The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 80 - 70
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 1 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.099% - 0.501%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.323% - 2.062%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
Average salary £62,500 - £27,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £29,750
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +9.24%
All Qualifications
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
310 183 194
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 30.57% 28.50% 24.28%
Number of salaries quoted 257 158 169
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSA
Oxfordshire

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (75.00%) Office 365
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 3 (75.00%) Application Packaging
2 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 3 (75.00%) SCOM
2 3 (75.00%) Office Communications Server
2 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Identity Management
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (75.00%) MCTS
2 3 (75.00%) MCITP
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) MCP
3 1 (25.00%) SAN
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 3 (75.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) Office Communications Server
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Consultant
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) MCTS
2 3 (75.00%) MCITP
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) MCP
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
1 3 (75.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) VMware