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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank338388
Rank change on same period last yearUp+50
Matching permanent IT job ads875945
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.507 %0.407 %
As % of the category below2.466 %1.995 %
Salaries quoted804825
Average minimum salary£28,065£28,895
Average salary£30,269£30,825
% change on same period last year-1.80 %
Average maximum salary£32,472£32,754
UK excluding London average salary£29,381£30,028
% change on same period last year-2.15 %
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3547847367
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled20.54 %20.38 %
Salaries quoted3012738203
Average minimum salary£37,468£38,544
Average salary£40,945£41,977
% change on same period last year-2.45 %
Average maximum salary£44,423£45,410
UK excluding London average salary£37,889£38,388
% change on same period last year-1.29 %

MCSA
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MCSA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

MCSA Demand Trend

MCSA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCSA within the UK.

MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCSA over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 within the UK.

MCSA Salary Histogram

MCSA
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+42832£30,140-2.17 %
South EastUp+78296£31,085-2.28 %
LondonUp+95269£32,511-1.69 %
City of LondonUp+3973£35,484+19.74 %
SurreyUp+5456£31,430-3.65 %
HampshireUp+1553£30,061+1.16 %
East MidlandsDown-153£27,827-5.03 %
YorkshireUp+252£25,455-9.63 %
BerkshireUp+546£32,891-9.06 %
South WestUp+2143£27,566-11.70 %
West MidlandsUp+1143£25,686-1.30 %
East of EnglandDown-3741£27,415-9.23 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3840£30,165-8.05 %
North WestUp+639£26,647-2.15 %
OxfordshireUp+738£36,142+14.07 %
NorthamptonshireUp+2636£27,042+2.87 %
NorthamptonUp+2234£27,397+5.71 %
West YorkshireDown-133£25,527-12.35 %
OxfordUp+1230£36,429+13.61 %
Milton KeynesUp+1829£28,750+23.65 %
MiddlesexUp+4828£30,571+0.94 %
South WalesNew entry-22£34,659-
WalesNew entry-22£34,659-
CardiffNew entry-19£33,026-
LeedsNo change019£26,250-11.05 %
WinchesterNew entry-19£32,368-
Docklands, LondonNew entry-18£37,800-
ReadingUp+1517£30,647-20.55 %
South YorkshireUp+1416£26,250+47.88 %
KentUp+216£22,750-26.98 %

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11969 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21519 (77.15 %)MCSE
31489 (75.62 %)Windows
41088 (55.26 %)Microsoft
5986 (50.08 %)Active Directory
6972 (49.37 %)Windows Server 2003
7821 (41.70 %)MCP
8741 (37.63 %)MS Exchange
9614 (31.18 %)MS Excel
10485 (24.63 %)TCP/IP
11471 (23.92 %)Windows XP
12467 (23.72 %)Exchange Server 2003
13464 (23.57 %)Cisco
14406 (20.62 %)Citrix
15394 (20.01 %)Cisco Certification
16380 (19.30 %)CCNA
17378 (19.20 %)WAN
18334 (16.96 %)Windows 2000
19329 (16.71 %)SQL
20322 (16.35 %)SQL Server
21319 (16.20 %)MS Office
22313 (15.90 %)LAN
23291 (14.78 %)DNS
24288 (14.63 %)VMware
25268 (13.61 %)Degree
25268 (13.61 %)Firewall
26256 (13.00 %)Windows Vista
27252 (12.80 %)Windows 2000 Server
28246 (12.49 %)ITIL
29190 (9.650 %)IIS

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
150 (2.539 %).NET
219 (0.965 %)HTML
219 (0.965 %)ASP.NET
313 (0.660 %)WebServices
412 (0.609 %)ASP
511 (0.559 %)Application Packaging
610 (0.508 %)XML
77 (0.356 %)Windows SharePoint Services
86 (0.305 %)SOAP
86 (0.305 %)ADO
93 (0.152 %)J2EE
102 (0.102 %)WSH
102 (0.102 %).NET Framework
111 (0.051 %)WebSphere
111 (0.051 %)AJAX
111 (0.051 %)ODBC
111 (0.051 %)EDI
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1741 (37.63 %)MS Exchange
2467 (23.72 %)Exchange Server 2003
3190 (9.650 %)IIS
4167 (8.481 %)Exchange Server 2007
5122 (6.196 %)Exchange Server 2000
6101 (5.130 %)SharePoint
745 (2.285 %)Lotus Notes
832 (1.625 %)Office Communications Server
921 (1.067 %)Lotus Domino
1018 (0.914 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1018 (0.914 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1116 (0.813 %)Apache
1210 (0.508 %)Office Project Server
139 (0.457 %)Exchange Server 5.5
147 (0.356 %)SharePoint Portal Server
156 (0.305 %)BizTalk Server
165 (0.254 %)Tomcat
172 (0.102 %)WebLogic
181 (0.051 %)Site Server
181 (0.051 %)CMS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1614 (31.18 %)MS Excel
2319 (16.20 %)MS Office
36 (0.305 %)MS PowerPoint
43 (0.152 %)MS Project
52 (0.102 %)Photoshop
52 (0.102 %)InfoPath
61 (0.051 %)AutoCAD
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
112 (0.609 %)Teamcenter
29 (0.457 %)Dynamics CRM
36 (0.305 %)Dynamics AX
36 (0.305 %)Dynamics NAV
42 (0.102 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.051 %)e-Work
51 (0.051 %)SAP CRM
51 (0.051 %)assyst
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1485 (24.63 %)TCP/IP
2378 (19.20 %)WAN
3313 (15.90 %)LAN
4291 (14.78 %)DNS
5268 (13.61 %)Firewall
6176 (8.939 %)VPN
7136 (6.907 %)DHCP
8111 (5.637 %)SAN
9103 (5.231 %)Internet
1076 (3.860 %)VoIP
1138 (1.930 %)Cisco PIX
1233 (1.676 %)Network Security
1332 (1.625 %)SMTP
1425 (1.270 %)Intranet
1524 (1.219 %)IMAP
1623 (1.168 %)SMS
1717 (0.863 %)ADSL
1816 (0.813 %)Wireless
1911 (0.559 %)MPLS
1911 (0.559 %)PBX
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1322 (16.35 %)SQL Server
275 (3.809 %)SQL Server 2000
367 (3.403 %)SQL Server 2005
434 (1.727 %)MySQL
515 (0.762 %)MS Access
66 (0.305 %)Oracle 9i
66 (0.305 %)Oracle 11g
66 (0.305 %)Oracle 10g
74 (0.203 %)FileMaker
74 (0.203 %)RDBMS
83 (0.152 %)DB2
92 (0.102 %)Crystal Reports
92 (0.102 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
101 (0.051 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (0.762 %)Visual Studio
29 (0.457 %)InstallShield
35 (0.254 %)Dreamweaver
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1173 (8.786 %)Pensions
2163 (8.278 %)Finance
397 (4.926 %)Health
460 (3.047 %)Insurance
554 (2.743 %)Telecoms
651 (2.590 %)Education
736 (1.828 %)Banking
833 (1.676 %)Back Office
931 (1.574 %)Legal
1029 (1.473 %)Investment Banking
1125 (1.270 %)Government
1219 (0.965 %)Law
1318 (0.914 %)Games
1412 (0.609 %)Manufacturing
1412 (0.609 %)Construction
1511 (0.559 %)Publishing
1610 (0.508 %)Marketing
179 (0.457 %)Retail
185 (0.254 %)Financial Institution
185 (0.254 %)Front Office
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1413 (20.98 %)Analyst
2333 (16.91 %)Support Engineer
3259 (13.15 %)Support Analyst
4175 (8.888 %)Administrator
5140 (7.110 %)Technical Support
6131 (6.653 %)3rd Line Support
7130 (6.602 %)Systems Administrator
8129 (6.552 %)Desktop Support
9128 (6.501 %)Server Support
10124 (6.298 %)2nd Line Support
11118 (5.993 %)Consultant
1298 (4.977 %)Systems Engineer
1395 (4.825 %)Field Engineer
1490 (4.571 %)Network Support
1577 (3.911 %)Systems Support
1675 (3.809 %)Technical Analyst
1773 (3.707 %)Support Technician
1871 (3.606 %)Technical Specialist
1970 (3.555 %)Service Analyst
2069 (3.504 %)Service Desk Analyst
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
163 (3.200 %)Blackberry
255 (2.793 %)Clustering
345 (2.285 %)German Language
430 (1.524 %)Client/Server
528 (1.422 %)PDA
618 (0.914 %)Thin Client
618 (0.914 %)Fat Client
713 (0.660 %)Computer Science
811 (0.559 %)Management Information System
99 (0.457 %)Replication
108 (0.406 %)AS400
108 (0.406 %)Dutch Language
117 (0.356 %)PMI
124 (0.203 %)Japanese Language
124 (0.203 %)Mathematics
124 (0.203 %)Video Conferencing
133 (0.152 %)NHS
133 (0.152 %)French Language
133 (0.152 %)N-Tier
142 (0.102 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11489 (75.62 %)Windows
2972 (49.37 %)Windows Server 2003
3471 (23.92 %)Windows XP
4334 (16.96 %)Windows 2000
5256 (13.00 %)Windows Vista
6252 (12.80 %)Windows 2000 Server
7144 (7.313 %)Linux
8106 (5.383 %)UNIX
952 (2.641 %)Windows Server 2008
1043 (2.184 %)Windows NT
1123 (1.168 %)Mac OS X
1221 (1.067 %)Solaris
1310 (0.508 %)NetWare
1310 (0.508 %)Red Hat Linux
146 (0.305 %)AIX
153 (0.152 %)Debian
153 (0.152 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
162 (0.102 %)Windows Mobile
162 (0.102 %)SUSE
171 (0.051 %)Ubuntu
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1246 (12.49 %)ITIL
267 (3.403 %)Disaster Recovery
345 (2.285 %)Security Cleared
435 (1.778 %)Project Management
531 (1.574 %)Business Continuity
629 (1.473 %)Migration
629 (1.473 %)PRINCE2
720 (1.016 %)Investment Management
819 (0.965 %)Service Delivery
918 (0.914 %)Service Management
918 (0.914 %)E-Commerce
1017 (0.863 %)CRM
1017 (0.863 %)Logistics
1115 (0.762 %)Time Management
1214 (0.711 %)Incident Management
1313 (0.660 %)PDM
1313 (0.660 %)Data Management
1313 (0.660 %)CAD
1412 (0.609 %)Change Management
1412 (0.609 %)ERP
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1329 (16.71 %)SQL
245 (2.285 %)C
326 (1.320 %)VBScript
326 (1.320 %)Shell Script
421 (1.067 %)VB.NET
520 (1.016 %)C#
617 (0.863 %)VBA
714 (0.711 %)VB
714 (0.711 %)Transact-SQL
813 (0.660 %)Java
98 (0.406 %)PHP
103 (0.152 %)PowerHouse
112 (0.102 %)JavaScript
121 (0.051 %)PL/SQL
121 (0.051 %)VB6
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11969 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21519 (77.15 %)MCSE
3821 (41.70 %)MCP
4394 (20.01 %)Cisco Certification
5380 (19.30 %)CCNA
6268 (13.61 %)Degree
7131 (6.653 %)MCDST
8118 (5.993 %)Citrix Certification
9110 (5.587 %)CCNP
1075 (3.809 %)CCEA
1169 (3.504 %)MCITP
1257 (2.895 %)A+ Certification
1347 (2.387 %)CCA
1445 (2.285 %)MCT
1538 (1.930 %)Network+ Certification
1632 (1.625 %)MCDBA
1727 (1.371 %)ITIL Certification
1727 (1.371 %)MCTS
1822 (1.117 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1920 (1.016 %)SCSA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
174 (3.758 %)SLA
23 (0.152 %)BS7799
31 (0.051 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.051 %)QA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1986 (50.08 %)Active Directory
2117 (5.942 %)ISA Server
3103 (5.231 %)VMware Infrastructure
469 (3.504 %)Backup Exec
553 (2.692 %)Citrix Presentation Server
649 (2.489 %)MetaFrame
743 (2.184 %)VMware ESX
840 (2.031 %)Terminal Services
916 (0.813 %)Terminal Server
1014 (0.711 %)NetBackup
1111 (0.559 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
128 (0.406 %)VMware Server
131 (0.051 %)Xen
131 (0.051 %)MailMarshal
131 (0.051 %)VMware GSX
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1106 (5.383 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
248 (2.438 %)MOM
313 (0.660 %)Norton AntiVirus
49 (0.457 %)MAILsweeper
49 (0.457 %)SCCM
57 (0.356 %)WSUS
66 (0.305 %)SCOM
75 (0.254 %)MIMEsweeper
75 (0.254 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
84 (0.203 %)Tivoli
84 (0.203 %)OpenView
84 (0.203 %)DameWare
93 (0.152 %)ARCserve
101 (0.051 %)Nagios
101 (0.051 %)Legato
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11088 (55.26 %)Microsoft
2464 (23.57 %)Cisco
3406 (20.62 %)Citrix
4288 (14.63 %)VMware
5106 (5.383 %)HP
669 (3.504 %)Dell
756 (2.844 %)Lotus
848 (2.438 %)Oracle
947 (2.387 %)VERITAS
1044 (2.235 %)IBM
1139 (1.981 %)Apple
1235 (1.778 %)Sophos
1332 (1.625 %)Symantec
1430 (1.524 %)Novell
1528 (1.422 %)CheckPoint
1625 (1.270 %)Remedy
1724 (1.219 %)WatchGuard
1816 (0.813 %)LANDesk
1816 (0.813 %)Red Hat
1915 (0.762 %)Juniper