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

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 44 - 41
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 11 0 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 2.778% - 3.333%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.09% - 8.290%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 15
Average salary £22,000 - £21,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-4.68% +6.66%
All Qualifications
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
91 156 193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 22.98% 37.23% 40.21%
Number of salaries quoted 84 156 186
Average salary £35,000 £36,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.10% +21.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £37,500 £53,850
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSA
Northamptonshire

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSA across the Northampton region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Northampton MCSA Salary Histogram

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 14 (100.00%) MCSE
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (71.43%) Windows
3 9 (64.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (64.29%) Windows XP
3 9 (64.29%) MS Exchange
3 9 (64.29%) TCP/IP
3 9 (64.29%) SLA
3 9 (64.29%) MS Office
3 9 (64.29%) MCP
3 9 (64.29%) Exchange Server 2003
3 9 (64.29%) Windows Vista
4 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
5 6 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (42.86%) MCITP
5 6 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (42.86%) Windows 7
6 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
6 5 (35.71%) VMware
6 5 (35.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (35.71%) ITIL
6 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
7 4 (28.57%) CCNA
7 4 (28.57%) HP
7 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
7 4 (28.57%) Cisco
7 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (28.57%) Wireless
7 4 (28.57%) HP AIS

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 9 (64.29%) MS Exchange
1 9 (64.29%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (64.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (64.29%) TCP/IP
2 4 (28.57%) Wireless
2 4 (28.57%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (42.86%) Senior Analyst
2 6 (42.86%) Analyst
2 6 (42.86%) Help Desk Support
3 4 (28.57%) Technical Architect
3 4 (28.57%) Architect
3 4 (28.57%) Support Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Service Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Help Desk Support Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Senior Technical Support
4 3 (21.43%) Help Desk Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Technical Support
5 2 (14.29%) Support Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Support Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Systems Support Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Lead Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 10 (71.43%) Windows
2 9 (64.29%) Windows Server 2003
2 9 (64.29%) Windows XP
2 9 (64.29%) Windows Vista
3 6 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (42.86%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) ITIL
2 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) MCSE
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (64.29%) MCP
3 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
4 6 (42.86%) MCITP
5 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
5 5 (35.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (28.57%) CCNA
6 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (28.57%) HP AIS
6 4 (28.57%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (64.29%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.143%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) VMware
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) HP
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco
3 1 (7.143%) Dell
3 1 (7.143%) Remedy
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