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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 127 103 127
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +24
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 8 24 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.392% 1.232% 0.193%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.473% 3.871% 0.675%
Number of salaries quoted 7 24 4
Average salary £55,000 £25,000 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+120.00% -5.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,100 £20,000 £17,300
10% offered a salary of more than £61,000 £55,500 £40,250
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +10.16%
All Qualifications
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
543 620 593
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 26.59% 31.83% 28.66%
Number of salaries quoted 468 548 509
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSA
South East

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

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

Buckinghamshire MCSA Salary Histogram

MCSA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
High Wycombe +1 2 £61,250 +126.85%
Milton Keynes -19 2 £18,500 -29.52%
Chesham - 2 £24,500 -
MCSA
South East

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 25 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (88.00%) Microsoft
3 17 (68.00%) Windows
3 17 (68.00%) MCITP
4 16 (64.00%) Active Directory
5 13 (52.00%) MCSE
6 12 (48.00%) MS Exchange
7 9 (36.00%) Citrix
7 9 (36.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (32.00%) Firewall
9 7 (28.00%) SAN
9 7 (28.00%) SQL
9 7 (28.00%) XenApp
9 7 (28.00%) XenDesktop
9 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (24.00%) SCCM
10 6 (24.00%) Windows 7
10 6 (24.00%) Exchange Server 2010
10 6 (24.00%) SQL Server
11 5 (20.00%) MCTS
11 5 (20.00%) Identity Management
11 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (20.00%) Office 365
11 5 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
11 5 (20.00%) SCOM
11 5 (20.00%) Office Communications Server
12 4 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (16.00%) CCNA
12 4 (16.00%) Cisco
12 4 (16.00%) ITIL

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 3 (12.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 12 (48.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (24.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
3 5 (20.00%) Office Communications Server
4 2 (8.000%) Lync
4 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Office 365
2 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (4.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (32.00%) Firewall
2 7 (28.00%) SAN
3 3 (12.00%) Wireless
3 3 (12.00%) Unified Communications
4 2 (8.000%) TCP/IP
4 2 (8.000%) VPN
5 1 (4.000%) DNS
5 1 (4.000%) LAN
5 1 (4.000%) WAN
5 1 (4.000%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (24.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MSI
General
1 1 (4.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Consultant
1 7 (28.00%) Server Support
2 6 (24.00%) Support Specialist
2 6 (24.00%) Server Specialist
2 6 (24.00%) Server Support Specialist
3 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Consultant
3 5 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (12.00%) Technical Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Architect
4 3 (12.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 2 (8.000%) Desktop Support
5 2 (8.000%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.000%) Administrator
6 1 (4.000%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 17 (68.00%) Windows
2 9 (36.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (24.00%) Windows 7
4 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (8.000%) Windows 8
5 2 (8.000%) Windows 2000 Server
5 2 (8.000%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.00%) Identity Management
2 4 (16.00%) ITIL
3 3 (12.00%) Migration
3 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (12.00%) Business Development
4 2 (8.000%) Time Management
4 2 (8.000%) Incident Management
4 2 (8.000%) Data Security
5 1 (4.000%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.000%) VBScript
2 1 (4.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (68.00%) MCITP
3 13 (52.00%) MCSE
4 5 (20.00%) MCTS
5 4 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (16.00%) CCNA
5 4 (16.00%) MCP
6 3 (12.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (12.00%) MCDST
6 3 (12.00%) HP AIS
6 3 (12.00%) HP ASE
7 2 (8.000%) Degree
7 2 (8.000%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (8.000%) CCEA
System Software
1 16 (64.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (28.00%) XenApp
2 7 (28.00%) XenDesktop
2 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) SCCM
2 5 (20.00%) SCOM
3 2 (8.000%) SCVMM
3 2 (8.000%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 22 (88.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (36.00%) Citrix
3 4 (16.00%) Cisco
3 4 (16.00%) VMware
4 3 (12.00%) HP
5 1 (4.000%) AppSense