The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 17 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 134 146 146
Rank change year-on-year
+12 0
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 10 4 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.407% 0.160% 0.639%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.328% 0.562% 2.033%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 12
Average salary £35,000 £67,500 £26,027
Average salary % change year-on-year
-48.14% +159.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,400 £61,500 £20,200
10% offered a salary of more than £55,250 £73,500 £44,750
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £29,750
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +9.24%
All Qualifications
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
753 712 1033
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 30.68% 28.43% 31.45%
Number of salaries quoted 589 577 853
Average salary £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.40% +3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £28,500 £28,500
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
East of England

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSA across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Borehamwood -7 4 £37,500 -37.50%
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £23,000 -
MCSA
East of England

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 17 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (88.24%) Windows
3 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
4 11 (64.71%) MCSE
4 11 (64.71%) MS Excel
5 9 (52.94%) MCP
5 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
5 9 (52.94%) Cisco
6 8 (47.06%) MS Exchange
6 8 (47.06%) MCTS
6 8 (47.06%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (41.18%) CCNA
7 7 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (35.29%) MCITP
8 6 (35.29%) Windows 7
9 5 (29.41%) Office 365
9 5 (29.41%) DHCP
9 5 (29.41%) DNS
9 5 (29.41%) LAN
9 5 (29.41%) ITIL
9 5 (29.41%) SQL
9 5 (29.41%) MS Office
9 5 (29.41%) VMware
9 5 (29.41%) Backup Exec
10 4 (23.53%) WAN
10 4 (23.53%) HP
10 4 (23.53%) Degree
10 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2007
10 4 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 (17.65%) Web Services
2 2 (11.76%) Application Packaging
3 1 (5.882%) XML
Application Platforms
1 8 (47.06%) MS Exchange
2 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (17.65%) Windows Azure
3 3 (17.65%) Amazon AWS
3 3 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
4 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (11.76%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 11 (64.71%) MS Excel
2 5 (29.41%) Office 365
2 5 (29.41%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) DHCP
1 5 (29.41%) DNS
1 5 (29.41%) LAN
2 4 (23.53%) WAN
3 3 (17.65%) Internet
3 3 (17.65%) Broadband
4 2 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (11.76%) Wireless
4 2 (11.76%) VoIP
4 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
4 2 (11.76%) VPN
4 2 (11.76%) Unified Communications
5 1 (5.882%) NAS
5 1 (5.882%) SAN
5 1 (5.882%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) AdminStudio
General
1 2 (11.76%) Finance
2 1 (5.882%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (17.65%) Help Desk Support Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Help Desk Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Windows Administrator
2 3 (17.65%) Windows Systems Administrator
2 3 (17.65%) Help Desk Support
2 3 (17.65%) Technical Specialist
2 3 (17.65%) Technical Support Specialist
2 3 (17.65%) IT Administrator
2 3 (17.65%) Administrator
2 3 (17.65%) Technical Support
2 3 (17.65%) 1st Line Support
2 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Support Specialist
2 3 (17.65%) IT Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (11.76%) Support Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Technical Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 15 (88.24%) Windows
2 8 (47.06%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (35.29%) Windows 7
4 3 (17.65%) Windows Vista
4 3 (17.65%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) ITIL
2 2 (11.76%) Identity Management
2 2 (11.76%) Migration
2 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
2 2 (11.76%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) SQL
2 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 3 (17.65%) Bash shell
2 3 (17.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (64.71%) MCSE
3 9 (52.94%) MCP
4 8 (47.06%) MCTS
5 7 (41.18%) CCNA
5 7 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (35.29%) MCITP
7 4 (23.53%) Degree
8 2 (11.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (11.76%) HP AIS
8 2 (11.76%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (11.76%) Terminal Server
3 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
4 1 (5.882%) vSphere
4 1 (5.882%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) Backup Exec
2 2 (11.76%) SCCM
2 2 (11.76%) SCOM
3 1 (5.882%) SCVMM
3 1 (5.882%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (5.882%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 9 (52.94%) Cisco
3 5 (29.41%) VMware
4 4 (23.53%) HP
5 3 (17.65%) Symantec
6 2 (11.76%) Altiris
6 2 (11.76%) Citrix
6 2 (11.76%) Avaya
7 1 (5.882%) Dell
7 1 (5.882%) McAfee