The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 134 136 145
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +9
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 19 19 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.604% 0.550% 0.402%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.176% 1.754% 1.323%
Number of salaries quoted 15 14 11
Average salary £27,500 £37,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.66% -42.30%
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +8.33%
All Qualifications
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
873 1083 1058
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 27.74% 31.35% 30.37%
Number of salaries quoted 505 784 779
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSA
UK

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSA across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland MCSA Salary Histogram

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 Scotland 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
Glasgow -14 10 £27,500 -32.09%
Edinburgh +7 6 £26,000 +10.63%
Aberdeen -3 1 - -
South Lanarkshire - 1 £24,500 -
MCSA
UK

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 30 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 25 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 24 (80.00%) MCSE
4 20 (66.67%) Windows
5 18 (60.00%) ITIL
6 16 (53.33%) VMware
7 15 (50.00%) Active Directory
8 14 (46.67%) Citrix
8 14 (46.67%) MS Exchange
9 13 (43.33%) Windows 7
10 12 (40.00%) Cisco
11 10 (33.33%) MS Excel
11 10 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
11 10 (33.33%) MCTS
12 9 (30.00%) SCCM
12 9 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
12 9 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
13 8 (26.67%) SharePoint
13 8 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2010
13 8 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2003
14 7 (23.33%) Degree
14 7 (23.33%) Hyper-V
14 7 (23.33%) MS Office
14 7 (23.33%) SQL
14 7 (23.33%) CCNA
14 7 (23.33%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (23.33%) Juniper
15 6 (20.00%) Service Management
15 6 (20.00%) MCP
15 6 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 2 (6.667%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 14 (46.67%) MS Exchange
2 8 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 8 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 8 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (13.33%) IIS
5 1 (3.333%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (3.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 10 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 7 (23.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) Firewall
1 4 (13.33%) Network Security
2 3 (10.00%) SAN
3 2 (6.667%) TCP/IP
3 2 (6.667%) DNS
3 2 (6.667%) LAN
3 2 (6.667%) VoIP
3 2 (6.667%) WLAN
4 1 (3.333%) Unified Communications
4 1 (3.333%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (3.333%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (10.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 5 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Analyst
2 8 (26.67%) Support Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Security Manager
3 4 (13.33%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Team Leader
3 4 (13.33%) Senior Support Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Technical Specialist
4 3 (10.00%) Service Desk Team Leader
5 2 (6.667%) Technical Support
5 2 (6.667%) Consultant
5 2 (6.667%) Technical Support Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (3.333%) IT Support
6 1 (3.333%) SCCM Specialist
6 1 (3.333%) Information Services Manager
6 1 (3.333%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Information Manager
6 1 (3.333%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 2 (6.667%) Thin Client
2 2 (6.667%) Fat Client
3 1 (3.333%) Clustering
3 1 (3.333%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (66.67%) Windows
2 13 (43.33%) Windows 7
3 10 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (13.33%) Linux
6 3 (10.00%) Windows XP
7 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (3.333%) Mac OS
7 1 (3.333%) Android
7 1 (3.333%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (60.00%) ITIL
2 6 (20.00%) Service Management
3 5 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
4 4 (13.33%) SAP Security
4 4 (13.33%) Business Development
4 4 (13.33%) Problem Management
4 4 (13.33%) Information Security
4 4 (13.33%) Information Governance
5 3 (10.00%) ITIL V3
5 3 (10.00%) Change Management
5 3 (10.00%) Project Management
6 2 (6.667%) Document Management
6 2 (6.667%) Network Management
7 1 (3.333%) High Availability
7 1 (3.333%) Resource Management
7 1 (3.333%) Supplier Management
7 1 (3.333%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) SQL
2 2 (6.667%) VBA
3 1 (3.333%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (80.00%) MCSE
3 10 (33.33%) MCTS
4 7 (23.33%) Degree
4 7 (23.33%) CCNA
4 7 (23.33%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (20.00%) MCP
6 5 (16.67%) MCITP
6 5 (16.67%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (13.33%) Security+ Certification
7 4 (13.33%) CISA
7 4 (13.33%) CISM
7 4 (13.33%) CISSP
7 4 (13.33%) CCDA
7 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
7 4 (13.33%) DV Cleared
7 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
7 4 (13.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (10.00%) CCA
9 2 (6.667%) CCENT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) SLA
2 4 (13.33%) PCI DSS
2 4 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.667%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (23.33%) Hyper-V
4 6 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (13.33%) Terminal Server
6 3 (10.00%) VMware ESX
7 2 (6.667%) XenApp
7 2 (6.667%) XenServer
7 2 (6.667%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (3.333%) vSphere
8 1 (3.333%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (30.00%) SCCM
2 3 (10.00%) DameWare
3 2 (6.667%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (3.333%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (3.333%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 25 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 16 (53.33%) VMware
3 14 (46.67%) Citrix
4 12 (40.00%) Cisco
5 7 (23.33%) Juniper
6 6 (20.00%) AppSense
7 4 (13.33%) SAP
8 3 (10.00%) CommVault
8 3 (10.00%) Apple
9 2 (6.667%) Symantec
9 2 (6.667%) McAfee
9 2 (6.667%) EMC
9 2 (6.667%) HP
10 1 (3.333%) Altiris
10 1 (3.333%) Dell
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