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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 54 60 58
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -2
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 14 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 2.322% 0.205% 0.532%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.216% 0.862% 2.041%
Number of salaries quoted 13 1 3
Average salary £26,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.71% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +8.33%
All Qualifications
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
194 116 147
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 32.17% 23.77% 26.06%
Number of salaries quoted 166 94 114
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £26,220
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSA
South West

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

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

Dorset 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 Dorset 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
Bournemouth +10 11 £45,000 +28.57%
MCSA
South West

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 21 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (95.24%) MCSE
3 17 (80.95%) Windows
4 16 (76.19%) Microsoft
4 16 (76.19%) Active Directory
4 16 (76.19%) VMware
5 14 (66.67%) MCITP
5 14 (66.67%) LAN
6 13 (61.90%) VMware Infrastructure
7 12 (57.14%) Hyper-V
8 11 (52.38%) Exchange Server 2010
8 11 (52.38%) Windows Server 2008
8 11 (52.38%) MS Exchange
9 10 (47.62%) MS Office
9 10 (47.62%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 8 (38.10%) Windows Server 2003
10 8 (38.10%) Firewall
10 8 (38.10%) SQL
10 8 (38.10%) DNS
10 8 (38.10%) Citrix
10 8 (38.10%) Exchange Server 2007
11 7 (33.33%) MCP
11 7 (33.33%) Terminal Services
12 6 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2003
12 6 (28.57%) Sage
12 6 (28.57%) MS Excel
12 6 (28.57%) Windows XP
12 6 (28.57%) WAN
12 6 (28.57%) DHCP

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 11 (52.38%) MS Exchange
1 11 (52.38%) Exchange Server 2010
2 10 (47.62%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 8 (38.10%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 10 (47.62%) MS Office
2 6 (28.57%) MS Excel
3 4 (19.05%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 14 (66.67%) LAN
2 8 (38.10%) DNS
2 8 (38.10%) Firewall
3 6 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (28.57%) SAN
3 6 (28.57%) WAN
3 6 (28.57%) DHCP
3 6 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 6 (28.57%) VPN
4 2 (9.524%) Internet
4 2 (9.524%) VoIP
4 2 (9.524%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) SQL Server
1 2 (9.524%) Oracle 10g
1 2 (9.524%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (9.524%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (9.524%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Support Technician
1 6 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support Technician
1 6 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (23.81%) Architect
2 5 (23.81%) Technical Architect
3 2 (9.524%) Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Support Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (9.524%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) IT Technician
3 2 (9.524%) Senior IT Technician
3 2 (9.524%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (9.524%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Field Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Field Support Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (4.762%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (4.762%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 17 (80.95%) Windows
2 11 (52.38%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (38.10%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (28.57%) Windows Vista
4 6 (28.57%) Windows XP
5 4 (19.05%) Windows 7
6 2 (9.524%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (9.524%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (9.524%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (9.524%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (9.524%) Business Continuity
2 2 (9.524%) Information Security
2 2 (9.524%) ITIL
2 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
2 2 (9.524%) Project Management
3 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
3 1 (4.762%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (95.24%) MCSE
3 14 (66.67%) MCITP
4 7 (33.33%) MCP
5 5 (23.81%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (23.81%) CCNA
6 2 (9.524%) CCA
6 2 (9.524%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (9.524%) OCP
6 2 (9.524%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (9.524%) RHCE
7 1 (4.762%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.524%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (76.19%) Active Directory
2 13 (61.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (57.14%) Hyper-V
4 7 (33.33%) Terminal Services
5 4 (19.05%) BlackBerry Internet Service
6 2 (9.524%) XenApp
6 2 (9.524%) XenServer
7 1 (4.762%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (4.762%) UAG
Systems Management
1 1 (4.762%) SCCM
1 1 (4.762%) SCOM
1 1 (4.762%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 16 (76.19%) Microsoft
1 16 (76.19%) VMware
2 8 (38.10%) Citrix
3 6 (28.57%) Sage
4 5 (23.81%) Cisco
5 4 (19.05%) HP
6 2 (9.524%) Oracle
6 2 (9.524%) Avaya
6 2 (9.524%) Red Hat