MCSA Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 147 153
Rank change year-on-year +33 +6 +6
Contract jobs citing MCSA 4 9 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.22% 0.27% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.42% 0.51% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 10
10th Percentile £503 £499 £469
25th Percentile £517 £519 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £538 £519
Median % change year-on-year +9.77% +3.61% +38.33%
75th Percentile £709 £556 £575
90th Percentile £734 - £609
England median daily rate £260 £538 £520
% change year-on-year -51.63% +3.37% +15.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 945 1,758 1,838
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 53.03% 53.40% 53.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 1,126 1,298
10th Percentile £214 £366 £400
25th Percentile £413 £467 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £579
Median % change year-on-year - -5.01% +10.29%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 198 144
10th Percentile £18.51 £25.00 £38.12
25th Percentile £19.41 £40.00 £55.00
Median hourly rate £31.13 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.12% - +6.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £80.00
90th Percentile £74.75 £78.60 £85.88
England median hourly rate £28.58 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.76% -22.73% +32.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing MCSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCSA in the South West.

Daily rate trend for MCSA in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCSA in the South West over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MCSA in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCSA in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for MCSA in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire +28 4 £590 +9.77%
MCSA
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Confluence
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) Skype
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (25.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (25.00%) Git
2 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Military
3 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (25.00%) NsoIT
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Service Management
4 1 (25.00%) System Testing
4 1 (25.00%) TDD
4 1 (25.00%) Use Case
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (75.00%) MCSE
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (25.00%) OCA
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) PowerCLI
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
1 1 (25.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Atlassian
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (25.00%) Veeam