The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 23 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 West Midlands 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 96 103 95
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -8
Contract jobs citing MCSA 1 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.061% 0.089% 0.262%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.392% 0.627% 1.672%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £135 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-61.42% -17.64%
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £230 £319
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -27.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £13.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.00 £15.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-22.58% -11.42%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
255 319 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.63% 14.18% 15.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 149 127
Average daily rate £330 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £426 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 31 30
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.15 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.00 £31.75 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCSA
England

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Herefordshire - 1 £135 -
MCSA
England

MCSA
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) MCP
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CODA
2 1 (50.00%) Sage
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) CODA-Financials
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) MCDST
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) CODA-Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Support
1 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) Support Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Support Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) MCP
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (50.00%) MCDST
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) CODA
2 1 (50.00%) Sage