The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 34 36 28
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -8
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 2 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 1.075% 1.322% 0.658%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.704% 3.896% 1.299%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 1
Average salary £61,250 £27,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+126.85% -22.85%
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £29,750
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +9.24%
All Qualifications
High Wycombe
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
54 77 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 29.03% 33.92% 50.66%
Number of salaries quoted 47 72 63
Average salary £36,500 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.75% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSA
Buckinghamshire

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

High Wycombe MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (83.33%) SCCM
2 5 (83.33%) SCOM
2 5 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (83.33%) Office 365
2 5 (83.33%) MCTS
2 5 (83.33%) MCITP
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) MS Exchange
2 5 (83.33%) Identity Management
2 5 (83.33%) Office Communications Server
2 5 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (66.67%) Windows 7
4 3 (50.00%) Migration
4 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (50.00%) Application Packaging
4 3 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (33.33%) SCVMM
5 2 (33.33%) Lync
6 1 (16.67%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (16.67%) Windows 8
6 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
6 1 (16.67%) VPN
6 1 (16.67%) MCSE
6 1 (16.67%) Windows XP

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 (50.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (83.33%) MS Exchange
1 5 (83.33%) Office Communications Server
1 5 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 5 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (33.33%) Lync
2 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Consultant
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SCCM Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 8
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Identity Management
2 3 (50.00%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (83.33%) MCTS
2 5 (83.33%) MCITP
3 1 (16.67%) MCSE
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) SCCM
1 5 (83.33%) SCOM
2 2 (33.33%) SCVMM
3 1 (16.67%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft