MCSA Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 322 373 451
Rank change year-on-year +51 +78 -133
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 63 33 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.38% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.10% 0.56% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 22 30 27
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £33,438 £30,500 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £36,375 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% +10.23% -8.33%
75th Percentile £55,313 £52,188 £48,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £60,250 £56,400
England median annual salary £43,114 £43,125 £42,500
% change year-on-year -0.03% +1.47% +8.97%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

MCSA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,733 5,943 6,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.50% 39.64% 32.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,650 2,633 3,149
10th Percentile £29,175 £28,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,995 £58,193 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.50% +5.81% -

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing MCSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in the South East

MCSA
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSA in the South East.

Salary trend for MCSA in the South East

MCSA
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSA in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSA in the South East

MCSA
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +24 48 £39,000 +4.00% 1
Surrey +8 6 £57,500 +70.37%
West Sussex - 6 £27,500 - 1
Thames Valley +8 2 £31,750 -2.31%
Berkshire +28 1 £28,500 -51.28%
Buckinghamshire -26 1 £35,000 +15.70%
Kent - 1 £38,250 -
MCSA
England

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (17.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.59%) Apache
3 1 (1.59%) IIS
3 1 (1.59%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.59%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.59%) PTC Creo
2 1 (1.59%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 52 (82.54%) Azure
2 41 (65.08%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (63.49%) IBM Cloud
4 11 (17.46%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (11.11%) AWS
5 7 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (9.52%) Twilio
7 4 (6.35%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.59%) GCP
8 1 (1.59%) IaaS
8 1 (1.59%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.29%) DHCP
1 9 (14.29%) DNS
1 9 (14.29%) Firewall
2 6 (9.52%) Network Security
2 6 (9.52%) TCP/IP
2 6 (9.52%) VPN
2 6 (9.52%) Wireless
3 3 (4.76%) LAN
3 3 (4.76%) VLAN
3 3 (4.76%) VoIP
3 3 (4.76%) WAN
3 3 (4.76%) Wireshark
4 2 (3.17%) SAN
5 1 (1.59%) Intranet
5 1 (1.59%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.59%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.59%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Chocolatey
1 1 (1.59%) Git
1 1 (1.59%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 41 (65.08%) Public Sector
2 7 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 2 (3.17%) Finance
3 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.59%) Law
4 1 (1.59%) Legal
4 1 (1.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (6.35%) IT Support
1 4 (6.35%) IT Support Technician
1 4 (6.35%) IT Technician
1 4 (6.35%) Network Manager
1 4 (6.35%) Network Security Manager
1 4 (6.35%) Security Manager
1 4 (6.35%) Support Technician
2 3 (4.76%) NOC Engineer
2 3 (4.76%) Project Engineer
3 2 (3.17%) Data Centre Specialist
3 2 (3.17%) Network Engineer
3 2 (3.17%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (3.17%) Security Engineer
4 1 (1.59%) Analyst
4 1 (1.59%) IT Assistant
4 1 (1.59%) IT Manager
4 1 (1.59%) Operations Team Leader
4 1 (1.59%) Service Analyst
4 1 (1.59%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (1.59%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (1.59%) XML
1 1 (1.59%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (63.49%) Blockchain
1 40 (63.49%) Distributed Systems
1 40 (63.49%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (7.94%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.76%) Clustering
3 3 (4.76%) Raspberry Pi
4 2 (3.17%) CCTV
4 2 (3.17%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.59%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.59%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (68.25%) Linux
2 40 (63.49%) Alpine Linux
2 40 (63.49%) CentOS
2 40 (63.49%) Debian
3 18 (28.57%) Windows
4 10 (15.87%) Windows Server
5 4 (6.35%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.59%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (65.08%) CI/CD
1 41 (65.08%) DevOps
1 41 (65.08%) Task Automation
2 40 (63.49%) Artificial Intelligence
2 40 (63.49%) Co-Creation
2 40 (63.49%) Data Science
2 40 (63.49%) Functional Testing
2 40 (63.49%) Separation of Concerns
2 40 (63.49%) Technology Transformation
3 13 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (17.46%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (11.11%) ITIL
6 6 (9.52%) Email Filtering
6 6 (9.52%) Kalman Filter
6 6 (9.52%) SIEM
6 6 (9.52%) Web Filtering
7 5 (7.94%) Customer Service
8 4 (6.35%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (6.35%) Security Management
8 4 (6.35%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.35%) SQL
2 1 (1.59%) Bash
2 1 (1.59%) MATLAB
2 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 63 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 54 (85.71%) MCSE
3 41 (65.08%) Azure Certification
4 10 (15.87%) CCNA
4 10 (15.87%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (14.29%) MCP
6 5 (7.94%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (6.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (4.76%) CCNP
9 2 (3.17%) A+ Certification
9 2 (3.17%) SC Cleared
9 2 (3.17%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.59%) CCA
10 1 (1.59%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (1.59%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.59%) Degree
10 1 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.59%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.17%) GDPR
3 1 (1.59%) HIPAA
System Software
1 40 (63.49%) Docker
2 14 (22.22%) Active Directory
3 7 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (6.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 41 (65.08%) Terraform
2 40 (63.49%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.76%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.59%) Ansible
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.59%) SCCM
4 1 (1.59%) SCOM
Vendors
1 44 (69.84%) Red Hat
2 41 (65.08%) IBM
3 20 (31.75%) Microsoft
4 10 (15.87%) Cisco
5 8 (12.70%) VMware
6 5 (7.94%) Apple
7 4 (6.35%) Draytek
8 3 (4.76%) NETGEAR
8 3 (4.76%) Palo Alto
8 3 (4.76%) Ubiquiti
9 2 (3.17%) 3PAR
9 2 (3.17%) Citrix
9 2 (3.17%) SAP
10 1 (1.59%) Adobe
10 1 (1.59%) Dell
10 1 (1.59%) Juniper
10 1 (1.59%) MathWorks
10 1 (1.59%) Oracle
10 1 (1.59%) Sage
10 1 (1.59%) TOWER Software