The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 20 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 133 150 145
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -5
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 9 4 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.345% 0.140% 0.235%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.030% 0.355% 0.634%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 6
Average salary £26,500 £25,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.00% -41.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £22,250 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £26,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +8.33%
All Qualifications
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
874 1126 1104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 33.49% 39.47% 37.11%
Number of salaries quoted 740 918 1020
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSA
East of England

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSA across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Peterborough 0 6 £20,000 -23.07%
Cambridge +6 1 £26,500 +23.25%
MCSA
East of England

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (76.92%) Windows
3 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
4 8 (61.54%) MCITP
5 7 (53.85%) MCSE
5 7 (53.85%) HP
5 7 (53.85%) VMware
6 6 (46.15%) MCP
6 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
7 5 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (30.77%) Windows Vista
8 4 (30.77%) Windows 7
8 4 (30.77%) Windows XP
9 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (23.08%) Wireless
9 3 (23.08%) Cisco
9 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
9 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
9 3 (23.08%) ITIL
9 3 (23.08%) CCNA
9 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (23.08%) Unified Communications
9 3 (23.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (23.08%) Business Development
9 3 (23.08%) HP AIS
9 3 (23.08%) HP ASE
10 2 (15.38%) XenApp
10 2 (15.38%) SAN
10 2 (15.38%) NetApp

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Wireless
1 3 (23.08%) Unified Communications
2 2 (15.38%) SAN
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Field Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) IT Support
2 3 (23.08%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Support Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) IT Support Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Support Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Senior IT Support
3 2 (15.38%) Senior IT Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) Windows XP
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Vista
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (30.77%) Windows 7
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) ITIL
1 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
1 3 (23.08%) Business Development
2 2 (15.38%) CRM
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (61.54%) MCITP
3 7 (53.85%) MCSE
4 6 (46.15%) MCP
5 3 (23.08%) HP AIS
5 3 (23.08%) HP ASE
5 3 (23.08%) CCNA
5 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (23.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 5 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (15.38%) XenApp
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 7 (53.85%) HP
2 7 (53.85%) VMware
3 3 (23.08%) Cisco
4 2 (15.38%) IBM
4 2 (15.38%) Citrix
4 2 (15.38%) NetApp
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Senior Support Analyst who has handson experience of windows and linux based production and development systems is required to join a leading support team based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
OSM Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + company benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013