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 Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 19 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 Bristol region.

 Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank-99127
Matching permanent IT job ads0106
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol-0.560 %0.204 %
As % of the Qualifications category-2.304 %1.081 %
Salaries quoted0106
Average salary-£25,500£26,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
--4.670 %
UK excluding London average salary£28,000£30,000£29,000
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %+3.440 %
Bristol IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
289434555
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol20.57 %24.31 %18.92 %
Salaries quoted248384492
Average salary£32,500£33,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.510 %+1.530 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£46,500£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCSA South WestMCSA
South West

MCSA
Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)MCDBA
12 (100.00 %)Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (100.00 %)SAN
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (100.00 %)Replication
12 (100.00 %)VMware
12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)T-SQL
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
12 (100.00 %)MCTS
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
12 (100.00 %)MCITP
12 (100.00 %)ITIL
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2008
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2008
21 (50.00 %)HNC
21 (50.00 %)HND
21 (50.00 %)Degree
21 (50.00 %)SAP
21 (50.00 %)SAP Basis

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Bristol IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)SAP Basis
Bristol IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)SAN
Bristol IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2008
Bristol IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)DBA
21 (50.00 %)SQL DBA
21 (50.00 %)Infrastructure Specialist
21 (50.00 %)Senior DBA
Bristol IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)Replication
Bristol IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2008
Bristol IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)ITIL
12 (100.00 %)Business Intelligence
Bristol IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)T-SQL
Bristol IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (100.00 %)MCDBA
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (100.00 %)MCTS
12 (100.00 %)MCITP
21 (50.00 %)Degree
21 (50.00 %)HNC
21 (50.00 %)HND
Bristol IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
12 (100.00 %)VMware
21 (50.00 %)SAP