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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank434376468
Rank change year-on-year
Down-58Up+92
Matching contract IT job ads5776122
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.120 %0.189 %0.149 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.839 %1.044 %1.031 %
Daily rates quoted111337
Average daily rate£215£280£214
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.21 %+30.99 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£135£250£125
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£375£440£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£215£363£194
% change year-on-year
-40.68 %+87.33 %
Hourly rates quoted151837
Average hourly rate£19.00£19.50£18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.560 %+8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£12.20£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£19.90£30.82£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.25£17.00£18.90
% change year-on-year
+1.470 %-10.05 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6797727711834
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.32 %18.13 %14.50 %
Daily rates quoted296124283596
Average daily rate£350£375£370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.660 %+1.350 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£200£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£525£523
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted5417161302
Average hourly rate£20.50£25.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.00 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£13.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.15£41.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£27.25£25.00
% change year-on-year
-26.60 %+9.000 %

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.

MCSA
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

MCSA Daily Rate Trend

MCSA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCSA within the UK over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

MCSA Daily Rate Histogram

MCSA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MCSA Hourly Rate Trend

MCSA
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCSA within the UK over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

MCSA Hourly Rate Histogram

MCSA
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 16 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-5953£215-23.21 %
LondonDown-8120£215-23.21 %
South EastUp+210£270-40.00 %
City of LondonDown-568--
West YorkshireNew entry-7£135-
YorkshireNew entry-7£135-
LeedsNew entry-7£135-
West MidlandsUp+94--
CoventryNew entry-4--
East of EnglandUp+143--
ScotlandDown-33--
North WestDown-73--
West SussexNew entry-3£325-
BerkshireUp+72--
CambridgeshireUp+62--
East MidlandsUp+32--
CheshireNew entry-2--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-2--
KentNew entry-2£215-
GatwickNew entry-2£325-
AberdeenNew entry-2--
Milton KeynesNew entry-2--
HertfordshireUp+121--
ReadingUp+31--
CambridgeUp+31--
GlasgowDown-61--
East SussexDown-71£215-
ManchesterDown-81--
South WestDown-81£175-
BrightonDown-81£215-

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1123 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
297 (78.86 %)Windows
297 (78.86 %)MCSE
365 (52.85 %)Microsoft
461 (49.59 %)Active Directory
558 (47.15 %)Windows Server 2003
645 (36.59 %)MCP
736 (29.27 %)MS Exchange
833 (26.83 %)ITIL
932 (26.02 %)MCDST
1027 (21.95 %)MS Excel
1126 (21.14 %)Windows 2000
1126 (21.14 %)Cisco
1224 (19.51 %)TCP/IP
1224 (19.51 %)Citrix
1321 (17.07 %)MS Office
1420 (16.26 %)WAN
1519 (15.45 %)Windows Vista
1618 (14.63 %)Exchange Server 2003
1618 (14.63 %)DNS
1618 (14.63 %)Cisco Certification
1717 (13.82 %)VMware
1816 (13.01 %)Windows XP
1915 (12.20 %)MCITP
2014 (11.38 %)MCTS
2014 (11.38 %)SQL
2014 (11.38 %)HP
2014 (11.38 %)CCNA
2113 (10.57 %)IBM
2113 (10.57 %)Windows 2000 Server

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (2.439 %)J2EE
13 (2.439 %)Application Packaging
22 (1.626 %).NET
22 (1.626 %)HTML
31 (0.813 %)CSS
31 (0.813 %)XML
31 (0.813 %)Spring
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
136 (29.27 %)MS Exchange
218 (14.63 %)Exchange Server 2003
37 (5.691 %)IIS
37 (5.691 %)Exchange Server 2007
45 (4.065 %)Exchange Server 2000
53 (2.439 %)WebLogic
53 (2.439 %)SharePoint
61 (0.813 %)Lotus Notes
61 (0.813 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
61 (0.813 %)CMS
61 (0.813 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (0.813 %)Office Communications Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
127 (21.95 %)MS Excel
221 (17.07 %)MS Office
38 (6.504 %)MS Project
41 (0.813 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.813 %)SoftGrid
11 (0.813 %)Academy Housing
11 (0.813 %)arcHouse
11 (0.813 %)assyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
124 (19.51 %)TCP/IP
220 (16.26 %)WAN
318 (14.63 %)DNS
411 (8.943 %)LAN
411 (8.943 %)SAN
56 (4.878 %)Firewall
56 (4.878 %)DHCP
56 (4.878 %)VPN
64 (3.252 %)Internet
72 (1.626 %)Network Security
72 (1.626 %)NAS
72 (1.626 %)NetScreen
72 (1.626 %)FTP
72 (1.626 %)SMTP
72 (1.626 %)VoIP
81 (0.813 %)SNMP
81 (0.813 %)Wireless
81 (0.813 %)VLAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (8.130 %)SQL Server
22 (1.626 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (1.626 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (0.813 %)Data Mining
31 (0.813 %)MySQL
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
18 (6.504 %)Finance
25 (4.065 %)Manufacturing
34 (3.252 %)Banking
43 (2.439 %)Education
52 (1.626 %)Government
61 (0.813 %)Pharmaceutical
61 (0.813 %)Health
61 (0.813 %)Law
61 (0.813 %)Legal
61 (0.813 %)Back Office
61 (0.813 %)Electronics
61 (0.813 %)Telecoms
61 (0.813 %)Financial Institution
61 (0.813 %)Retail
61 (0.813 %)Investment Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
127 (21.95 %)Support Engineer
223 (18.70 %)Analyst
316 (13.01 %)Support Analyst
413 (10.57 %)Trainer
510 (8.130 %)Desktop Support
510 (8.130 %)Administrator
69 (7.317 %)Desktop Support Engineer
69 (7.317 %)Desktop Engineer
69 (7.317 %)IT Support
78 (6.504 %)3rd Line Support
87 (5.691 %)Technical Support
87 (5.691 %)Consultant
87 (5.691 %)IT Trainer
96 (4.878 %)Server Specialist
105 (4.065 %)Infrastructure Analyst
105 (4.065 %)Server Engineer
105 (4.065 %)Server Administrator
114 (3.252 %)Wintel Support
114 (3.252 %)IT Support Engineer
114 (3.252 %)Technical Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (8.943 %)Blackberry
29 (7.317 %)PDA
36 (4.878 %)Clustering
43 (2.439 %)Computer Science
52 (1.626 %)Celerra
52 (1.626 %)Amazon EC2
52 (1.626 %)Cloud Computing
52 (1.626 %)CLARiiON
52 (1.626 %)EMC Centera
61 (0.813 %)Client/Server
61 (0.813 %)Firmware
61 (0.813 %)Replication
61 (0.813 %)Informatics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
197 (78.86 %)Windows
258 (47.15 %)Windows Server 2003
326 (21.14 %)Windows 2000
419 (15.45 %)Windows Vista
516 (13.01 %)Windows XP
613 (10.57 %)Windows 2000 Server
712 (9.756 %)Windows Server 2008
712 (9.756 %)Linux
85 (4.065 %)Windows NT
94 (3.252 %)UNIX
103 (2.439 %)AIX
103 (2.439 %)Solaris
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
133 (26.83 %)ITIL
26 (4.878 %)Disaster Recovery
26 (4.878 %)Change Management
26 (4.878 %)Migration
35 (4.065 %)Configuration Management
44 (3.252 %)Service Delivery
53 (2.439 %)Information Security
53 (2.439 %)Validation
62 (1.626 %)Data Protection
62 (1.626 %)OSSTMM
62 (1.626 %)Ethical Hacking
62 (1.626 %)Penetration Testing
62 (1.626 %)Service Management
71 (0.813 %)Business Process Improvement
71 (0.813 %)PRINCE2
71 (0.813 %)BCP
71 (0.813 %)Project Management
71 (0.813 %)Business Continuity
71 (0.813 %)Content Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
114 (11.38 %)SQL
24 (3.252 %)C
33 (2.439 %)VB
33 (2.439 %)PowerShell
42 (1.626 %)VBScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1123 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
297 (78.86 %)MCSE
345 (36.59 %)MCP
432 (26.02 %)MCDST
518 (14.63 %)Cisco Certification
615 (12.20 %)MCITP
714 (11.38 %)MCTS
714 (11.38 %)CCNA
812 (9.756 %)Degree
812 (9.756 %)Network+ Certification
812 (9.756 %)A+ Certification
99 (7.317 %)MCDBA
108 (6.504 %)Security Cleared
108 (6.504 %)Citrix Certification
117 (5.691 %)RHCE
117 (5.691 %)CCA
117 (5.691 %)RHCA
117 (5.691 %)JNCIA
117 (5.691 %)JNCIS
117 (5.691 %)JNCIE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (3.252 %)SLA
23 (2.439 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (1.626 %)ISO27001
32 (1.626 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
161 (49.59 %)Active Directory
24 (3.252 %)VMware Infrastructure
24 (3.252 %)Hyper-V
24 (3.252 %)VMware ESX
32 (1.626 %)Terminal Server
41 (0.813 %)vSphere
41 (0.813 %)ISA Server
41 (0.813 %)RACF
41 (0.813 %)VMware Workstation
41 (0.813 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
111 (8.943 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
25 (4.065 %)SCCM
33 (2.439 %)Tivoli
33 (2.439 %)Legato
33 (2.439 %)Backup Exec
33 (2.439 %)SCOM
42 (1.626 %)WSUS
42 (1.626 %)NetBackup
42 (1.626 %)Norton AntiVirus
51 (0.813 %)McAfee ePO
51 (0.813 %)OpenView
51 (0.813 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
51 (0.813 %)MOM
51 (0.813 %)MIMEsweeper
51 (0.813 %)MAILsweeper
51 (0.813 %)SolarWinds Orion
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
165 (52.85 %)Microsoft
226 (21.14 %)Cisco
324 (19.51 %)Citrix
417 (13.82 %)VMware
514 (11.38 %)HP
613 (10.57 %)IBM
79 (7.317 %)Dell
88 (6.504 %)Altiris
88 (6.504 %)Juniper
96 (4.878 %)Compaq
104 (3.252 %)Veritas
104 (3.252 %)CheckPoint
104 (3.252 %)McAfee
104 (3.252 %)Symantec
104 (3.252 %)Oracle
104 (3.252 %)EMC
113 (2.439 %)Intel
113 (2.439 %)Sun
113 (2.439 %)Websense
122 (1.626 %)Clearswift