MCSA Contracts in the West Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 - 127
Rank change year-on-year - - +50
Contract jobs citing MCSA 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.065% - 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% - 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.96%
75th Percentile - - £338
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £260 £538 £520
% change year-on-year -51.63% +3.37% +15.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 490 693 593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.74% 33.62% 26.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 431 371
10th Percentile £155 £290 £313
25th Percentile £325 £363 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% +13.68%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £634
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 35 17
10th Percentile £18.69 £14.00 £11.60
25th Percentile £25.11 £21.63 £12.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.50 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +37.65% +42.79%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £35.08
90th Percentile £51.25 £58.75 £60.90
England median hourly rate £28.18 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -33.69% -22.73% +34.38%

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for MCSA in the West Midlands

MCSA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for MCSA in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 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
Birmingham - 1 - - 3
MCSA
England

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Project Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft