Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the South East region.

 Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank235247224
Rank change year-on-year
Up+12Down-23
Matching permanent IT job ads8781304
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East0.570 %0.451 %0.717 %
As % of the Qualifications category2.360 %1.729 %2.962 %
Salaries quoted8776289
Average salary£29,000£32,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.370 %+6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,800£25,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£41,900£38,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£29,000£30,000£28,250
% change year-on-year
-3.330 %+6.190 %
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3686468610263
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East24.16 %26.08 %24.22 %
Salaries quoted308939748828
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-1.310 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MCSA EnglandMCSA
England

MCSA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

MCSA
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSA across the South East region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

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 16 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SurreyUp+2927£40,000+25.00 %
HampshireUp+711£27,000-22.85 %
BerkshireUp+611£42,500+27.34 %
MiddlesexUp+611£41,500+66.00 %
OxfordshireUp+310£25,000-13.04 %
BuckinghamshireUp+58£29,000+5.45 %
KentNo change05£26,500+51.42 %
Isle of WightNew entry-4£22,500-
MCSA EnglandMCSA
England

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, 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.

1162 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2141 (87.04 %)Windows
3139 (85.80 %)MCSE
499 (61.11 %)Windows Server 2003
594 (58.02 %)Active Directory
692 (56.79 %)Microsoft
768 (41.98 %)Cisco
863 (38.89 %)TCP/IP
958 (35.80 %)MCP
1053 (32.72 %)IIS
1152 (32.10 %)VMware
1250 (30.86 %)MS Excel
1348 (29.63 %)SQL Server
1446 (28.40 %)Windows 2000
1446 (28.40 %)Firewall
1544 (27.16 %)Windows Server 2008
1643 (26.54 %)Citrix
1739 (24.07 %)MS Exchange
1837 (22.84 %)SAN
1837 (22.84 %)Pensions
1935 (21.60 %)Cisco Certification
2034 (20.99 %)CCNA
2133 (20.37 %)VMware ESX
2230 (18.52 %)DNS
2230 (18.52 %)MCDST
2329 (17.90 %)SQL Server 2005
2329 (17.90 %)ITIL
2329 (17.90 %)Clustering
2428 (17.28 %)MS Office
2527 (16.67 %)MetaFrame

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
113 (8.025 %)HTML
211 (6.790 %).NET
37 (4.321 %)XML
42 (1.235 %)Windows SharePoint Services
South East IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
153 (32.72 %)IIS
239 (24.07 %)MS Exchange
325 (15.43 %)SharePoint
419 (11.73 %)Exchange Server 2003
59 (5.556 %)Exchange Server 2007
62 (1.235 %)SharePoint Server 2007
62 (1.235 %)Exchange Server 5.5
62 (1.235 %)Exchange Server 2000
71 (0.617 %)Apache
71 (0.617 %)CMS
South East IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
150 (30.86 %)MS Excel
228 (17.28 %)MS Office
South East IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
113 (8.025 %)Microsoft CRM
South East IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
163 (38.89 %)TCP/IP
246 (28.40 %)Firewall
337 (22.84 %)SAN
430 (18.52 %)DNS
521 (12.96 %)DHCP
614 (8.642 %)WAN
614 (8.642 %)VPN
713 (8.025 %)LAN
812 (7.407 %)VoIP
99 (5.556 %)Internet
106 (3.704 %)Cisco PIX
106 (3.704 %)Intranet
115 (3.086 %)FTP
122 (1.235 %)CTI
122 (1.235 %)MPLS
122 (1.235 %)Wireless
122 (1.235 %)SMTP
122 (1.235 %)PBX
131 (0.617 %)Cisco ASA
131 (0.617 %)Network Security
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
148 (29.63 %)SQL Server
229 (17.90 %)SQL Server 2005
324 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (2.469 %)SQL Server 2008
51 (0.617 %)MySQL
South East IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
137 (22.84 %)Pensions
28 (4.938 %)Telecoms
34 (2.469 %)Retail
34 (2.469 %)Finance
34 (2.469 %)Education
43 (1.852 %)Health
51 (0.617 %)Insurance
South East IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
136 (22.22 %)Analyst
233 (20.37 %)Administrator
331 (19.14 %)Systems Administrator
429 (17.90 %)Support Analyst
527 (16.67 %)Server Support
626 (16.05 %)3rd Line Support
724 (14.81 %)Server Administrator
821 (12.96 %)Technical Support
916 (9.877 %)Support Engineer
1015 (9.259 %)IT Support
1113 (8.025 %)Trainer
1113 (8.025 %)IT Trainer
1211 (6.790 %)Server Analyst
1211 (6.790 %)Server Support Analyst
139 (5.556 %)Technical Support Analyst
139 (5.556 %)Technical Analyst
148 (4.938 %)3rd Line Support Analyst
156 (3.704 %)Support Manager
156 (3.704 %)IT Support Analyst
156 (3.704 %)IT Operations Manager
South East IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
129 (17.90 %)Clustering
25 (3.086 %)Computer Science
32 (1.235 %)Fat Client
32 (1.235 %)Thin Client
41 (0.617 %)Management Information System
South East IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1141 (87.04 %)Windows
299 (61.11 %)Windows Server 2003
346 (28.40 %)Windows 2000
444 (27.16 %)Windows Server 2008
522 (13.58 %)Windows XP
620 (12.35 %)Linux
713 (8.025 %)Windows 2000 Server
89 (5.556 %)UNIX
97 (4.321 %)Windows Vista
104 (2.469 %)Windows NT
112 (1.235 %)Windows 7
112 (1.235 %)Mac OS X
121 (0.617 %)NetWare
121 (0.617 %)Mac OS
South East IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
129 (17.90 %)ITIL
215 (9.259 %)CRM
36 (3.704 %)Load Balancing
36 (3.704 %)PRINCE2
36 (3.704 %)E-Commerce
45 (3.086 %)Network Load Balancing
54 (2.469 %)Project Management
62 (1.235 %)Asset Management
62 (1.235 %)B2C
71 (0.617 %)SOA
71 (0.617 %)Service Delivery
71 (0.617 %)Time Management
71 (0.617 %)Performance Management
71 (0.617 %)Zachman Framework
71 (0.617 %)TOGAF
71 (0.617 %)MODAF
71 (0.617 %)Business Development
South East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
122 (13.58 %)SQL
213 (8.025 %)Shell Script
35 (3.086 %)PHP
42 (1.235 %)C
51 (0.617 %)PL/SQL
51 (0.617 %)VBScript
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1162 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2139 (85.80 %)MCSE
358 (35.80 %)MCP
435 (21.60 %)Cisco Certification
534 (20.99 %)CCNA
630 (18.52 %)MCDST
724 (14.81 %)Degree
822 (13.58 %)MCTS
920 (12.35 %)A+ Certification
1018 (11.11 %)MCITP
1116 (9.877 %)Network+ Certification
1213 (8.025 %)MCT
1311 (6.790 %)MCDBA
1410 (6.173 %)CCNP
159 (5.556 %)Citrix Certification
166 (3.704 %)RHCA
166 (3.704 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
166 (3.704 %)JNCIA
166 (3.704 %)JNCIS
166 (3.704 %)JNCIE
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (4.938 %)SLA
23 (1.852 %)BS7799
23 (1.852 %)ISO27001
South East IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
194 (58.02 %)Active Directory
233 (20.37 %)VMware ESX
327 (16.67 %)MetaFrame
414 (8.642 %)VMware Infrastructure
513 (8.025 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
611 (6.790 %)ISA Server
77 (4.321 %)Terminal Services
83 (1.852 %)Terminal Server
92 (1.235 %)Hyper-V
101 (0.617 %)XenApp
South East IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
113 (8.025 %)Backup Exec
29 (5.556 %)Tivoli
35 (3.086 %)NetBackup
35 (3.086 %)McAfee ePO
43 (1.852 %)Tivoli Monitoring
43 (1.852 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
43 (1.852 %)WSUS
South East IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
192 (56.79 %)Microsoft
268 (41.98 %)Cisco
352 (32.10 %)VMware
443 (26.54 %)Citrix
521 (12.96 %)HP
615 (9.259 %)Symantec
710 (6.173 %)Apple
88 (4.938 %)Altiris
88 (4.938 %)Juniper
97 (4.321 %)Remedy
106 (3.704 %)Blue Coat
106 (3.704 %)Websense
115 (3.086 %)Veritas
115 (3.086 %)McAfee
123 (1.852 %)IBM
132 (1.235 %)Dell
132 (1.235 %)Avaya
132 (1.235 %)Oracle
141 (0.617 %)SAP
141 (0.617 %)Alcatel