The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 0.857% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 4.444% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £35,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +8.33%
All Qualifications
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
90 173 102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 19.27% 33.66% 21.03%
Number of salaries quoted 81 155 93
Average salary £45,000 £39,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% +18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £25,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSA
Wiltshire

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSA across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Swindon MCSA Salary Histogram

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (88.89%) MCSE
2 8 (88.89%) MCITP
3 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
4 6 (66.67%) LAN
4 6 (66.67%) WAN
4 6 (66.67%) VMware
4 6 (66.67%) MCTS
4 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (55.56%) Degree
5 5 (55.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (55.56%) Blackberry
5 5 (55.56%) DHCP
5 5 (55.56%) DNS
5 5 (55.56%) Cisco
5 5 (55.56%) IBM
5 5 (55.56%) HP
5 5 (55.56%) CCNA
6 3 (33.33%) ITIL
6 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
7 2 (22.22%) WSUS
7 2 (22.22%) Windows 2000 Server
7 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
7 2 (22.22%) Backup Exec
7 2 (22.22%) Tivoli

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 1 (11.11%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (11.11%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Office
2 1 (11.11%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) LAN
1 6 (66.67%) WAN
2 5 (55.56%) DHCP
2 5 (55.56%) DNS
3 1 (11.11%) Intranet
3 1 (11.11%) Internet
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Server Support
2 2 (22.22%) Support Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Server Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Server Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Support
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Blackberry
2 1 (11.11%) Thin Client
2 1 (11.11%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (22.22%) Windows 2000 Server
4 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (88.89%) MCSE
2 8 (88.89%) MCITP
3 6 (66.67%) MCTS
4 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (55.56%) Degree
4 5 (55.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (55.56%) CCNA
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 5 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) WSUS
1 2 (22.22%) Backup Exec
1 2 (22.22%) Tivoli
1 2 (22.22%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 2 (22.22%) ARCserve
1 2 (22.22%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (11.11%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (66.67%) VMware
3 5 (55.56%) Cisco
3 5 (55.56%) IBM
3 5 (55.56%) HP
4 2 (22.22%) Symantec
4 2 (22.22%) McAfee
4 2 (22.22%) Sophos
5 1 (11.11%) Citrix