MCSA Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 114 139
Rank change year-on-year +19 +25 -47
Contract jobs citing MCSA 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.066% 0.21% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.80% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - - £431
25th Percentile - £306 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £551
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -36.51% +18.80%
75th Percentile - £464 £626
90th Percentile - £591 £670
North West median daily rate £325 £650 £551
% change year-on-year -50.00% +17.91% +18.80%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

MCSA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 361 501 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 23.80% 26.47% 18.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 369 343
10th Percentile £313 £338 £265
25th Percentile £425 £450 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £619 £631
90th Percentile £805 £700 £685
North West median daily rate £513 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -1.44% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 15
10th Percentile £24.14 - -
25th Percentile £25.50 £20.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £49.00 £25.00 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +96.00% +54.04% -42.58%
75th Percentile £73.75 £37.50 £42.25
90th Percentile £94.50 £70.00 £56.25
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £37.50 £39.73
% change year-on-year -57.17% -5.60% -8.68%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing MCSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCSA in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for MCSA in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCSA in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for MCSA in Manchester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft