Average hourly rate - - £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.00 £15.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year
-22.58% -8.82%
All Qualifications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
407 336 347
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 16.69% 12.63% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 163 136
Average daily rate £350 £335 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.47% -4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £212 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £429 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 28 20
Average hourly rate £14.75 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.36% +44.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £13.04 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.85 £37.50 £175.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCSA
UK

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Glasgow -12 6 £200 -27.27%
Edinburgh +7 2 - -
MCSA
UK

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (83.33%) ITIL
2 10 (83.33%) Windows
3 8 (66.67%) MCP
4 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 6 (50.00%) Service Management
4 6 (50.00%) VMware
4 6 (50.00%) Windows 7
5 5 (41.67%) MS Excel
5 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
6 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
6 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (33.33%) SCCM
6 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (25.00%) WSUS
7 3 (25.00%) HP
7 3 (25.00%) MS Exchange
8 2 (16.67%) LAN
8 2 (16.67%) DHCP
8 2 (16.67%) DNS
8 2 (16.67%) IIS
8 2 (16.67%) MS Office
8 2 (16.67%) Linux
8 2 (16.67%) MCSE
8 2 (16.67%) Apache
8 2 (16.67%) LDAP
8 2 (16.67%) SQL
8 2 (16.67%) IBM

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 (16.67%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (16.67%) IIS
2 2 (16.67%) Apache
2 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) LAN
1 2 (16.67%) DHCP
1 2 (16.67%) DNS
1 2 (16.67%) LDAP
1 2 (16.67%) SAN
2 1 (8.333%) Firewall
2 1 (8.333%) IPsec
2 1 (8.333%) Internet
2 1 (8.333%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Desktop Technician
2 3 (25.00%) Desktop Support
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) Support Technician
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Support
3 2 (16.67%) Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support Technician
4 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Specialist
4 1 (8.333%) Server Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) IT Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) Server Support Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Wintel Support
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (8.333%) Support Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (8.333%) Server Support
4 1 (8.333%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
1 2 (16.67%) Handset
2 1 (8.333%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
4 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) ITIL
2 6 (50.00%) Service Management
3 2 (16.67%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (8.333%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (66.67%) MCP
3 2 (16.67%) MCSE
3 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (16.67%) MCITP
4 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
4 1 (8.333%) Degree
4 1 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) vSphere
3 1 (8.333%) XenApp
3 1 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (8.333%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) SCCM
2 3 (25.00%) WSUS
3 2 (16.67%) SCOM
3 2 (16.67%) Backup Exec
4 1 (8.333%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (25.00%) HP
3 2 (16.67%) IBM
3 2 (16.67%) Nortel
3 2 (16.67%) Remedy
3 2 (16.67%) Veeam
4 1 (8.333%) CA
4 1 (8.333%) McAfee
4 1 (8.333%) Citrix
4 1 (8.333%) Compaq
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco