The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 1.594% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 6.349% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £40,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +10.16%
All Qualifications
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
63 88 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 25.10% 42.72% 33.74%
Number of salaries quoted 60 85 54
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +21.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £22,800
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSA
Bedfordshire

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSA across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bedford MCSA Salary Histogram

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 4 (100.00%) MCP
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Azure
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Vista
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (75.00%) Network Security
2 3 (75.00%) CCSP
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
2 3 (75.00%) CCIP
2 3 (75.00%) CCNA
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) HTTPS
2 3 (75.00%) SSL
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) HTTP

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Azure
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (75.00%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
1 3 (75.00%) HTTPS
1 3 (75.00%) SSL
1 3 (75.00%) HTTP
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) Administrator
3 1 (25.00%) Network Administrator
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) MCP
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
2 3 (75.00%) CCSP
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
2 3 (75.00%) CCIP
2 3 (75.00%) CCNA
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Samba
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco