MCSA Contract Job Trends in Lincoln

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
Lincolnshire > Lincoln

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lincoln with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MCSA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lincoln 1.41% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 4.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lincolnshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lincoln

MCSA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Lincoln.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25 11 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincoln 35.21% 78.57% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £483 £231 £231
25th Percentile £496 £277 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £356 £705
Median % change year-on-year +55.09% -49.47% +34.29%
75th Percentile £638 £439 £791
90th Percentile £660 £487 £812
Lincolnshire median daily rate £591 £513 £650
% change year-on-year +15.22% -21.15% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 8
10th Percentile - £18.48 £35.04
25th Percentile £21.25 - £44.10
Median hourly rate £25.76 £18.87 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year +36.51% -61.14% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £25.15 £51.91
90th Percentile £74.00 - £52.23
Lincolnshire median hourly rate £25.75 £18.87 £48.56
% change year-on-year +36.46% -61.14% -

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincoln

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MCSA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincoln.

MCSA job vacancy trend in Lincoln

MCSA
Daily Rate Trend in Lincoln

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lincoln citing MCSA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lincoln citing MCSA

MCSA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincoln by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Server Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) VMware