The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 24 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 70 66 62
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -4
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 1 7 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.145% 0.813% 0.956%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.613% 3.256% 3.241%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 7
Average salary £18,500 £36,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-48.61% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +8.33%
All Qualifications
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
163 215 216
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 23.62% 24.97% 29.51%
Number of salaries quoted 137 193 179
Average salary £39,335 £36,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.26% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSA
England

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Tyne and Wear -11 1 £18,500 -48.61%
MCSA
England

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (87.50%) MCSE
3 6 (75.00%) MS Excel
3 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
4 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (62.50%) DHCP
4 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
4 5 (62.50%) DNS
4 5 (62.50%) MS Exchange
4 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
5 4 (50.00%) Forefront TMG
5 4 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (50.00%) Sophos
5 4 (50.00%) Blackberry
5 4 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (50.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
5 4 (50.00%) Degree
5 4 (50.00%) VLAN
5 4 (50.00%) SMTP
5 4 (50.00%) Cisco
5 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
5 4 (50.00%) C
5 4 (50.00%) SQL Server

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 Development
1 4 (50.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) MS Exchange
2 4 (50.00%) SharePoint Server
2 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) DHCP
1 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
1 5 (62.50%) DNS
2 4 (50.00%) VLAN
2 4 (50.00%) SMTP
2 4 (50.00%) SAN
2 4 (50.00%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 4 (50.00%) Network Support
1 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 4 (50.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
4 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 8
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 4 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (87.50%) MCSE
3 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
3 4 (50.00%) CCNA
4 3 (37.50%) MCDST
4 3 (37.50%) MCITP
5 2 (25.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (50.00%) Forefront TMG
2 4 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (50.00%) ISA Server
2 4 (50.00%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 2 (25.00%) SCCM
2 2 (25.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Sophos
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco
2 4 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Remedy