The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 98 111 107
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -4
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 23 6 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 1.314% 0.340% 0.221%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.859% 0.877% 0.714%
Number of salaries quoted 14 6 4
Average salary £37,500 £32,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.27% -14.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,150 £28,000 £32,600
10% offered a salary of more than £40,950 £37,250 £37,850
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +10.16%
All Qualifications
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
596 684 560
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 34.06% 38.80% 30.92%
Number of salaries quoted 498 603 434
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £58,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSA
South West

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

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

Bristol MCSA Salary Histogram

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 33 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 31 (93.94%) Windows
3 28 (84.85%) Windows Server 2003
4 27 (81.82%) Firewall
4 27 (81.82%) VMware
4 27 (81.82%) MCSE
4 27 (81.82%) Windows Server 2008
5 24 (72.73%) MS Exchange
6 22 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
7 20 (60.61%) Active Directory
8 18 (54.55%) Cisco
9 17 (51.52%) Microsoft
9 17 (51.52%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (51.52%) CCNA
10 15 (45.45%) TCP/IP
10 15 (45.45%) DNS
10 15 (45.45%) MCITP
11 14 (42.42%) Degree
11 14 (42.42%) vSphere
12 13 (39.39%) MCTS
12 13 (39.39%) SAN
12 13 (39.39%) MS Excel
12 13 (39.39%) SQL Server
13 12 (36.36%) LAN
13 12 (36.36%) WAN
13 12 (36.36%) Blackberry
14 11 (33.33%) Information Security
14 11 (33.33%) Information Security Management
14 11 (33.33%) Security Management
14 11 (33.33%) Management Information System

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 24 (72.73%) MS Exchange
2 11 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 11 (33.33%) IIS
2 11 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
2 11 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (6.061%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (6.061%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 13 (39.39%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 27 (81.82%) Firewall
2 15 (45.45%) TCP/IP
2 15 (45.45%) DNS
3 13 (39.39%) SAN
4 12 (36.36%) LAN
4 12 (36.36%) WAN
5 11 (33.33%) VPN
5 11 (33.33%) iSCSI
6 2 (6.061%) Internet
6 2 (6.061%) LDAP
6 2 (6.061%) SMTP
6 2 (6.061%) HTTP
6 2 (6.061%) SNMP
7 1 (3.030%) VoIP
7 1 (3.030%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (39.39%) SQL Server
2 11 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 11 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (3.030%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 20 (60.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (36.36%) Systems Engineer
2 12 (36.36%) Support Engineer
3 11 (33.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 10 (30.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (27.27%) 3rd Line Support
6 8 (24.24%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 3 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (6.061%) Security Administrator
8 2 (6.061%) Windows Administrator
8 2 (6.061%) Senior Windows Administrator
8 2 (6.061%) Administrator
8 2 (6.061%) Field Engineer
8 2 (6.061%) Desktop Engineer
9 1 (3.030%) Network Support
9 1 (3.030%) Field Support Engineer
9 1 (3.030%) Senior Support Engineer
9 1 (3.030%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 1 (3.030%) Network Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (36.36%) Blackberry
2 11 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.061%) Clustering
4 1 (3.030%) Handset
4 1 (3.030%) Smartphone
4 1 (3.030%) iPhone
4 1 (3.030%) Mobile Computing
4 1 (3.030%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 31 (93.94%) Windows
2 28 (84.85%) Windows Server 2003
3 27 (81.82%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Information Security
1 11 (33.33%) Information Security Management
1 11 (33.33%) Security Management
1 11 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 11 (33.33%) ISMS
2 2 (6.061%) Load Balancing
3 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2
3 1 (3.030%) ITIL
3 1 (3.030%) PRINCE
3 1 (3.030%) Asset Management
3 1 (3.030%) Service Delivery
3 1 (3.030%) Time Management
3 1 (3.030%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 33 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (81.82%) MCSE
3 17 (51.52%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (51.52%) CCNA
4 15 (45.45%) MCITP
5 14 (42.42%) Degree
6 13 (39.39%) MCTS
7 11 (33.33%) CCNP
8 3 (9.091%) Security Cleared
9 2 (6.061%) MCDST
9 2 (6.061%) MCP
10 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (3.030%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (3.030%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (60.61%) Active Directory
3 14 (42.42%) vSphere
4 2 (6.061%) Squid
4 2 (6.061%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 2 (6.061%) Zenoss
Vendors
1 27 (81.82%) VMware
2 18 (54.55%) Cisco
3 17 (51.52%) Microsoft
4 11 (33.33%) NetSuite
5 2 (6.061%) NetApp
5 2 (6.061%) Juniper
6 1 (3.030%) SAP
6 1 (3.030%) Apple
6 1 (3.030%) McAfee
Bristol, South West
The successful candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: Lync OCS Hyper-V System Center Windows 2008 / 2012 Exchange 2010 / 2013 MCITP,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The successful candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: Lync OCS Hyper-V System Center Windows 2008 / 2012 Exchange 2010 / 2013 MCITP,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Training & Private Health Care
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The successful candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: Lync OCS Hyper-V System Center Windows 2008 / 2012 Exchange 2010 / 2013 MCITP,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Training & Private Health Care.
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The successful candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: Lync OCS Hyper-V System Center Windows 2008 / 2012 Exchange 2010 / 2013 MCITP,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Training & Private Health Care
Posted: 20 May 2013