The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 21 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 Middlesex region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 56 42 68
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +26
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 3 14 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.573% 2.800% 1.273%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.648% 7.107% 5.357%
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 9
Average salary £46,000 £31,750 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+44.88% -29.44%
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +8.33%
All Qualifications
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
182 197 168
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 34.73% 39.40% 23.76%
Number of salaries quoted 141 165 138
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £62,500 £59,100
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSA
South East

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSA across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Middlesex MCSA Salary Histogram

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 5 (100.00%) MCSE
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) MCITP
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) Citrix
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (40.00%) HP ASE
3 2 (40.00%) HP StorageWorks
3 2 (40.00%) MCP
3 2 (40.00%) VTSP
4 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (20.00%) OWASP
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (20.00%) Android
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
4 1 (20.00%) CCSA
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) CCSE
4 1 (20.00%) CEH
4 1 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Account Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) HP StorageWorks
2 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) OWASP
1 1 (20.00%) Time Management
1 1 (20.00%) Network Design
1 1 (20.00%) Validation
1 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) MCSE
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (40.00%) MCITP
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) HP ASE
2 2 (40.00%) MCP
2 2 (40.00%) VTSP
3 1 (20.00%) CCSA
3 1 (20.00%) CCSE
3 1 (20.00%) CEH
3 1 (20.00%) CCIE
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) CCDP
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco