The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 20 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 50 78 64
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -14
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 4 4 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.893% 0.597% 0.871%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.509% 1.818% 3.226%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 4
Average salary £25,000 £29,250 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.52% -5.64%
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +8.33%
All Qualifications
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
114 220 124
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 25.45% 32.84% 27.02%
Number of salaries quoted 91 182 103
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,050 £30,000 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSA
North West

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
St Helens - 3 £25,000 -
Liverpool +21 1 £27,500 -13.38%
MCSA
North West

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (85.71%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (85.71%) MCSE
2 6 (85.71%) MS Exchange
3 5 (71.43%) MCITP
4 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
4 4 (57.14%) Windows XP
4 4 (57.14%) DNS
4 4 (57.14%) DHCP
5 3 (42.86%) Cisco
5 3 (42.86%) LAN
5 3 (42.86%) VoIP
5 3 (42.86%) WAN
5 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (42.86%) Time Management
5 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (42.86%) VMware
5 3 (42.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (28.57%) ITIL
6 2 (28.57%) MCP
6 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
7 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
7 1 (14.29%) VPN

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 6 (85.71%) MS Exchange
1 6 (85.71%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) DHCP
1 4 (57.14%) DNS
2 3 (42.86%) LAN
2 3 (42.86%) VoIP
2 3 (42.86%) WAN
3 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) IT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (57.14%) Windows XP
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
6 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Time Management
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (85.71%) MCSE
3 5 (71.43%) MCITP
4 3 (42.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (28.57%) MCP
6 1 (14.29%) MCTS
6 1 (14.29%) CCNA
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco