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 Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 22 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 Leeds region.

 Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank8281114
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Up+33
Matching permanent IT job ads62051
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds0.475 %1.366 %1.311 %
As % of the Qualifications category3.226 %6.667 %6.351 %
Salaries quoted62048
Average salary£29,000£40,000£26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.50 %+50.94 %
UK excluding London average salary£28,500£30,000£29,000
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %+3.440 %
Leeds IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
186300803
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds14.72 %20.49 %20.64 %
Salaries quoted154225649
Average salary£29,000£40,000£31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.50 %+26.98 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£23,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£55,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCSA West YorkshireMCSA
West Yorkshire

MCSA
Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

119 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
218 (94.74 %)MCSE
315 (78.95 %)Microsoft
411 (57.89 %)Windows
411 (57.89 %)Active Directory
510 (52.63 %)MS Exchange
510 (52.63 %)CCNA
510 (52.63 %)Cisco Certification
510 (52.63 %)Windows Server 2003
68 (42.11 %)Cisco
68 (42.11 %)VMware
68 (42.11 %)Exchange Server 2007
77 (36.84 %)MCP
77 (36.84 %)Citrix
77 (36.84 %)SAN
77 (36.84 %)Windows Server 2008
86 (31.58 %)SQL
86 (31.58 %)SQL Server
86 (31.58 %)ITIL
86 (31.58 %)Exchange Server 2003
86 (31.58 %)VMware Infrastructure
95 (26.32 %)MS Excel
95 (26.32 %)SharePoint
95 (26.32 %)Symantec
95 (26.32 %)Norton AntiVirus
104 (21.05 %)Information Security
104 (21.05 %)MCITP
104 (21.05 %)ISO27001
104 (21.05 %)NAS
113 (15.79 %)Oracle

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
110 (52.63 %)MS Exchange
28 (42.11 %)Exchange Server 2007
36 (31.58 %)Exchange Server 2003
45 (26.32 %)SharePoint
53 (15.79 %)IIS
61 (5.263 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Leeds IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (26.32 %)MS Excel
21 (5.263 %)MS Office
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (36.84 %)SAN
24 (21.05 %)NAS
33 (15.79 %)LAN
33 (15.79 %)WAN
33 (15.79 %)TCP/IP
42 (10.53 %)Firewall
51 (5.263 %)Cisco PIX
51 (5.263 %)Network Security
51 (5.263 %)Cisco ASA
51 (5.263 %)VPN
51 (5.263 %)DNS
51 (5.263 %)DHCP
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (31.58 %)SQL Server
23 (15.79 %)Datawarehouse
32 (10.53 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (10.53 %)SQL Server 2005
Leeds IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (5.263 %)Education
11 (5.263 %)Pensions
Leeds IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (26.32 %)Analyst
24 (21.05 %)Infrastructure Analyst
33 (15.79 %)Senior Manager
33 (15.79 %)Trainer
33 (15.79 %)IT Trainer
42 (10.53 %)IT Support
42 (10.53 %)Senior Infrastructure Manager
42 (10.53 %)3rd Line Support
42 (10.53 %)Support Engineer
42 (10.53 %)Infrastructure Engineer
42 (10.53 %)Technical Engineer
42 (10.53 %)Infrastructure Manager
51 (5.263 %)Infrastructure Support Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Security Manager
51 (5.263 %)Applications Support Analyst
51 (5.263 %)Technical Support Engineer
51 (5.263 %)2nd Line Support
51 (5.263 %)Applications Support
51 (5.263 %)Support Technician
51 (5.263 %)Support Analyst
Leeds IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)Thin Client
11 (5.263 %)Fat Client
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (57.89 %)Windows
210 (52.63 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (36.84 %)Windows Server 2008
43 (15.79 %)VMS
52 (10.53 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (10.53 %)Windows 2000
61 (5.263 %)Windows XP
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (31.58 %)ITIL
24 (21.05 %)Information Security
33 (15.79 %)PRINCE2
33 (15.79 %)Capacity Planning
41 (5.263 %)Project Management
41 (5.263 %)Service Management
41 (5.263 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (5.263 %)ITSM
41 (5.263 %)Data Management
41 (5.263 %)IT Governance
41 (5.263 %)Business Development
41 (5.263 %)SAP Security
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (31.58 %)SQL
21 (5.263 %)VBA
Leeds IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
119 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
218 (94.74 %)MCSE
310 (52.63 %)Cisco Certification
310 (52.63 %)CCNA
47 (36.84 %)MCP
54 (21.05 %)MCITP
63 (15.79 %)MCT
63 (15.79 %)A+ Certification
63 (15.79 %)Network+ Certification
63 (15.79 %)MCDST
72 (10.53 %)MCTS
72 (10.53 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
72 (10.53 %)Degree
81 (5.263 %)CISA
81 (5.263 %)CISM
81 (5.263 %)Security+ Certification
81 (5.263 %)CCDA
81 (5.263 %)CCA
81 (5.263 %)Citrix Certification
81 (5.263 %)CISSP
Leeds IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (21.05 %)ISO27001
21 (5.263 %)PCI DSS
Leeds IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
111 (57.89 %)Active Directory
26 (31.58 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (15.79 %)XenApp
33 (15.79 %)XenDesktop
42 (10.53 %)Citrix Presentation Server
51 (5.263 %)VMware ESX
Leeds IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (26.32 %)Norton AntiVirus
23 (15.79 %)Backup Exec
23 (15.79 %)WSUS
31 (5.263 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Leeds IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
115 (78.95 %)Microsoft
28 (42.11 %)VMware
28 (42.11 %)Cisco
37 (36.84 %)Citrix
45 (26.32 %)Symantec
53 (15.79 %)Oracle
61 (5.263 %)SAP
61 (5.263 %)HP
61 (5.263 %)Sophos
61 (5.263 %)Avaya
61 (5.263 %)Juniper
61 (5.263 %)Mitel
61 (5.263 %)LANDesk