Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Bradford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Bradford region.

 Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank334651
Rank change year-on-year
Up+13Up+5
Matching permanent IT job ads3314
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford1.364 %0.686 %2.026 %
As % of the Qualifications category6.977 %5.660 %11.97 %
Salaries quoted3314
Average salary£23,000£15,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+48.38 %-55.71 %
UK excluding London average salary£29,000£30,000£29,000
% change year-on-year
-3.330 %+3.440 %
Bradford IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Bradford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
4353117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford19.55 %12.13 %16.93 %
Salaries quoted304597
Average salary£28,000£26,122£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.180 %-20.84 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£15,500£25,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£37,500£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCSA West YorkshireMCSA
West Yorkshire

MCSA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MCSA across the Bradford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Bradford MCSA Demand Trend

MCSA
Salary Trend

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

Bradford MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Bradford 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.

13 (100.00 %)Windows
13 (100.00 %)MCSE
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
13 (100.00 %)Active Directory
13 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2008
22 (66.67 %)MCP
22 (66.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
22 (66.67 %)Windows Vista
22 (66.67 %)Windows XP
22 (66.67 %)DHCP
22 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
22 (66.67 %)VPN
22 (66.67 %)DNS
31 (33.33 %)Cisco
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft
31 (33.33 %)CCNA
31 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
31 (33.33 %)SharePoint
31 (33.33 %)Firewall
31 (33.33 %)VMware
31 (33.33 %)VMware ESX
31 (33.33 %)Symantec
31 (33.33 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (33.33 %)Sophos
31 (33.33 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
31 (33.33 %)Network Security
31 (33.33 %)Cisco ASA
31 (33.33 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Bradford 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.

Bradford IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
11 (33.33 %)SharePoint
11 (33.33 %)SharePoint Server 2007
11 (33.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
Bradford IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (66.67 %)DHCP
12 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
12 (66.67 %)VPN
12 (66.67 %)DNS
21 (33.33 %)Firewall
21 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
21 (33.33 %)Network Security
21 (33.33 %)Cisco ASA
Bradford IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Support Technician
13 (100.00 %)IT Support Technician
13 (100.00 %)IT Support
Bradford IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)Windows
13 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
13 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2008
22 (66.67 %)Windows 2000 Server
22 (66.67 %)Windows Vista
22 (66.67 %)Windows XP
Bradford IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (100.00 %)MCSE
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (66.67 %)MCP
31 (33.33 %)CCNA
31 (33.33 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
31 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
Bradford IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (100.00 %)Active Directory
21 (33.33 %)VMware ESX
Bradford IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (33.33 %)Norton AntiVirus
Bradford IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (33.33 %)Cisco
11 (33.33 %)Microsoft
11 (33.33 %)VMware
11 (33.33 %)Symantec
11 (33.33 %)Sophos
11 (33.33 %)HP