The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 24 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 West Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank 114 103 103
Rank change year-on-year
-11 0
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 3 2 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.200% 0.141% 0.620%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.628% 0.450% 2.413%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 9
Average salary £24,750 £32,500 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.84% +47.72%
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +8.33%
All Qualifications
West Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
478 444 373
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 31.89% 31.27% 25.71%
Number of salaries quoted 365 366 337
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,450 £27,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,350 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCSA
South East

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Crawley -8 1 - -
Worthing - 1 £22,500 -
Chichester - 1 £27,000 -
MCSA
South East

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
3 6 (75.00%) Windows
4 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
4 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
5 4 (50.00%) DNS
5 4 (50.00%) MCSE
5 4 (50.00%) MCITP
5 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (37.50%) XenApp
6 3 (37.50%) Product Management
6 3 (37.50%) Marketing
6 3 (37.50%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 3 (37.50%) Product Marketing
6 3 (37.50%) Firewall
6 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
6 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
6 3 (37.50%) MS Office
6 3 (37.50%) ITIL
6 3 (37.50%) Citrix
7 2 (25.00%) MPLS
7 2 (25.00%) MCP
7 2 (25.00%) Windows XP
7 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
7 2 (25.00%) SaaS
7 2 (25.00%) Windows 8
7 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (12.50%) vSphere
8 1 (12.50%) Windows 7

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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 Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) Site Server
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
2 1 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
2 4 (50.00%) DNS
3 3 (37.50%) Firewall
4 2 (25.00%) MPLS
5 1 (12.50%) LAN
5 1 (12.50%) VoIP
5 1 (12.50%) WAN
5 1 (12.50%) DHCP
5 1 (12.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (37.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) IT Support
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Team Leader
2 2 (25.00%) Support Team Leader
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Support Team Leader
2 2 (25.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 2 (25.00%) Windows 8
4 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Product Management
1 3 (37.50%) Product Marketing
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (50.00%) MCSE
2 4 (50.00%) MCITP
3 2 (25.00%) MCP
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) MCDST
4 1 (12.50%) MCTS
4 1 (12.50%) CCNA
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) XenApp
2 3 (37.50%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (12.50%) vSphere
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) SonicWALL
3 1 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Remedy
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) Dell
3 1 (12.50%) Intel
3 1 (12.50%) Avaya
3 1 (12.50%) Apple
3 1 (12.50%) Sage