The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 22 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 67 - 59
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 3 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 0.503% - 0.176%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.775% - 1.149%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
Average salary £29,500 - £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +10.16%
All Qualifications
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
169 155 87
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 28.36% 26.45% 15.29%
Number of salaries quoted 139 149 78
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSA
West Midlands

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cannock - 1 - -
MCSA
West Midlands

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) VMware
3 3 (50.00%) CCNA
3 3 (50.00%) Windows
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (33.33%) LAN
4 2 (33.33%) WAN
4 2 (33.33%) Internet
4 2 (33.33%) ITIL
4 2 (33.33%) Citrix
4 2 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (33.33%) VCP5
4 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (33.33%) SaaS
4 2 (33.33%) CCAA
4 2 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (33.33%) MCITP
4 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
5 1 (16.67%) CCENT
5 1 (16.67%) Service Management
5 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
5 1 (16.67%) Symantec
5 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) WAN
1 2 (33.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Operations Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (33.33%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
1 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (50.00%) CCNA
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (33.33%) VCP5
3 2 (33.33%) CCAA
3 2 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (33.33%) MCITP
4 1 (16.67%) CCENT
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) Citrix
4 1 (16.67%) Symantec
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle