MCSA Contracts in the South West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 161 159
Rank change year-on-year +18 -2 -21
Contract jobs citing MCSA 9 13 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.28% 0.35% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.50% 0.67% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 11
10th Percentile £256 - £313
25th Percentile £270 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +34.38% -5.88% +30.77%
75th Percentile £556 £575 £480
90th Percentile - £586 £488
England median daily rate £469 £480 £388
% change year-on-year -2.34% +23.87% +19.23%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South 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 South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,805 1,931 1,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 56.62% 52.67% 41.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,164 1,413 1,073
10th Percentile £353 £375 £320
25th Percentile £465 £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +10.58% +9.47%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £619
90th Percentile £725 £725 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 165 93
10th Percentile £21.00 £39.55 £26.50
25th Percentile £40.00 £57.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.50 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% +6.24% +37.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £79.75 £68.30
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.49 £75.00
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for MCSA in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCSA in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MCSA in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for MCSA in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Wiltshire +8 8 £538 -2.27%
Somerset - 1 £250 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (66.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) DHCP
1 7 (77.78%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
2 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (66.67%) Military
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Integration Engineer
1 6 (66.67%) Test and Integration Engineer
1 6 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server
3 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (11.11%) Android
4 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
4 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
1 6 (66.67%) Critical Thinking
1 6 (66.67%) Regression Testing
1 6 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Server Management
2 2 (22.22%) Virtual Environments
3 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
3 1 (11.11%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
3 1 (11.11%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) MCSE
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (22.22%) CCNA
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (22.22%) MCP
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
1 8 (88.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) VMware
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds
3 2 (22.22%) Veeam
4 1 (11.11%) Dell
4 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow