The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 25 October 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
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 Staffordshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications
21
20
53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire
26.25%
10.87%
18.86%
Number of daily rates quoted
11
11
36
Median daily rate
£375
£440
£363
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.77%
+21.38%
+6.62%
10th Percentile
£305
£301
£281
90th Percentile
£438
£515
£499
West Midlands median daily rate
£432
£450
£400
% change year-on-year
-4.00%
+12.50%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
5
3
Median hourly rate
-
£35.00
£52.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
-
-32.69%
+80.09%
Median hourly rate
£27.67
£29.96
£16.00
% change year-on-year
-7.67%
+87.27%
-45.76%
MCSA Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Job postings citing MCSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
MCSA Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCSA in Staffordshire.
MCSA Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCSA in Staffordshire.
MCSA Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 25 October 2020. 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
MCSA Top 17 Co-occurring IT Skills in Staffordshire
For the 6 months to 25 October 2020, IT contractor jobs citing MCSA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Staffordshire region with a requirement for MCSA.
MCSA Co-occurring IT Skills in Staffordshire by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
