MCSA Jobs in London

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 442 585 790
Rank change year-on-year +143 +205 -248
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 66 55 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.28% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.98% 0.59% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 66 43 75
10th Percentile £34,250 £32,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £52,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% +25.00% +12.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £56,875 £53,750
90th Percentile - £72,250 £63,500
England median annual salary £43,114 £43,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.45% +2.94% +8.97%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

MCSA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,709 9,312 13,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.58% 26.00% 21.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,275 5,792 6,844
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,725 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing MCSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in London

MCSA
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSA in London.

Salary trend for MCSA in London

MCSA
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSA in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSA in London

MCSA
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +51 9 £49,000 +36.11%
West London -5 2 £53,000 +65.63%
MCSA
England

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (30.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (25.76%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.52%) Confluence
3 1 (1.52%) Drupal
Applications
1 18 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 34 (51.52%) Azure
2 21 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (22.73%) AWS
4 6 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (9.09%) Mimecast
5 5 (7.58%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (3.03%) Azure Functions
6 2 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (3.03%) IaaS
6 2 (3.03%) PaaS
6 2 (3.03%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.03%) Serverless
7 1 (1.52%) GitHub
7 1 (1.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (40.91%) Firewall
2 24 (36.36%) TCP/IP
3 23 (34.85%) DHCP
3 23 (34.85%) DNS
4 19 (28.79%) VPN
5 18 (27.27%) SAN
6 14 (21.21%) VLAN
7 7 (10.61%) SSL
8 6 (9.09%) WAN
8 6 (9.09%) Wireless
9 5 (7.58%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (7.58%) IPsec
9 5 (7.58%) LAN
9 5 (7.58%) Network Security
10 4 (6.06%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (6.06%) Intranet
10 4 (6.06%) NGFW
10 4 (6.06%) SD-WAN
11 3 (4.55%) Internet
12 2 (3.03%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.06%) SQL Server
1 4 (6.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (4.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (3.03%) Data Lake
3 2 (3.03%) Power BI
3 2 (3.03%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (1.52%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.52%) MySQL
4 1 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) JIRA
2 1 (1.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (1.52%) Bitbucket
General
1 32 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 17 (25.76%) Finance
3 14 (21.21%) Billing
4 9 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.09%) Automotive
6 5 (7.58%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (6.06%) Legal
8 2 (3.03%) Banking
8 2 (3.03%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.52%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.52%) Marketing
9 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (22.73%) Analyst
1 15 (22.73%) Architect
2 14 (21.21%) Infrastructure Architect
3 10 (15.15%) IT Support
4 9 (13.64%) Support Analyst
5 8 (12.12%) Administrator
5 8 (12.12%) Technology Support Analyst
6 6 (9.09%) IT Administrator
6 6 (9.09%) IT Systems Administrator
6 6 (9.09%) Systems Administrator
7 5 (7.58%) Security Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (6.06%) Network Engineer
8 4 (6.06%) Network Manager
8 4 (6.06%) Network Security Engineer
8 4 (6.06%) Security Engineer
9 3 (4.55%) AWS Consultant
9 3 (4.55%) Azure Consultant
9 3 (4.55%) Consultant
9 3 (4.55%) Windows Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.03%) .NET
2 1 (1.52%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 32 (48.48%) Replication
2 23 (34.85%) Data Centre
3 14 (21.21%) Public Cloud
4 7 (10.61%) Management Information System
5 6 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.52%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.52%) IoT
7 1 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 46 (69.70%) Windows
2 40 (60.61%) Windows Server
3 19 (28.79%) Windows 10
4 18 (27.27%) Windows Server 2012
5 16 (24.24%) Windows Server 2008
6 15 (22.73%) Linux
7 14 (21.21%) SUSE
7 14 (21.21%) Ubuntu
8 11 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (10.61%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (1.52%) Android
10 1 (1.52%) Apple iOS
10 1 (1.52%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (45.45%) ITIL
2 26 (39.39%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (28.79%) Network Monitoring
4 18 (27.27%) Project Delivery
5 17 (25.76%) ITSM
5 17 (25.76%) Kalman Filter
6 16 (24.24%) Asset Management
6 16 (24.24%) Batch Scripting
6 16 (24.24%) Cryptography
6 16 (24.24%) Data Loss Prevention
6 16 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (21.21%) Disaster Recovery
8 14 (21.21%) Mentoring
8 14 (21.21%) Presales
8 14 (21.21%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 10 (15.15%) Investment Management
10 9 (13.64%) Computer Science
11 7 (10.61%) Business Continuity
11 7 (10.61%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 38 (57.58%) PowerShell
2 19 (28.79%) SQL
3 3 (4.55%) C#
4 2 (3.03%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 66 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (51.52%) Degree
3 32 (48.48%) MCSE
4 18 (27.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 16 (24.24%) CREST Certified
6 9 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (7.58%) CCNA
8 5 (7.58%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (7.58%) CompTIA CySA+
8 5 (7.58%) GIAC
9 4 (6.06%) CCNP
9 4 (6.06%) Master's Degree
10 3 (4.55%) MCTS
11 2 (3.03%) Azure Certification
12 1 (1.52%) A+ Certification
12 1 (1.52%) CCA
12 1 (1.52%) Citrix Certification
12 1 (1.52%) HNC
12 1 (1.52%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (7.58%) NCSC
3 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
System Software
1 42 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 32 (48.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (25.76%) vSphere
4 14 (21.21%) vCloud
5 3 (4.55%) Hyper-V
6 2 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (3.03%) VMware NSX
7 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.52%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.03%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.03%) SCCM
3 1 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.52%) Ansible
3 1 (1.52%) Nessus
3 1 (1.52%) PowerCLI
3 1 (1.52%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.52%) Puppet
3 1 (1.52%) SCOM
3 1 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.52%) Terraform
3 1 (1.52%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 44 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 38 (57.58%) VMware
3 27 (40.91%) Cisco
4 20 (30.30%) HP
5 16 (24.24%) Bloomberg
5 16 (24.24%) FactSet
5 16 (24.24%) MobileIron
5 16 (24.24%) Refinitiv
6 14 (21.21%) Fujitsu
6 14 (21.21%) Veeam
7 6 (9.09%) Aruba
8 4 (6.06%) Citrix
8 4 (6.06%) F5
8 4 (6.06%) Palo Alto
9 3 (4.55%) Sage
10 2 (3.03%) Databricks
10 2 (3.03%) Dell
10 2 (3.03%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.52%) Atlassian
11 1 (1.52%) SonicWALL