Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Hertfordshire region.

 Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank95104160
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9Up+56
Matching permanent IT job ads13118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire0.685 %0.521 %0.178 %
As % of the Qualifications category2.490 %1.852 %0.644 %
Salaries quoted12118
Average salary£40,000£40,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+23.07 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£34,150£29,000£23,200
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£43,500£41,500£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£28,000£30,000£29,000
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %+3.440 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
5225941243
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire27.49 %28.11 %27.60 %
Salaries quoted4024911015
Average salary£45,000£41,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.430 %+3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,800£29,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£54,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCSA East of EnglandMCSA
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MCSA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MCSA across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Hertfordshire MCSA Demand Trend

MCSA
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSA across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Hertfordshire MCSA Salary Histogram

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

117 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
214 (82.35 %)Windows
311 (64.71 %)MCSE
311 (64.71 %)Microsoft
311 (64.71 %)VMware
47 (41.18 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
47 (41.18 %)MCITP
47 (41.18 %)VMware Infrastructure
56 (35.29 %)Windows Server 2008
56 (35.29 %)Windows Server 2003
56 (35.29 %)MCDBA
65 (29.41 %)MS Excel
65 (29.41 %)IIS
65 (29.41 %)Cisco Certification
65 (29.41 %)CCNA
65 (29.41 %)Active Directory
74 (23.53 %)MCP
74 (23.53 %)Windows XP
83 (17.65 %)MS Exchange
83 (17.65 %)LAN
83 (17.65 %)WAN
83 (17.65 %)Citrix
92 (11.76 %)Exchange Server 2003
92 (11.76 %)Windows Vista
92 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2005
92 (11.76 %)Computer Security
92 (11.76 %)Firewall
92 (11.76 %)FTP
92 (11.76 %)TCP/IP
92 (11.76 %)Windows 2000

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (29.41 %)IIS
23 (17.65 %)MS Exchange
32 (11.76 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2007
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (29.41 %)MS Excel
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (17.65 %)LAN
13 (17.65 %)WAN
22 (11.76 %)Firewall
22 (11.76 %)FTP
22 (11.76 %)TCP/IP
31 (5.882 %)DNS
31 (5.882 %)SAN
31 (5.882 %)Network Security
31 (5.882 %)DHCP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (11.76 %)SQL Server
12 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2005
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (41.18 %)Consultant
26 (35.29 %)Architect
33 (17.65 %)Training Manager
42 (11.76 %)Wintel Specialist
42 (11.76 %)Administrator
42 (11.76 %)Network Administrator
42 (11.76 %)Technical Specialist
42 (11.76 %)Systems Administrator
51 (5.882 %)Support Engineer
51 (5.882 %)3rd Line Support
51 (5.882 %)Infrastructure Analyst
51 (5.882 %)Analyst
51 (5.882 %)IT Consultant
51 (5.882 %)Senior Consultant
51 (5.882 %)Field Support Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Field Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Senior Analyst
51 (5.882 %)Senior Infrastructure Analyst
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
114 (82.35 %)Windows
26 (35.29 %)Windows Server 2003
26 (35.29 %)Windows Server 2008
34 (23.53 %)Windows XP
42 (11.76 %)Windows Vista
42 (11.76 %)Windows 2000
51 (5.882 %)UNIX
51 (5.882 %)AIX
51 (5.882 %)Solaris
51 (5.882 %)Linux
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (11.76 %)ITIL
12 (11.76 %)Computer Security
21 (5.882 %)Risk Management
21 (5.882 %)Business Continuity
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (5.882 %)SQL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
117 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
211 (64.71 %)MCSE
37 (41.18 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
37 (41.18 %)MCITP
46 (35.29 %)MCDBA
55 (29.41 %)CCNA
55 (29.41 %)Cisco Certification
64 (23.53 %)MCP
71 (5.882 %)MCDST
71 (5.882 %)MCTS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (11.76 %)SLA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (41.18 %)VMware Infrastructure
25 (29.41 %)Active Directory
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (5.882 %)Backup Exec
11 (5.882 %)WSUS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
111 (64.71 %)Microsoft
111 (64.71 %)VMware
23 (17.65 %)Citrix
32 (11.76 %)Cisco
41 (5.882 %)Thunderhead