The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 South West 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 99 133 116
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -17
Contract jobs citing MCSA 9 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.446% 0.093% 0.212%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.490% 0.297% 0.834%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £226 £228 £319
% change year-on-year
-0.87% -28.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £27.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.00 £15.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year
-22.58% -8.82%
All Qualifications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
604 1009 719
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 29.95% 31.19% 25.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 535 327
Average daily rate £380 £420 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.52% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £250 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 73 54
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.85 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £48.60 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCSA
England

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West 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
Bristol - 5 - -
Somerset - 4 - -
MCSA
England

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 14 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (78.57%) Windows
3 10 (71.43%) MCSE
4 9 (64.29%) SQL Server
4 9 (64.29%) VMware
4 9 (64.29%) MCITP
4 9 (64.29%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
6 6 (42.86%) LAN
6 6 (42.86%) Firewall
7 5 (35.71%) MCTS
7 5 (35.71%) MS Exchange
7 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (35.71%) IIS
7 5 (35.71%) SQL
7 5 (35.71%) MS Excel
7 5 (35.71%) WAN
7 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
7 5 (35.71%) VPN
7 5 (35.71%) DNS
8 4 (28.57%) SLA
8 4 (28.57%) Oracle
8 4 (28.57%) OCA
8 4 (28.57%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2012
9 3 (21.43%) Backup Exec
9 3 (21.43%) vSphere
9 3 (21.43%) Lotus

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 (7.143%) COM
Application Platforms
1 5 (35.71%) MS Exchange
1 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2010
1 5 (35.71%) IIS
2 3 (21.43%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (21.43%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) LAN
1 6 (42.86%) Firewall
2 5 (35.71%) WAN
2 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
2 5 (35.71%) VPN
2 5 (35.71%) DNS
3 1 (7.143%) PABX
3 1 (7.143%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (64.29%) SQL Server
1 9 (64.29%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2012
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Network Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Teradata DBA
2 4 (28.57%) Administrator
2 4 (28.57%) DBA
2 4 (28.57%) SQL DBA
3 2 (14.29%) Wintel Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (7.143%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) IT Support
4 1 (7.143%) Wintel Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Architect
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
3 1 (7.143%) Windows XP
3 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.143%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (7.143%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (71.43%) MCSE
3 9 (64.29%) MCITP
4 5 (35.71%) MCTS
5 4 (28.57%) OCA
5 4 (28.57%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (7.143%) CCNA
6 1 (7.143%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) vSphere
2 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.143%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Backup Exec
1 3 (21.43%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 3 (21.43%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (14.29%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) VMware
2 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 4 (28.57%) Oracle
4 3 (21.43%) Lotus
4 3 (21.43%) Symantec
4 3 (21.43%) Sophos
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco
5 2 (14.29%) Citrix
6 1 (7.143%) HP
6 1 (7.143%) IBM