MCSA Jobs in the South West

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Jobs Demand Trend

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

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Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCSA across the South West region.

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Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSA across the South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

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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 West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bristol	+11	23	£37,500	+17.18%
Dorset	0	14	£26,000	-25.71%
Wiltshire	+22	12	£40,000	+14.28%
Gloucestershire	+2	1	£22,500	-22.41%
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1 107 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification 2 99 (92.52%) Windows 3 80 (74.77%) MCSE 4 76 (71.03%) Microsoft 5 74 (69.16%) Active Directory 6 69 (64.49%) VMware 7 56 (52.34%) Firewall 8 53 (49.53%) Cisco 8 53 (49.53%) MCITP 9 52 (48.60%) VMware Infrastructure 9 52 (48.60%) MS Exchange 10 51 (47.66%) CCNA 10 51 (47.66%) Cisco Certification 10 51 (47.66%) Windows Server 2008 11 46 (42.99%) Windows Server 2003

12 42 (39.25%) SAN 13 40 (37.38%) LAN 14 39 (36.45%) DNS 15 34 (31.78%) TCP/IP 16 32 (29.91%) WAN 17 31 (28.97%) ITIL 18 28 (26.17%) Blackberry 19 27 (25.23%) MS Excel 20 25 (23.36%) vSphere 20 25 (23.36%) Degree 21 23 (21.50%) MCTS 22 22 (20.56%) Exchange Server 2010 23 21 (19.63%) Hyper-V 24 19 (17.76%) Citrix 25 18 (16.82%) VPN

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 7 (6.542%) Application Packaging 2 1 (0.935%) Web Services	Application Platforms 1 52 (48.60%) MS Exchange 2 22 (20.56%) Exchange Server 2010 3 17 (15.89%) SharePoint 4 13 (12.15%) IIS 5 11 (10.28%) SharePoint 2010 6 10 (9.346%) Blackberry Enterprise Server 6 10 (9.346%) Exchange Server 2007 7 8 (7.477%) Exchange Server 2003 8 2 (1.869%) Lotus Notes 8 2 (1.869%) Lotus Domino 9 1 (0.935%) Office Communications Server 9 1 (0.935%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications 1 27 (25.23%) MS Excel 2 11 (10.28%) MS Office 3 4 (3.738%) MS PowerPoint 4 2 (1.869%) MS Visio 4 2 (1.869%) MS Project 5 1 (0.935%) Office 365	Business Applications 1 1 (0.935%) Changepoint 1 1 (0.935%) Maximo
Communications & Networking 1 56 (52.34%) Firewall 2 42 (39.25%) SAN 3 40 (37.38%) LAN 4 39 (36.45%) DNS 5 34 (31.78%) TCP/IP 6 32 (29.91%) WAN 7 18 (16.82%) VPN 8 17 (15.89%) Internet 9 13 (12.15%) LDAP 9 13 (12.15%) HTTP 9 13 (12.15%) SNMP 9 13 (12.15%) SMTP 10 12 (11.21%) DHCP 11 11 (10.28%) iSCSI 12 6 (5.607%) Wi-Fi 13 5 (4.673%) Network Security 14 3 (2.804%) VoIP 15 2 (1.869%) PABX 16 1 (0.935%) IP Telephony 16 1 (0.935%) VLAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (14.95%) SQL Server 2 13 (12.15%) SQL Server 2008 3 2 (1.869%) Oracle 10g 3 2 (1.869%) Oracle 11g 4 1 (0.935%) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 1 (0.935%) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (0.935%) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (0.935%) RDBMS
Development Applications 1 1 (0.935%) Visual Studio	General 1 11 (10.28%) Marketing 2 8 (7.477%) Telecoms 3 6 (5.607%) Legal 4 1 (0.935%) Advertising
Job Titles 1 23 (21.50%) Infrastructure Engineer 2 22 (20.56%) 3rd Line Support 3 17 (15.89%) Support Engineer 4 13 (12.15%) Administrator 5 12 (11.21%) Systems Engineer 6 11 (10.28%) Support Analyst 6 11 (10.28%) Senior Systems Engineer 6 11 (10.28%) Analyst 7 10 (9.346%) 2nd Line Support 7 10 (9.346%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer 8 9 (8.411%) Windows Administrator 8 9 (8.411%) IT Support 9 8 (7.477%) Architect 9 8 (7.477%) Consultant 9 8 (7.477%) Infrastructure Support Engineer 10 7 (6.542%) Security Administrator 10 7 (6.542%) Senior Windows Administrator 10 7 (6.542%) Team Leader 11 6 (5.607%) Support Technician 11 6 (5.607%) Technical Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 28 (26.17%) Blackberry 2 16 (14.95%) Clustering 3 11 (10.28%) Management Information System 4 7 (6.542%) Video Conferencing 5 6 (5.607%) SaaS 6 5 (4.673%) Smartphone 7 3 (2.804%) iPad 7 3 (2.804%) Mobile Computing 7 3 (2.804%) iPhone 8 2 (1.869%) Client/Server 9 1 (0.935%) Fat Client 9 1 (0.935%) Handset 9 1 (0.935%) Replication 9 1 (0.935%) EPoS 9 1 (0.935%) Thin Client
Operating Systems 1 99 (92.52%) Windows 2 51 (47.66%) Windows Server 2008 3 46 (42.99%) Windows Server 2003 4 10 (9.346%) Linux 5 8 (7.477%) Windows 7 6 7 (6.542%) Windows XP 7 6 (5.607%) Android 7 6 (5.607%) Windows Vista 7 6 (5.607%) Apple iOS 7 6 (5.607%) Mac OS 8 2 (1.869%) Windows 8 8 2 (1.869%) Windows Server 2012 8 2 (1.869%) Windows 2000 Server 8 2 (1.869%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 1 (0.935%) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 31 (28.97%) ITIL 2 14 (13.08%) Load Balancing 3 13 (12.15%) Information Security 4 11 (10.28%) ISMS 4 11 (10.28%) Business Intelligence 4 11 (10.28%) Information Security Management 4 11 (10.28%) Security Management 5 8 (7.477%) Business Continuity 6 7 (6.542%) Asset Management 7 6 (5.607%) Disaster Recovery 7 6 (5.607%) Project Management 7 6 (5.607%) Root Cause Analysis 8 5 (4.673%) Systems Analysis 8 5 (4.673%) PRINCE2 9 3 (2.804%) Technical Architecture 9 3 (2.804%) Service Delivery 10 2 (1.869%) Migration 10 2 (1.869%) Software Deployment 10 2 (1.869%) High Availability 10 2 (1.869%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages 1 11 (10.28%) SQL 2 9 (8.411%) PowerShell 2 9 (8.411%) VBScript 3 5 (4.673%) C 4 1 (0.935%) T-SQL	Qualifications 1 107 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification 2 80 (74.77%) MCSE 3 53 (49.53%) MCITP 4 51 (47.66%) CCNA 4 51 (47.66%) Cisco Certification 5 25 (23.36%) Degree 6 23 (21.50%) MCTS 7 17 (15.89%) MCP 8 15 (14.02%) CCNP 9 11 (10.28%) Security Cleared 10 6 (5.607%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 11 5 (4.673%) PRINCE2 Certification 12 4 (3.738%) MCDST 13 3 (2.804%) SC Cleared 13 3 (2.804%) ITIL Certification 14 2 (1.869%) RHCE 14 2 (1.869%) OCP 14 2 (1.869%) Oracle Certification 14 2 (1.869%) MCPD 15 1 (0.935%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 13 (12.15%) ISO/IEC 27001	System Software 1 74 (69.16%) Active Directory 2 52 (48.60%) VMware Infrastructure 3 25 (23.36%) vSphere 4 21 (19.63%) Hyper-V 5 13 (12.15%) Squid 5 13 (12.15%) ISA Server 6 9 (8.411%) Terminal Services 7 4 (3.738%) BlackBerry Internet Service 8 3 (2.804%) VMware ESX 9 2 (1.869%) XenApp 10 1 (0.935%) Forefront TMG 10 1 (0.935%) UAG 10 1 (0.935%) XenServer 10 1 (0.935%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management 1 13 (12.15%) Zenoss 2 12 (11.21%) Norton AntiVirus 2 12 (11.21%) Backup Exec 2 12 (11.21%) WSUS 3 8 (7.477%) SCCM 4 7 (6.542%) Tivoli Storage Manager 5 4 (3.738%) ARCserve 5 4 (3.738%) Tivoli 5 4 (3.738%) WhatsUp Gold 6 3 (2.804%) SCOM 7 1 (0.935%) SCVMM	Vendors 1 76 (71.03%) Microsoft 2 69 (64.49%) VMware 3 53 (49.53%) Cisco 4 19 (17.76%) Citrix 5 16 (14.95%) NetApp 6 13 (12.15%) Juniper 7 12 (11.21%) Symantec 8 11 (10.28%) NetSuite 9 9 (8.411%) HP 10 7 (6.542%) Sophos 10 7 (6.542%) Sage 11 6 (5.607%) IBM 12 5 (4.673%) Veeam 12 5 (4.673%) WatchGuard 12 5 (4.673%) McAfee 13 4 (3.738%) Avaya 14 3 (2.804%) Apple 14 3 (2.804%) Oracle 15 2 (1.869%) Lotus 15 2 (1.869%) Red Hat