The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 19 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 Slough region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 59 72 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 5 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 0.766% 0.152% -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.212% 0.407% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 0
Average salary £21,500 £34,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-36.76% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-4.68% +6.66%
All Qualifications
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
226 246 131
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 34.61% 37.27% 24.86%
Number of salaries quoted 170 170 111
Average salary £47,500 £42,500 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.76% +7.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £32,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSA
Berkshire

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSA across the Slough region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Slough MCSA Salary Histogram

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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%) Microsoft
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (78.57%) MCSE
3 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
3 8 (57.14%) MCTS
3 8 (57.14%) MCITP
4 7 (50.00%) Windows
5 6 (42.86%) MS Office
5 6 (42.86%) MCP
5 6 (42.86%) MS Excel
5 6 (42.86%) Replication
5 6 (42.86%) MCDST
5 6 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (35.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (35.71%) Degree
6 5 (35.71%) VMware
6 5 (35.71%) CCNA
6 5 (35.71%) HP
6 5 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (35.71%) Blackberry
6 5 (35.71%) LAN
6 5 (35.71%) WAN
6 5 (35.71%) DHCP
6 5 (35.71%) DNS
6 5 (35.71%) Cisco
6 5 (35.71%) IBM
7 3 (21.43%) SQL
7 3 (21.43%) MS Exchange

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 1 (7.143%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) MS Exchange
1 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (21.43%) Office Communications Server
1 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (14.29%) Lync
2 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 6 (42.86%) MS Office
1 6 (42.86%) MS Excel
2 3 (21.43%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) LAN
1 5 (35.71%) WAN
1 5 (35.71%) DHCP
1 5 (35.71%) DNS
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Desktop Support
1 6 (42.86%) Field Service Engineer
1 6 (42.86%) Support Engineer
1 6 (42.86%) Field Engineer
1 6 (42.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 6 (42.86%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) SCCM Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Server Support
4 1 (7.143%) Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Replication
2 5 (35.71%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Identity Management
2 1 (7.143%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (78.57%) MCSE
3 8 (57.14%) MCTS
3 8 (57.14%) MCITP
4 6 (42.86%) MCP
4 6 (42.86%) MCDST
5 5 (35.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (35.71%) Degree
5 5 (35.71%) CCNA
5 5 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.143%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) SCCM
1 3 (21.43%) SCOM
2 2 (14.29%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) VMware
2 5 (35.71%) HP
2 5 (35.71%) Cisco
2 5 (35.71%) IBM