Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for MCSA IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkMicrosoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank301308
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads3841137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.564 %0.570 %
As % of the Qualifications category2.491 %2.552 %
Salaries quoted3331066
Average salary£29,500£29,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year+1.720 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,500£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£27,500£28,000
% change on same period last year-1.780 %
IT Job Market, QualificationsAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1541744550
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK22.64 %22.33 %
Salaries quoted1300837006
Average salary£37,500£38,500
Average salary % change on the same period last year-2.590 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000

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 3 July 2009 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 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+3360£29,500+1.72 %
LondonUp+78154£32,500+8.33 %
South EastDown-777£29,000-3.33 %
East MidlandsUp+5532£22,250-6.31 %
East of EnglandUp+7131£31,000+12.72 %
City of LondonUp+9225£28,500+1.78 %
South WestUp+5320£28,250+10.78 %
SurreyUp+6117£31,000+10.71 %
OxfordshireUp+3217£26,000-17.46 %
North WestUp+5216£24,000-15.78 %
YorkshireUp+4915£25,500-7.27 %
OxfordUp+3215£25,750-20.76 %
West YorkshireUp+5614£25,500-13.55 %
NorthamptonshireUp+4914£29,000+34.88 %
NottinghamshireUp+4013£19,000-15.55 %
NottinghamUp+3013£19,000-15.55 %
West MidlandsUp+1713£30,000+8.10 %
BuckinghamshireUp+5012£27,500-
HampshireUp+4812£27,000-20.58 %
WalesUp+3912£25,750-4.62 %
BedfordshireUp+3212£34,000+15.25 %
ScotlandUp+7310£23,000-3.15 %
BristolUp+3810£27,500-1.78 %
BerkshireUp+699£30,000+5.26 %
LeedsUp+579£25,500-15.00 %
HertfordshireUp+529£25,000-5.66 %
ManchesterUp+459£25,000-9.09 %
NorthamptonUp+459£29,000+34.88 %
DunstableNew entry-9£34,000-
BradfordUp+218£25,250-15.83 %

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

1894 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2766 (85.68 %)MCSE
3707 (79.08 %)Windows
4549 (61.41 %)Active Directory
5533 (59.62 %)Microsoft
6498 (55.70 %)Windows Server 2003
7375 (41.95 %)MS Exchange
8327 (36.58 %)MCP
9270 (30.20 %)Exchange Server 2003
10266 (29.75 %)Cisco
11256 (28.64 %)VMware
12254 (28.41 %)MS Excel
13253 (28.30 %)Cisco Certification
14252 (28.19 %)CCNA
15248 (27.74 %)Citrix
16200 (22.37 %)TCP/IP
17180 (20.13 %)Degree
18168 (18.79 %)Firewall
19159 (17.79 %)Windows 2000
20157 (17.56 %)Citrix Certification
21145 (16.22 %)SQL
22144 (16.11 %)DNS
22144 (16.11 %)Exchange Server 2007
23140 (15.66 %)Windows XP
24133 (14.88 %)MCDST
25131 (14.65 %)Windows 2000 Server
26130 (14.54 %)LAN
26130 (14.54 %)SQL Server
27128 (14.32 %)CCEA
28120 (13.42 %)ITIL

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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
16 (0.671 %).NET
22 (0.224 %)Windows SharePoint Services
31 (0.112 %)WebSphere
31 (0.112 %)ASP
31 (0.112 %)ASP.NET
31 (0.112 %)CSS
31 (0.112 %)XML
31 (0.112 %)HTML
31 (0.112 %)Flash
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1375 (41.95 %)MS Exchange
2270 (30.20 %)Exchange Server 2003
3144 (16.11 %)Exchange Server 2007
482 (9.172 %)Exchange Server 2000
567 (7.494 %)SharePoint
658 (6.488 %)IIS
729 (3.244 %)Lotus Notes
814 (1.566 %)Lotus Domino
99 (1.007 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
106 (0.671 %)Apache
115 (0.559 %)Exchange Server 5.5
124 (0.447 %)SharePoint Portal Server
124 (0.447 %)SharePoint Server 2007
132 (0.224 %)BizTalk Server
132 (0.224 %)Office Communications Server
141 (0.112 %)GroupWise
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1254 (28.41 %)MS Excel
276 (8.501 %)MS Office
315 (1.678 %)MS Visio
44 (0.447 %)MS Project
51 (0.112 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.112 %)Photoshop
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
133 (3.691 %)Dynamics CRM
214 (1.566 %)Microsoft CRM
34 (0.447 %)Dynamics AX
43 (0.336 %)Dynamics GP
43 (0.336 %)Great Plains
52 (0.224 %)Summit
61 (0.112 %)Academy Housing
61 (0.112 %)assyst
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1200 (22.37 %)TCP/IP
2168 (18.79 %)Firewall
3144 (16.11 %)DNS
4130 (14.54 %)LAN
5102 (11.41 %)WAN
686 (9.620 %)VPN
782 (9.172 %)VoIP
863 (7.047 %)Cisco PIX
956 (6.264 %)SAN
1040 (4.474 %)Internet
1135 (3.915 %)DHCP
1221 (2.349 %)VLAN
1318 (2.013 %)Network Security
1416 (1.790 %)Cisco ASA
1416 (1.790 %)SMTP
1514 (1.566 %)NetScreen
1613 (1.454 %)IP Telephony
179 (1.007 %)NAS
179 (1.007 %)DMZ
188 (0.895 %)DSL
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1130 (14.54 %)SQL Server
255 (6.152 %)SQL Server 2000
354 (6.040 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (0.783 %)MySQL
54 (0.447 %)MS Access
63 (0.336 %)RDBMS
63 (0.336 %)Oracle 8/8i
72 (0.224 %)DB2
81 (0.112 %)Crystal Reports
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.224 %)Ant
21 (0.112 %)Dreamweaver
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
190 (10.07 %)Finance
233 (3.691 %)Health
332 (3.579 %)Pensions
422 (2.461 %)Education
521 (2.349 %)Telecoms
612 (1.342 %)Back Office
79 (1.007 %)Government
88 (0.895 %)Insurance
88 (0.895 %)Retail
97 (0.783 %)Law
106 (0.671 %)Banking
115 (0.559 %)Pharmaceutical
115 (0.559 %)Construction
124 (0.447 %)Legal
124 (0.447 %)Manufacturing
132 (0.224 %)Aerospace
141 (0.112 %)Marketing
141 (0.112 %)Auditing
141 (0.112 %)Military
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1171 (19.13 %)Support Engineer
2160 (17.90 %)Analyst
3111 (12.42 %)Support Analyst
477 (8.613 %)3rd Line Support
569 (7.718 %)IT Support Engineer
665 (7.271 %)Desktop Support
764 (7.159 %)Consultant
856 (6.264 %)IT Consultant
955 (6.152 %)Trainer
1054 (6.040 %)2nd Line Support
1152 (5.817 %)Technical Support
1249 (5.481 %)Server Support
1249 (5.481 %)Administrator
1348 (5.369 %)Project Manager
1447 (5.257 %)Field Engineer
1543 (4.810 %)Technical Engineer
1639 (4.362 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1736 (4.027 %)Systems Engineer
1834 (3.803 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
1933 (3.691 %)Systems Administrator
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
151 (5.705 %)Blackberry
237 (4.139 %)Clustering
324 (2.685 %)PDA
419 (2.125 %)Video Conferencing
518 (2.013 %)Computer Science
612 (1.342 %)German Language
710 (1.119 %)Thin Client
710 (1.119 %)Fat Client
88 (0.895 %)Client/Server
94 (0.447 %)French Language
103 (0.336 %)iSeries
103 (0.336 %)EFT
103 (0.336 %)NHS
112 (0.224 %)Arabic Language
112 (0.224 %)Informatics
121 (0.112 %)iPhone
121 (0.112 %)CMDB
121 (0.112 %)Web 2.0
121 (0.112 %)Smartphone
121 (0.112 %)Statistics
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1707 (79.08 %)Windows
2498 (55.70 %)Windows Server 2003
3159 (17.79 %)Windows 2000
4140 (15.66 %)Windows XP
5131 (14.65 %)Windows 2000 Server
6101 (11.30 %)Windows Vista
784 (9.396 %)Windows Server 2008
865 (7.271 %)Linux
932 (3.579 %)UNIX
1017 (1.902 %)Solaris
1111 (1.230 %)Red Hat Linux
128 (0.895 %)Windows NT
137 (0.783 %)AIX
146 (0.671 %)SUSE
154 (0.447 %)NetWare
154 (0.447 %)HPUX
154 (0.447 %)Windows Mobile
163 (0.336 %)CentOS
163 (0.336 %)Mac OS
172 (0.224 %)Debian
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1120 (13.42 %)ITIL
236 (4.027 %)CRM
320 (2.237 %)Project Management
419 (2.125 %)Disaster Recovery
517 (1.902 %)Incident Management
614 (1.566 %)Problem Management
713 (1.454 %)Service Delivery
812 (1.342 %)PRINCE2
812 (1.342 %)Load Balancing
910 (1.119 %)E-Commerce
910 (1.119 %)Asset Management
109 (1.007 %)Change Management
117 (0.783 %)Time Management
117 (0.783 %)Business Continuity
125 (0.559 %)Migration
134 (0.447 %)Business Desktop Deployment
134 (0.447 %)Data Protection
143 (0.336 %)Investment Management
143 (0.336 %)Strategic Planning
143 (0.336 %)Service Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1145 (16.22 %)SQL
210 (1.119 %)C
36 (0.671 %)VBA
36 (0.671 %)VBScript
36 (0.671 %)VB
44 (0.447 %)Java
53 (0.336 %)VB.NET
61 (0.112 %)PowerShell
61 (0.112 %)Shell Script
61 (0.112 %)C#
61 (0.112 %)JavaScript
61 (0.112 %)PHP
61 (0.112 %)PL/SQL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1894 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2766 (85.68 %)MCSE
3327 (36.58 %)MCP
4253 (28.30 %)Cisco Certification
5252 (28.19 %)CCNA
6180 (20.13 %)Degree
7157 (17.56 %)Citrix Certification
8133 (14.88 %)MCDST
9128 (14.32 %)CCEA
1053 (5.928 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1152 (5.817 %)A+ Certification
1239 (4.362 %)CCNP
1335 (3.915 %)MCT
1335 (3.915 %)CCA
1429 (3.244 %)ITIL Certification
1521 (2.349 %)Network+ Certification
1618 (2.013 %)MCITP
1717 (1.902 %)HP ASE
1813 (1.454 %)MCTS
1912 (1.342 %)Security Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
134 (3.803 %)SLA
22 (0.224 %)COBIT
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1549 (61.41 %)Active Directory
284 (9.396 %)VMware Infrastructure
351 (5.705 %)Backup Exec
448 (5.369 %)VMware ESX
528 (3.132 %)Terminal Services
627 (3.020 %)Terminal Server
720 (2.237 %)MetaFrame
818 (2.013 %)NetBackup
818 (2.013 %)ISA Server
913 (1.454 %)Hyper-V
109 (1.007 %)VMware Server
117 (0.783 %)Xen
126 (0.671 %)Citrix Presentation Server
133 (0.336 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
141 (0.112 %)qmail
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
134 (3.803 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
215 (1.678 %)MAILsweeper
39 (1.007 %)WSUS
39 (1.007 %)MIMEsweeper
45 (0.559 %)Unicenter
54 (0.447 %)DameWare
54 (0.447 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
54 (0.447 %)MOM
54 (0.447 %)HP Data Protector
63 (0.336 %)SCOM
63 (0.336 %)Norton AntiVirus
72 (0.224 %)ARCserve
81 (0.112 %)Legato
81 (0.112 %)Tivoli
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1533 (59.62 %)Microsoft
2266 (29.75 %)Cisco
3256 (28.64 %)VMware
4248 (27.74 %)Citrix
592 (10.29 %)HP
635 (3.915 %)Dell
635 (3.915 %)Juniper
635 (3.915 %)Lotus
727 (3.020 %)Symantec
821 (2.349 %)Blue Coat
920 (2.237 %)IBM
1019 (2.125 %)CheckPoint
1118 (2.013 %)Draytek
1118 (2.013 %)Oracle
1217 (1.902 %)Veritas
1217 (1.902 %)SonicWALL
1313 (1.454 %)WatchGuard
1313 (1.454 %)Avaya
1411 (1.230 %)Mitel
1411 (1.230 %)Red Hat