The first table below looks at the demand for MCSA in IT jobs advertised for the Westminster region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCSA over the 3 months to 23 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 Westminster region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Westminster - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £32,500 £29,750
% change year-on-year
-6.15% +9.24%
All Qualifications
Westminster
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
10 1 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Westminster 50.00% 10.00% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 10
Average salary £48,000 £37,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.00% -25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,800 £37,500 £48,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £53,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCSA
London

MCSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Westminster 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 Westminster region.

Westminster MCSA Salary Trend

MCSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Westminster 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%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (100.00%) MCITP
2 7 (87.50%) Citrix
3 5 (62.50%) DNS
4 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (50.00%) CCNA
4 4 (50.00%) MCP
4 4 (50.00%) MS Exchange
4 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (50.00%) Finance
4 4 (50.00%) Games
4 4 (50.00%) Incident Management
4 4 (50.00%) MCTS
5 3 (37.50%) Financial Institution
5 3 (37.50%) VMware
5 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (37.50%) MCSE
5 3 (37.50%) ITIL
5 3 (37.50%) SLA
5 3 (37.50%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
6 1 (12.50%) Avaya
6 1 (12.50%) Lotus
6 1 (12.50%) Terminal Services
6 1 (12.50%) Lotus Notes

MCSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Westminster 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 4 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (12.50%) Lotus Notes
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) VoIP
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Games
2 3 (37.50%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Team Leader
2 3 (37.50%) Service Desk Team Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
3 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (100.00%) MCITP
2 4 (50.00%) CCNA
2 4 (50.00%) MCP
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (50.00%) MCTS
3 3 (37.50%) MCSE
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (12.50%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Citrix
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (37.50%) VMware
4 1 (12.50%) Avaya
4 1 (12.50%) Lotus