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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 232 260 204
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -56
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 33 14 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.398% 0.158% 0.650%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.359% 0.515% 2.021%
Number of salaries quoted 33 12 48
Average salary £32,500 £26,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,600 £21,750 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £49,000 £41,250 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +10.16%
All Qualifications
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
2428 2719 3018
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 29.28% 30.67% 32.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2016 2236 2665
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSA
England

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

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

East of England 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 East of England 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
Bedfordshire - 12 £36,834 -
Hertfordshire +11 10 £35,000 -15.15%
Cambridgeshire +13 8 £23,750 -5.00%
Essex +21 3 £30,000 -6.25%
Suffolk - 2 £26,000 -
MCSA
England

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 59 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 50 (84.75%) Windows
3 45 (76.27%) Microsoft
4 39 (66.10%) Active Directory
4 39 (66.10%) MCSE
5 34 (57.63%) MCP
6 33 (55.93%) MCITP
6 33 (55.93%) Windows Server 2008
7 31 (52.54%) Windows 7
8 29 (49.15%) MS Exchange
9 26 (44.07%) Citrix
9 26 (44.07%) VMware
10 24 (40.68%) HP
11 22 (37.29%) DNS
11 22 (37.29%) MCTS
11 22 (37.29%) VMware Infrastructure
12 20 (33.90%) Exchange Server 2007
13 19 (32.20%) Exchange Server 2010
13 19 (32.20%) SQL Server
13 19 (32.20%) MS Excel
14 18 (30.51%) SQL Server 2005
14 18 (30.51%) Firewall
14 18 (30.51%) Finance
14 18 (30.51%) SQL Server 2008
14 18 (30.51%) XenApp
15 17 (28.81%) Hyper-V
15 17 (28.81%) MS Office
15 17 (28.81%) Cisco
15 17 (28.81%) DHCP
16 15 (25.42%) Windows XP

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 4 (6.780%) Web Services
2 2 (3.390%) Application Packaging
3 1 (1.695%) XML
Application Platforms
1 29 (49.15%) MS Exchange
2 20 (33.90%) Exchange Server 2007
3 19 (32.20%) Exchange Server 2010
4 12 (20.34%) Office Communications Server
5 10 (16.95%) Lync
6 7 (11.86%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (10.17%) SharePoint
7 6 (10.17%) Windows Azure
8 4 (6.780%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (5.085%) Amazon AWS
9 3 (5.085%) IIS
10 2 (3.390%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 19 (32.20%) MS Excel
2 17 (28.81%) MS Office
3 5 (8.475%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (37.29%) DNS
2 18 (30.51%) Firewall
3 17 (28.81%) DHCP
4 14 (23.73%) Network Security
4 14 (23.73%) SAN
5 12 (20.34%) NAS
6 10 (16.95%) iSCSI
7 6 (10.17%) WAN
7 6 (10.17%) TCP/IP
7 6 (10.17%) LAN
8 3 (5.085%) Unified Communications
8 3 (5.085%) HTTP
8 3 (5.085%) Broadband
8 3 (5.085%) VPN
8 3 (5.085%) HTTPS
8 3 (5.085%) SSL
8 3 (5.085%) Internet
8 3 (5.085%) Wireless
9 2 (3.390%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (3.390%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (32.20%) SQL Server
2 18 (30.51%) SQL Server 2005
2 18 (30.51%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.695%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.695%) AdminStudio
General
1 18 (30.51%) Finance
2 2 (3.390%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.695%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (18.64%) Wintel Engineer
1 11 (18.64%) Analyst
2 9 (15.25%) Support Engineer
3 7 (11.86%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (10.17%) Service Desk Analyst
4 6 (10.17%) Service Analyst
5 5 (8.475%) 1st Line Support
5 5 (8.475%) Support Analyst
6 4 (6.780%) Help Desk Support
6 4 (6.780%) Administrator
6 4 (6.780%) Field Engineer
6 4 (6.780%) Help Desk Engineer
6 4 (6.780%) IT Manager
6 4 (6.780%) Help Desk Support Engineer
6 4 (6.780%) IT Support
7 3 (5.085%) Technical Architect
7 3 (5.085%) Windows Systems Administrator
7 3 (5.085%) Technical Specialist
7 3 (5.085%) Windows Administrator
7 3 (5.085%) Technical Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.085%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 50 (84.75%) Windows
2 33 (55.93%) Windows Server 2008
3 31 (52.54%) Windows 7
4 15 (25.42%) Windows XP
5 14 (23.73%) Windows Server 2003
6 10 (16.95%) Windows Vista
7 3 (5.085%) Linux
8 1 (1.695%) Windows 8
8 1 (1.695%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (23.73%) ITIL
2 10 (16.95%) Network Load Balancing
3 3 (5.085%) PRINCE2
3 3 (5.085%) CRM
3 3 (5.085%) Business Development
4 2 (3.390%) Identity Management
4 2 (3.390%) Migration
5 1 (1.695%) ERP
5 1 (1.695%) Configuration Management
5 1 (1.695%) Project Management
5 1 (1.695%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.17%) SQL
2 3 (5.085%) Bash shell
2 3 (5.085%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.085%) Python
Qualifications
1 59 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 39 (66.10%) MCSE
3 34 (57.63%) MCP
4 33 (55.93%) MCITP
5 22 (37.29%) MCTS
6 14 (23.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 13 (22.03%) CCNA
7 13 (22.03%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (15.25%) CCA
8 9 (15.25%) Citrix Certification
9 6 (10.17%) Degree
10 5 (8.475%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (5.085%) HP AIS
11 3 (5.085%) HP ASE
11 3 (5.085%) CCSP
11 3 (5.085%) CCNP
11 3 (5.085%) CCIP
12 2 (3.390%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (3.390%) MCDST
12 2 (3.390%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.95%) PCI DSS
2 2 (3.390%) SLA
3 1 (1.695%) QA
System Software
1 39 (66.10%) Active Directory
2 22 (37.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (30.51%) XenApp
4 17 (28.81%) Hyper-V
5 15 (25.42%) XenServer
5 15 (25.42%) XenDesktop
6 11 (18.64%) Microsoft App-V
7 10 (16.95%) NFS
8 2 (3.390%) Terminal Server
8 2 (3.390%) vSphere
9 1 (1.695%) Samba
Systems Management
1 10 (16.95%) WSUS
2 5 (8.475%) Backup Exec
3 2 (3.390%) SCCM
3 2 (3.390%) SCOM
4 1 (1.695%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (1.695%) SCVMM
4 1 (1.695%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 45 (76.27%) Microsoft
2 26 (44.07%) Citrix
2 26 (44.07%) VMware
3 24 (40.68%) HP
4 17 (28.81%) Cisco
5 10 (16.95%) LANDesk
5 10 (16.95%) CommVault
5 10 (16.95%) EMC
6 3 (5.085%) Symantec
7 2 (3.390%) Altiris
7 2 (3.390%) Avaya
7 2 (3.390%) NetApp
7 2 (3.390%) IBM
8 1 (1.695%) VocaLink
8 1 (1.695%) Apple
8 1 (1.695%) McAfee
8 1 (1.695%) Dell
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