The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT contracts advertised for the Uxbridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 22 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 Uxbridge 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing MCSA 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £226 £233 £338
% change year-on-year
-3.01% -31.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.00 £15.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-22.58% -11.42%
All Qualifications
Uxbridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
32 20 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 31.07% 14.71% 29.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 16 17
Average daily rate £525 £485 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.24% +12.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £318 £308
10% offered a daily rate of more than £666 £600 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCSA
London

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Uxbridge 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 Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge 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 Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge MCSA Hourly Rate Trend

MCSA
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) EMC
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (100.00%) NetIQ
1 4 (100.00%) Symantec
1 4 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 4 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 4 (100.00%) Law
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) CLARiiON
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 4 (100.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge 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 Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Server Support
1 4 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Server Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Server Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Storage Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 4 (100.00%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) EMC
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) NetIQ
1 4 (100.00%) Symantec
1 4 (100.00%) VMware