The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 24 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 Guildford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 77 79 46
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -33
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 8 3 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 0.892% 0.412% 1.940%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.128% 0.997% 7.200%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 9
Average salary £42,500 £22,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+93.18% -25.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,550 £22,000 £24,200
10% offered a salary of more than £60,750 £32,400 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +8.33%
All Qualifications
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
376 301 125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 41.92% 41.35% 26.94%
Number of salaries quoted 266 288 123
Average salary £42,500 £39,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.97% +11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSA
Surrey

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSA across the Guildford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Guildford MCSA Salary Histogram

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 11 (84.62%) Windows
2 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
3 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
3 10 (76.92%) MCSE
3 10 (76.92%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (69.23%) MS Exchange
5 7 (53.85%) CCNA
5 7 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (53.85%) VMware
6 6 (46.15%) CCDA
7 5 (38.46%) SQL
7 5 (38.46%) AppSense
7 5 (38.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (38.46%) MCTS
7 5 (38.46%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 5 (38.46%) Citrix
7 5 (38.46%) CCA
7 5 (38.46%) Citrix Certification
7 5 (38.46%) XenApp
7 5 (38.46%) CCAA
8 4 (30.77%) Windows 7
8 4 (30.77%) MCITP
8 4 (30.77%) Linux
8 4 (30.77%) UNIX
8 4 (30.77%) Windows XP
8 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
8 4 (30.77%) DNS
9 3 (23.08%) VPN

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 3 (23.08%) Application Packaging
2 1 (7.692%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 9 (69.23%) MS Exchange
2 3 (23.08%) Office Communications Server
2 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
4 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
1 3 (23.08%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
1 4 (30.77%) DNS
2 3 (23.08%) VPN
2 3 (23.08%) MPLS
2 3 (23.08%) Firewall
3 2 (15.38%) IPsec
3 2 (15.38%) SAN
3 2 (15.38%) SSL
4 1 (7.692%) LAN
4 1 (7.692%) VoIP
4 1 (7.692%) WAN
4 1 (7.692%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Server Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Citrix Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Consultant
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Consultant
5 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) Desktop Support
6 1 (7.692%) Senior Server Engineer
6 1 (7.692%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (7.692%) Senior Citrix Engineer
6 1 (7.692%) IT Manager
6 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (7.692%) Citrix Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 11 (84.62%) Windows
2 10 (76.92%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (30.77%) Windows 7
4 4 (30.77%) Linux
4 4 (30.77%) UNIX
4 4 (30.77%) Windows XP
5 2 (15.38%) CentOS
5 2 (15.38%) AIX
5 2 (15.38%) Solaris
6 1 (7.692%) Windows 8
6 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Migration
1 3 (23.08%) Identity Management
2 2 (15.38%) Change Management
3 1 (7.692%) ITIL
3 1 (7.692%) CRM
3 1 (7.692%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) FoxPro (VFP)
2 1 (7.692%) C#
2 1 (7.692%) C++
2 1 (7.692%) Java
2 1 (7.692%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (76.92%) MCSE
3 7 (53.85%) CCNA
3 7 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (46.15%) CCDA
5 5 (38.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (38.46%) MCTS
5 5 (38.46%) CCA
5 5 (38.46%) Citrix Certification
5 5 (38.46%) CCAA
6 4 (30.77%) MCITP
7 3 (23.08%) MCP
8 1 (7.692%) CCNP
8 1 (7.692%) MCDST
8 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
8 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (38.46%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 5 (38.46%) XenApp
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) SCCM
1 3 (23.08%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 7 (53.85%) VMware
3 5 (38.46%) AppSense
3 5 (38.46%) Citrix
4 2 (15.38%) CheckPoint
4 2 (15.38%) Cisco
5 1 (7.692%) HP
5 1 (7.692%) Pegasus
5 1 (7.692%) Remedy