The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT contracts advertised for the Wales 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 Wales 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 42 53 50
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -3
Contract jobs citing MCSA 2 1 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.469% 0.175% 1.667%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.709% 0.417% 3.704%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 10
Average daily rate £350 £225 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+55.55% -39.39%
UK excluding London average daily rate £226 £228 £319
% change year-on-year
-0.87% -28.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.00 £15.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year
-22.58% -8.82%
All Qualifications
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
117 240 297
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 27.46% 42.11% 45.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 109 113
Average daily rate £370 £320 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.62% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £155 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.50 £11.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCSA
UK

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales 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
South Wales +3 2 £350 +55.55%
MCSA
UK

MCSA
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) MCP
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Server Support
2 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Server Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Server Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Server Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) IT Support
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Server Support
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) MCP
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft