The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 21 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 81 - 76
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 8 0 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.758% - 0.673%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.930% - 2.439%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 6
Average salary £32,500 - £20,250
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 - £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £33,550 - £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +8.33%
All Qualifications
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
273 330 246
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 25.88% 33.85% 27.61%
Number of salaries quoted 250 291 225
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,100
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £54,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSA
Wales

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales MCSA Salary Trend

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cardiff - 8 £32,500 -
MCSA
Wales

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) DNS
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (87.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2012
2 7 (87.50%) DHCP
2 7 (87.50%) MCSE
2 7 (87.50%) MS Exchange
3 6 (75.00%) VoIP
3 6 (75.00%) Telecoms
3 6 (75.00%) MCITP
3 6 (75.00%) Dialogic
3 6 (75.00%) Lync
3 6 (75.00%) Unified Communications
3 6 (75.00%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (75.00%) Office Communications Server
4 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 1 (12.50%) HP
5 1 (12.50%) Dell
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
5 1 (12.50%) Linux
5 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
5 1 (12.50%) IIS
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Mobile

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 Platforms
1 7 (87.50%) Exchange Server 2010
1 7 (87.50%) MS Exchange
2 6 (75.00%) Lync
2 6 (75.00%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (12.50%) IIS
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) DNS
2 7 (87.50%) DHCP
3 6 (75.00%) VoIP
3 6 (75.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 1 (12.50%) VLAN
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 6 (75.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Implementation Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (12.50%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (12.50%) Android
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (87.50%) MCSE
3 6 (75.00%) MCITP
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (12.50%) CCNA
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) Dialogic
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco
4 1 (12.50%) HP
4 1 (12.50%) Dell
4 1 (12.50%) VMware
4 1 (12.50%) Apple
CARDIFF (with frequent UK travel), South Wales
Responsible for the staffing and smooth running of the IT service desk, you will mentor the IT Support Analysts in service delivery best practice and assist with on-...
Consumer Futures
Salary: £33,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Essential requirements include: MS Windows Server 2003 (MCSE or MCSA certification or equivalent demonstrable experience) MS Windows Server 2008 (MCITP certification or equivalent demonstrable experience ) Network infrastructure configuration...
Consumer Futures
Salary: £33,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013