The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 17 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 Basingstoke region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 77 60 -
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 4 8 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 0.559% 1.297% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.429% 4.878% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 0
Average salary £37,500 £31,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.96% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £29,750
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +9.24%
All Qualifications
Basingstoke
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
280 164 144
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 39.11% 26.58% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 200 122 93
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSA
Hampshire

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke MCSA Jobs Demand Trend

MCSA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCSA across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSA across the Basingstoke region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Basingstoke MCSA Salary Histogram

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MCSA.

1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (93.33%) Microsoft
2 14 (93.33%) Windows
3 12 (80.00%) MS Exchange
3 12 (80.00%) Active Directory
4 10 (66.67%) MCSE
4 10 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (60.00%) Office 365
5 9 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (53.33%) MS Excel
6 8 (53.33%) Exchange Server 2003
6 8 (53.33%) Office Communications Server
7 7 (46.67%) Lync
8 6 (40.00%) MCITP
8 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (40.00%) VMware
9 5 (33.33%) SharePoint
9 5 (33.33%) SQL
9 5 (33.33%) MS Office
10 4 (26.67%) SAN
10 4 (26.67%) Cisco
10 4 (26.67%) HP
10 4 (26.67%) Citrix
10 4 (26.67%) Identity Management
10 4 (26.67%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (26.67%) MCTS
10 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2007
10 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
10 4 (26.67%) SCCM
10 4 (26.67%) SCOM

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MCSA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (13.33%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 12 (80.00%) MS Exchange
2 10 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (53.33%) Exchange Server 2003
3 8 (53.33%) Office Communications Server
4 7 (46.67%) Lync
5 5 (33.33%) SharePoint
6 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (26.67%) Windows Azure
6 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (60.00%) Office 365
2 8 (53.33%) MS Excel
3 5 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) SAN
2 2 (13.33%) MPLS
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (6.667%) Firewall
3 1 (6.667%) LAN
3 1 (6.667%) WAN
3 1 (6.667%) TCP/IP
3 1 (6.667%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Consultant
2 5 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
3 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Consultant
3 4 (26.67%) Exchange Specialist
4 3 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) VMware Consultant
5 2 (13.33%) VMware Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Wintel Specialist
5 2 (13.33%) VMware Technical Consultant
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Specialist
6 1 (6.667%) SCCM Consultant
6 1 (6.667%) Data Centre Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) IT Administrator
6 1 (6.667%) Administrator
6 1 (6.667%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (6.667%) Technical Support
6 1 (6.667%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Fat Client
1 2 (13.33%) SaaS
1 2 (13.33%) PaaS
1 2 (13.33%) Thin Client
1 2 (13.33%) IaaS
2 1 (6.667%) Clustering
2 1 (6.667%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 14 (93.33%) Windows
2 9 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (13.33%) UNIX
4 2 (13.33%) Solaris
4 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
5 1 (6.667%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Identity Management
2 3 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (13.33%) Migration
3 2 (13.33%) Business Development
4 1 (6.667%) Data Protection
4 1 (6.667%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (6.667%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (66.67%) MCSE
3 6 (40.00%) MCITP
4 4 (26.67%) MCTS
5 3 (20.00%) MCP
6 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (13.33%) CCNA
6 2 (13.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (6.667%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (6.667%) Degree
7 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
7 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 12 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft App-V
2 4 (26.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (13.33%) XenServer
4 1 (6.667%) vSphere
4 1 (6.667%) Hyper-V
4 1 (6.667%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) SCCM
1 4 (26.67%) SCOM
2 2 (13.33%) SCVMM
3 1 (6.667%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (6.667%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) VMware
3 4 (26.67%) Citrix
3 4 (26.67%) HP
3 4 (26.67%) Cisco
4 3 (20.00%) Veeam
5 1 (6.667%) Trend Micro
5 1 (6.667%) Dell
5 1 (6.667%) Intel
5 1 (6.667%) McAfee
5 1 (6.667%) SonicWALL