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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 298 291 291
Rank change year-on-year
-7 0
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 129 153 133
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.588% 0.644% 0.592%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.804% 1.923% 2.140%
Number of salaries quoted 123 126 126
Average salary £30,500 £34,250 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.94% +5.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £22,150 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +8.33%
All Qualifications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7152 7956 6215
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 32.60% 33.48% 27.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5765 6949 5325
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South 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 South East region.

South East MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

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

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 20 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
Berkshire +39 53 £30,500 -12.85%
Surrey -3 35 £42,500 +21.42%
Hampshire +13 27 £27,500 -14.72%
Buckinghamshire -12 9 £39,750 +59.00%
West Sussex -6 4 £27,000 -16.92%
Oxfordshire -26 4 £30,000 -16.66%
Middlesex -13 3 £46,000 +44.88%
Kent -23 2 £33,890 +19.96%
MCSA
England

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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.

1 222 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 174 (78.38%) Microsoft
3 173 (77.93%) Windows
4 167 (75.23%) MCSE
5 94 (42.34%) Cisco
6 93 (41.89%) Active Directory
6 93 (41.89%) Cisco Certification
7 92 (41.44%) CCNA
8 90 (40.54%) VMware
8 90 (40.54%) Windows Server 2008
9 86 (38.74%) Windows Server 2003
10 76 (34.23%) MCP
11 70 (31.53%) Firewall
12 68 (30.63%) VMware Infrastructure
12 68 (30.63%) MCITP
13 67 (30.18%) DNS
14 64 (28.83%) TCP/IP
15 57 (25.68%) MS Exchange
16 52 (23.42%) MS Excel
17 48 (21.62%) Citrix
18 46 (20.72%) DHCP
19 45 (20.27%) Linux
20 44 (19.82%) UNIX
21 42 (18.92%) SAN
22 41 (18.47%) HP
23 40 (18.02%) Solaris
24 37 (16.67%) Degree
24 37 (16.67%) ITIL
25 35 (15.77%) MCDBA
26 34 (15.32%) Security Management

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 8 (3.604%) Application Packaging
2 1 (0.450%) .NET
2 1 (0.450%) COM+
2 1 (0.450%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 57 (25.68%) MS Exchange
2 26 (11.71%) Exchange Server 2010
3 19 (8.559%) Exchange Server 2007
4 18 (8.108%) Exchange Server 2003
5 15 (6.757%) SharePoint
6 11 (4.955%) Office Communications Server
7 9 (4.054%) Lync
8 7 (3.153%) IIS
9 6 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2013
10 5 (2.252%) Site Server
11 4 (1.802%) Windows Azure
12 2 (0.901%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.450%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 52 (23.42%) MS Excel
2 29 (13.06%) MS Office
3 11 (4.955%) Office 365
4 1 (0.450%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.450%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.450%) Prophet
Communications & Networking
1 70 (31.53%) Firewall
2 67 (30.18%) DNS
3 64 (28.83%) TCP/IP
4 46 (20.72%) DHCP
5 42 (18.92%) SAN
6 27 (12.16%) WAN
7 25 (11.26%) LAN
8 11 (4.955%) VPN
8 11 (4.955%) Wireless
9 10 (4.505%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (4.054%) MPLS
10 9 (4.054%) Network Security
11 8 (3.604%) Unified Communications
12 7 (3.153%) NAS
12 7 (3.153%) VoIP
13 6 (2.703%) FTP
14 4 (1.802%) SSL
14 4 (1.802%) Internet
14 4 (1.802%) IPsec
15 3 (1.351%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (15.32%) RDBMS
2 30 (13.51%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.153%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (3.153%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.450%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.450%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (0.450%) MSI
General
1 33 (14.86%) French Language
2 16 (7.207%) German Language
2 16 (7.207%) Italian Language
3 13 (5.856%) Finance
4 6 (2.703%) Retail
5 5 (2.252%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.802%) Banking
7 3 (1.351%) Marketing
7 3 (1.351%) Advertising
8 2 (0.901%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.450%) Front Office
9 1 (0.450%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 87 (39.19%) Support Engineer
2 39 (17.57%) Technical Engineer
3 37 (16.67%) Technical Support
4 35 (15.77%) Technical Support Engineer
5 31 (13.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 26 (11.71%) Analyst
7 19 (8.559%) IT Support
8 18 (8.108%) IT Support Engineer
9 16 (7.207%) Desktop Support
10 15 (6.757%) Support Analyst
11 14 (6.306%) Consultant
12 13 (5.856%) 3rd Line Support
12 13 (5.856%) Server Engineer
12 13 (5.856%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 12 (5.405%) Server Support
14 10 (4.505%) 2nd Line Support
15 9 (4.054%) Architect
15 9 (4.054%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 9 (4.054%) Desktop Engineer
16 8 (3.604%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.559%) Blackberry
2 7 (3.153%) Replication
2 7 (3.153%) SaaS
2 7 (3.153%) Enterprise Storage
3 6 (2.703%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.252%) Computer Science
5 3 (1.351%) Clustering
5 3 (1.351%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (1.351%) HP StorageWorks
6 2 (0.901%) IaaS
6 2 (0.901%) PaaS
6 2 (0.901%) iPad
6 2 (0.901%) Fat Client
6 2 (0.901%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.901%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.450%) Grid Computing
7 1 (0.450%) Kindle
7 1 (0.450%) EqualLogic
7 1 (0.450%) Open Source
7 1 (0.450%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 173 (77.93%) Windows
2 90 (40.54%) Windows Server 2008
3 86 (38.74%) Windows Server 2003
4 45 (20.27%) Linux
5 44 (19.82%) UNIX
6 40 (18.02%) Solaris
7 26 (11.71%) Windows XP
8 25 (11.26%) Windows 7
9 11 (4.955%) Windows Vista
10 5 (2.252%) Windows 8
11 4 (1.802%) CentOS
11 4 (1.802%) AIX
12 3 (1.351%) Windows 2000 Server
12 3 (1.351%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.901%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.450%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.450%) Android
14 1 (0.450%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (16.67%) ITIL
2 34 (15.32%) Security Management
3 10 (4.505%) Project Management
4 9 (4.054%) PRINCE2
4 9 (4.054%) Data Protection
5 6 (2.703%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (2.703%) Identity Management
5 6 (2.703%) Asset Management
6 5 (2.252%) Migration
6 5 (2.252%) Service Management
6 5 (2.252%) ERP
6 5 (2.252%) Business Development
7 4 (1.802%) Change Management
8 3 (1.351%) Business Continuity
8 3 (1.351%) Product Marketing
8 3 (1.351%) Time Management
8 3 (1.351%) Incident Management
8 3 (1.351%) Product Management
8 3 (1.351%) Network Management
8 3 (1.351%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.81%) SQL
2 6 (2.703%) C
3 5 (2.252%) T-SQL
3 5 (2.252%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.450%) VBScript
4 1 (0.450%) VB
4 1 (0.450%) FoxPro (VFP)
4 1 (0.450%) C#
4 1 (0.450%) C++
4 1 (0.450%) Java
4 1 (0.450%) PHP
Qualifications
1 222 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 167 (75.23%) MCSE
3 93 (41.89%) Cisco Certification
4 92 (41.44%) CCNA
5 76 (34.23%) MCP
6 68 (30.63%) MCITP
7 37 (16.67%) Degree
8 35 (15.77%) MCDBA
9 32 (14.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 23 (10.36%) MCTS
11 20 (9.009%) Citrix Certification
12 15 (6.757%) CCAA
13 12 (5.405%) CCNP
13 12 (5.405%) MCDST
14 10 (4.505%) HP ASE
15 9 (4.054%) CCDA
16 8 (3.604%) CCA
17 7 (3.153%) HP AIS
17 7 (3.153%) CCENT
18 6 (2.703%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.604%) SLA
2 7 (3.153%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.703%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.802%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.351%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.450%) Solvency II
System Software
1 93 (41.89%) Active Directory
2 68 (30.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (9.910%) XenApp
4 14 (6.306%) vSphere
5 11 (4.955%) Hyper-V
6 10 (4.505%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 8 (3.604%) XenDesktop
8 7 (3.153%) Microsoft App-V
8 7 (3.153%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (2.703%) VMware ESX
10 5 (2.252%) Forefront TMG
11 3 (1.351%) ISA Server
12 2 (0.901%) UAG
12 2 (0.901%) XenServer
12 2 (0.901%) vCloud
13 1 (0.450%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.450%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.450%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (3.604%) SCCM
1 8 (3.604%) SCOM
2 7 (3.153%) Backup Exec
3 4 (1.802%) WSUS
3 4 (1.802%) McAfee ePO
4 2 (0.901%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.450%) HP SIM
5 1 (0.450%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 174 (78.38%) Microsoft
2 94 (42.34%) Cisco
3 90 (40.54%) VMware
4 48 (21.62%) Citrix
5 41 (18.47%) HP
6 34 (15.32%) Sun
7 12 (5.405%) Dell
8 9 (4.054%) IBM
8 9 (4.054%) Oracle
8 9 (4.054%) Symantec
9 8 (3.604%) AppSense
10 6 (2.703%) Intel
11 5 (2.252%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.802%) McAfee
12 4 (1.802%) Avaya
13 3 (1.351%) Apple
13 3 (1.351%) SonicWALL
13 3 (1.351%) Veeam
14 2 (0.901%) Brocade
14 2 (0.901%) WatchGuard
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Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
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