The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 23 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 81 104 77
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -27
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 3 4 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.303% 0.290% 2.189%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.010% 1.198% 7.235%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 25
Average salary £30,000 £32,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £29,750
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +9.24%
All Qualifications
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
297 334 387
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 30.00% 24.26% 30.26%
Number of salaries quoted 239 265 325
Average salary £40,250 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.62% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,750 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSA
East of England

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex MCSA Salary Trend

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 Essex region over the 3 months to 23 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
Colchester - 2 £30,000 -
Manningtree - 1 £21,500 -
MCSA
East of England

MCSA
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (83.33%) Citrix
2 5 (83.33%) MS Office
2 5 (83.33%) ITIL
3 4 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
4 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
5 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (16.67%) Windows 8
5 1 (16.67%) MCITP
5 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (16.67%) Firewall
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) DHCP
5 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 1 (16.67%) DNS
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) MCP
5 1 (16.67%) Windows
5 1 (16.67%) MCSE
5 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
5 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
5 1 (16.67%) Apple

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) MS Office
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Analyst
2 5 (83.33%) Service Analyst
2 5 (83.33%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 8
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (16.67%) MCITP
3 1 (16.67%) MCP
3 1 (16.67%) MCSE
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Apple
Southend-On-Sea, Essex
Technical experience is required in all areas of support especially with: - Windows XP/7/8. - Microsoft Office... - Active Directory... - Blackberry and BES. - TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and VPN. -...
Couno Limited
Salary: From £17,000 to £19,000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013