MCSA Jobs in England

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 643 789 862
Rank change year-on-year +146 +73 -236
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 197 164 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.18% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.81% 0.54% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 154 145 247
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,100 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,114 £43,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% +2.94% +8.97%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £55,175
90th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £68,750
UK median annual salary £43,227 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.94% - +12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

MCSA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,218 30,499 34,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.56% 32.72% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 15,725 13,726 16,723
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MCSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in England

MCSA
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSA in England.

Salary trend for MCSA in England

MCSA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSA in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSA in England

MCSA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +143 66 £47,000 -10.48% 7
South East +61 63 £39,000 +7.22% 3
North of England +53 31 £40,000 -23.81% 10
Yorkshire +106 20 £40,000 -17.53% 6
Midlands -11 19 £43,227 +13.76% 3
West Midlands +21 13 £43,227 +64.67% 2
East of England +15 9 £39,750 -30.87% 13
South West -3 8 £33,000 -19.51% 1
North West -3 7 £47,000 -18.26% 4
East Midlands -28 6 £33,750 -28.74% 1
North East - 4 £29,500 - 1
MCSA
UK

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 67 (34.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (18.78%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.51%) Apache
3 1 (0.51%) Confluence
3 1 (0.51%) Drupal
3 1 (0.51%) IIS
3 1 (0.51%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (19.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.51%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.51%) PTC Creo
2 1 (0.51%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 113 (57.36%) Azure
2 74 (37.56%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (20.81%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (20.30%) IBM Cloud
5 29 (14.72%) AWS
6 17 (8.63%) Entra ID
7 15 (7.61%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (4.06%) Mimecast
9 6 (3.05%) OneDrive
9 6 (3.05%) Twilio
10 5 (2.54%) Azure Stack
10 5 (2.54%) GCP
11 4 (2.03%) Power Platform
12 3 (1.52%) IaaS
12 3 (1.52%) PaaS
13 2 (1.02%) Azure Functions
13 2 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (1.02%) Google Workspace
13 2 (1.02%) Serverless
13 2 (1.02%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 61 (30.96%) Firewall
2 45 (22.84%) DHCP
3 43 (21.83%) DNS
4 41 (20.81%) TCP/IP
5 39 (19.80%) VPN
6 30 (15.23%) SAN
7 29 (14.72%) VLAN
8 24 (12.18%) LAN
9 19 (9.64%) WAN
10 16 (8.12%) Internet
10 16 (8.12%) Wireless
11 11 (5.58%) Network Security
11 11 (5.58%) SSL
11 11 (5.58%) VoIP
12 7 (3.55%) NAS
12 7 (3.55%) WLAN
13 5 (2.54%) Intranet
13 5 (2.54%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (2.54%) IPsec
13 5 (2.54%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.58%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.03%) Power BI
2 4 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (1.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.02%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.02%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.51%) MySQL
5 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.51%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.03%) JIRA
2 2 (1.02%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.51%) Chocolatey
3 1 (0.51%) Git
3 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
General
1 66 (33.50%) Social Skills
2 41 (20.81%) Public Sector
3 19 (9.64%) Finance
4 14 (7.11%) Billing
5 13 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.05%) Automotive
7 6 (3.05%) Law
7 6 (3.05%) Legal
8 5 (2.54%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.03%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.03%) Police
9 4 (2.03%) Retail
10 3 (1.52%) Banking
11 2 (1.02%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.51%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Marketing
12 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (15.74%) IT Support
2 25 (12.69%) Analyst
3 15 (7.61%) Architect
4 14 (7.11%) Infrastructure Architect
5 13 (6.60%) IT Engineer
6 12 (6.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (6.09%) Support Engineer
7 11 (5.58%) 3rd Line Support
7 11 (5.58%) Support Analyst
8 10 (5.08%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (4.06%) Administrator
9 8 (4.06%) IT Manager
9 8 (4.06%) Network Manager
9 8 (4.06%) Server Engineer
9 8 (4.06%) Technology Support Analyst
10 7 (3.55%) Consultant
11 6 (3.05%) IT Administrator
11 6 (3.05%) Network Engineer
11 6 (3.05%) Network Security Engineer
11 6 (3.05%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.52%) .NET
2 1 (0.51%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.51%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.51%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.51%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.51%) XML
2 1 (0.51%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (20.30%) Blockchain
1 40 (20.30%) Distributed Systems
1 40 (20.30%) Hybrid Cloud
2 36 (18.27%) Replication
3 34 (17.26%) Data Centre
4 18 (9.14%) Management Information System
5 16 (8.12%) Public Cloud
6 11 (5.58%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (3.05%) Clustering
9 5 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (2.03%) PKI
10 4 (2.03%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.52%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.52%) Mobile Computing
11 3 (1.52%) Raspberry Pi
12 2 (1.02%) CCTV
12 2 (1.02%) iPhone
12 2 (1.02%) Mainframe
12 2 (1.02%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 120 (60.91%) Windows
2 90 (45.69%) Windows Server
3 73 (37.06%) Linux
4 41 (20.81%) CentOS
5 40 (20.30%) Alpine Linux
5 40 (20.30%) Debian
6 28 (14.21%) Windows 10
7 21 (10.66%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (8.12%) Windows Server 2008
9 15 (7.61%) Windows Server 2016
10 14 (7.11%) SUSE
10 14 (7.11%) Ubuntu
11 10 (5.08%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (3.55%) Apple iOS
13 5 (2.54%) Android
14 3 (1.52%) Unix
14 3 (1.52%) Windows Vista
15 2 (1.02%) VMS
15 2 (1.02%) Windows 2000
15 2 (1.02%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (31.98%) ITIL
2 47 (23.86%) Artificial Intelligence
3 45 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (21.32%) CI/CD
4 42 (21.32%) Task Automation
5 41 (20.81%) DevOps
6 40 (20.30%) Co-Creation
6 40 (20.30%) Data Science
6 40 (20.30%) Functional Testing
6 40 (20.30%) Separation of Concerns
6 40 (20.30%) Technology Transformation
7 38 (19.29%) Cybersecurity
8 30 (15.23%) Customer Service
8 30 (15.23%) Kalman Filter
9 24 (12.18%) Disaster Recovery
10 23 (11.68%) Project Delivery
11 21 (10.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 20 (10.15%) Network Monitoring
13 18 (9.14%) Virtual Infrastructure
14 17 (8.63%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 48 (24.37%) PowerShell
2 32 (16.24%) SQL
3 4 (2.03%) C#
4 2 (1.02%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.02%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.51%) Bash
5 1 (0.51%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.51%) Python
Qualifications
1 197 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 124 (62.94%) MCSE
3 57 (28.93%) Degree
4 44 (22.34%) Azure Certification
5 32 (16.24%) CCNA
5 32 (16.24%) Cisco Certification
6 31 (15.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 21 (10.66%) MCP
8 16 (8.12%) CREST Certified
9 15 (7.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (6.60%) A+ Certification
11 12 (6.09%) Network+ Certification
12 11 (5.58%) CompTIA Security+
13 9 (4.57%) Security Cleared
14 8 (4.06%) SC Cleared
15 7 (3.55%) CCNP
15 7 (3.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 5 (2.54%) CompTIA CySA+
16 5 (2.54%) GIAC
16 5 (2.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.06%) GDPR
1 8 (4.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.54%) NCSC
4 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.51%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.51%) QA
System Software
1 101 (51.27%) Active Directory
2 66 (33.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (20.81%) Docker
4 28 (14.21%) vSphere
5 20 (10.15%) Hyper-V
6 14 (7.11%) vCloud
7 5 (2.54%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.52%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.51%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 43 (21.83%) Terraform
2 41 (20.81%) Kubernetes
3 18 (9.14%) SCCM
4 14 (7.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (4.06%) SCOM
6 5 (2.54%) FortiGate
7 4 (2.03%) WSUS
8 3 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (1.02%) Ansible
10 1 (0.51%) Nessus
10 1 (0.51%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.51%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.51%) Puppet
10 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.51%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 117 (59.39%) Microsoft
2 73 (37.06%) VMware
3 45 (22.84%) Red Hat
4 43 (21.83%) Cisco
5 41 (20.81%) IBM
6 26 (13.20%) HP
7 21 (10.66%) Veeam
8 16 (8.12%) Bloomberg
8 16 (8.12%) FactSet
8 16 (8.12%) MobileIron
8 16 (8.12%) Refinitiv
9 14 (7.11%) Fujitsu
10 10 (5.08%) Apple
10 10 (5.08%) Draytek
11 8 (4.06%) Google
12 7 (3.55%) Dell
12 7 (3.55%) Palo Alto
13 6 (3.05%) Aruba
13 6 (3.05%) Citrix
13 6 (3.05%) Meraki