The first 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 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 133 127 107
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -20
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 14 2 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.533% 0.095% 0.548%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.134% 0.358% 2.653%
Number of salaries quoted 14 1 10
Average salary £27,500 £20,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.50% -33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £29,750
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +9.24%
All Qualifications
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
656 558 377
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 24.96% 26.63% 20.67%
Number of salaries quoted 500 464 333
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +10.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSA
West Yorkshire

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds MCSA Salary Histogram

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (91.67%) Windows
2 22 (91.67%) MCSE
3 18 (75.00%) MS Exchange
3 18 (75.00%) Microsoft
4 15 (62.50%) MS Excel
5 14 (58.33%) Windows XP
5 14 (58.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 13 (54.17%) Degree
6 13 (54.17%) MCITP
6 13 (54.17%) Active Directory
7 12 (50.00%) Cisco
8 11 (45.83%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (45.83%) MCDST
8 11 (45.83%) Windows 7
8 11 (45.83%) Exchange Server 2010
9 10 (41.67%) MCP
10 9 (37.50%) Blackberry
10 9 (37.50%) HP
10 9 (37.50%) Hyper-V
10 9 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2003
11 8 (33.33%) PowerShell
11 8 (33.33%) Dell
11 8 (33.33%) Telecoms
11 8 (33.33%) MCAD
11 8 (33.33%) N-Tier
11 8 (33.33%) Client/Server
12 7 (29.17%) MS Office
13 6 (25.00%) VMware
13 6 (25.00%) SAN

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Platforms
1 18 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 11 (45.83%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (8.333%) IIS
4 2 (8.333%) SharePoint
4 2 (8.333%) Lync
5 1 (4.167%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (4.167%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (4.167%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 15 (62.50%) MS Excel
2 7 (29.17%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) SAN
2 5 (20.83%) DHCP
2 5 (20.83%) DNS
3 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 3 (12.50%) VoIP
4 2 (8.333%) PBX
4 2 (8.333%) Firewall
4 2 (8.333%) NAS
5 1 (4.167%) Unified Communications
5 1 (4.167%) SSH
5 1 (4.167%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (4.167%) DMZ
5 1 (4.167%) VPN
5 1 (4.167%) SMTP
5 1 (4.167%) FTP
5 1 (4.167%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.333%) MySQL
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.167%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Team Leader
1 8 (33.33%) Infrastructure Team Leader
2 4 (16.67%) IT Support
2 4 (16.67%) IT Graduate
2 4 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
2 4 (16.67%) Graduate
3 3 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (8.333%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (8.333%) Consultant
4 2 (8.333%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.167%) Service Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (4.167%) Service Desk Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Consultant
5 1 (4.167%) Data Centre Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Blackberry
2 8 (33.33%) Client/Server
2 8 (33.33%) N-Tier
3 1 (4.167%) Computer Science
3 1 (4.167%) CMDB
3 1 (4.167%) iPhone
3 1 (4.167%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.167%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 22 (91.67%) Windows
2 14 (58.33%) Windows XP
2 14 (58.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (45.83%) Windows 7
3 11 (45.83%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (8.333%) Linux
5 1 (4.167%) UNIX
5 1 (4.167%) AIX
5 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) ITIL
2 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (8.333%) Change Management
3 2 (8.333%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (4.167%) Service Management
4 1 (4.167%) Migration
4 1 (4.167%) Incident Management
4 1 (4.167%) Load Balancing
4 1 (4.167%) Problem Management
4 1 (4.167%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 4 (16.67%) C
3 2 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (91.67%) MCSE
3 13 (54.17%) MCITP
3 13 (54.17%) Degree
4 11 (45.83%) MCDST
5 10 (41.67%) MCP
6 8 (33.33%) MCAD
7 5 (20.83%) CCNA
7 5 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (20.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (12.50%) MCTS
8 3 (12.50%) CCNP
9 2 (8.333%) CCA
9 2 (8.333%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (4.167%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (4.167%) CCVP
10 1 (4.167%) CCEE
10 1 (4.167%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.333%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.167%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (54.17%) Active Directory
2 9 (37.50%) Hyper-V
3 4 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.167%) XenServer
4 1 (4.167%) vSphere
4 1 (4.167%) Citrix Presentation Server
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (50.00%) Cisco
3 9 (37.50%) HP
4 8 (33.33%) Dell
5 6 (25.00%) VMware
6 4 (16.67%) Citrix
6 4 (16.67%) Remedy
7 2 (8.333%) Avaya
7 2 (8.333%) NetApp
8 1 (4.167%) 3PAR
8 1 (4.167%) Juniper
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