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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) in IT contracts within the Surrey region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank-105
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads06
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.000 %2.521 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£237£192
% change on same period last year+23.55 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£11.50
Average hourly rate-£11.75
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.42£15.43
% change on same period last year+19.36 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads234238
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.317 %0.236 %
Daily rates quoted4670
Average minimum daily rate£316£358
Average daily rate£324£367
% change on same period last year-11.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£331
% change on same period last year+0.83 %
Hourly rates quoted3133
Average minimum hourly rate£21.32£16.98
Average hourly rate£23.28£17.56
% change on same period last year+32.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.24£18.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.66£25.83
% change on same period last year-4.51 %
MCSA South EastMCSA
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MCSA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MCSA across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Surrey MCSA Demand Trend

MCSA
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MCSA across the Surrey region.

Surrey MCSA Daily Rate Trend

MCSA
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MCSA across the Surrey region.

Surrey MCSA Hourly Rate Trend

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

115 (100.00 %)MCSE
115 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
214 (93.33 %)Active Directory
214 (93.33 %)Windows
310 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
48 (53.33 %)SAN
48 (53.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
48 (53.33 %)LAN
57 (46.67 %)MCP
57 (46.67 %)VMware
66 (40.00 %)VMware ESX
66 (40.00 %)Clustering
66 (40.00 %)SSH
66 (40.00 %)WebSphere
66 (40.00 %)WSUS
66 (40.00 %)Finance
66 (40.00 %)WebSphere MQ
66 (40.00 %)Shell Script
66 (40.00 %)Solaris
66 (40.00 %)LDAP
66 (40.00 %)MS Exchange
66 (40.00 %)Java
66 (40.00 %)Perl
66 (40.00 %)VBScript
66 (40.00 %)VB
66 (40.00 %)J2EE
66 (40.00 %)SQL Server
66 (40.00 %)IIS
66 (40.00 %)WSH
66 (40.00 %)IBM

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (40.00 %)J2EE
16 (40.00 %)WSH
16 (40.00 %)WebSphere
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (40.00 %)IIS
16 (40.00 %)MS Exchange
16 (40.00 %)WebSphere MQ
22 (13.33 %)GroupWise
22 (13.33 %)Exchange Server 5.5
22 (13.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (33.33 %)MS Office
21 (6.667 %)MS Excel
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (53.33 %)LAN
18 (53.33 %)SAN
26 (40.00 %)SSH
26 (40.00 %)LDAP
33 (20.00 %)DHCP
33 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
33 (20.00 %)DNS
42 (13.33 %)WAN
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (40.00 %)SQL Server
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (40.00 %)Finance
22 (13.33 %)Insurance
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (40.00 %)Administrator
24 (26.67 %)Desktop Support Analyst
24 (26.67 %)Desktop Support
24 (26.67 %)Analyst
24 (26.67 %)Desktop Analyst
24 (26.67 %)Windows Administrator
24 (26.67 %)Solaris Administrator
24 (26.67 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
24 (26.67 %)Support Analyst
24 (26.67 %)2nd Line Support
32 (13.33 %)Systems Administrator
41 (6.667 %)Network Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Project Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Technical Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Senior Support Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Support Engineer
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (40.00 %)Clustering
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (93.33 %)Windows
210 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
38 (53.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
46 (40.00 %)Solaris
53 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
53 (20.00 %)Windows XP
62 (13.33 %)NetWare
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (13.33 %)ITIL
12 (13.33 %)PRINCE2
21 (6.667 %)Problem Management
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (40.00 %)Java
16 (40.00 %)Perl
16 (40.00 %)VBScript
16 (40.00 %)VB
16 (40.00 %)Shell Script
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (100.00 %)MCSE
115 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (46.67 %)MCP
33 (20.00 %)CNE
33 (20.00 %)Novell Certification
41 (6.667 %)CNA
41 (6.667 %)CCNP
41 (6.667 %)CCNA
41 (6.667 %)Cisco Certification
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
114 (93.33 %)Active Directory
26 (40.00 %)VMware ESX
32 (13.33 %)Novell eDirectory
41 (6.667 %)VMware Infrastructure
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (40.00 %)WSUS
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (46.67 %)VMware
26 (40.00 %)IBM
26 (40.00 %)Sun
33 (20.00 %)Novell
33 (20.00 %)Microsoft
41 (6.667 %)Cisco