MCSA Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - 37
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MCSA 1 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.42% - 3.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.08% - 5.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £538
75th Percentile - - £556
90th Percentile - - £571
Hampshire median daily rate £650 - £538

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 93 92 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 39.08% 76.03% 55.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 64 76
10th Percentile £333 £200 £491
25th Percentile £416 £400 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £592
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -11.70% +18.35%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £716
90th Percentile £625 £625 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 52
10th Percentile £44.86 £24.66 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £36.25 £53.40
Median hourly rate £48.72 £58.75 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +2.44% -5.34%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.50 £61.30
90th Percentile - £63.38 £84.45
Hampshire median hourly rate £40.00 £62.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -36.00% +8.98% -4.42%

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

MCSA job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

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Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing MCSA

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Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing MCSA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing MCSA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (100.00%) IT Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Support
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Re-Platforming
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Dell DRAC
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) VMware