MCSA Contracts in Wiltshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 82 89
Rank change year-on-year +33 +7 -16
Contract jobs citing MCSA 8 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 1.78% 0.74% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.41% 0.97% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 3
10th Percentile £516 £419 -
25th Percentile £525 £519 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -2.27% +29.41%
75th Percentile £703 £556 £581
90th Percentile £733 - £585
South West median daily rate £625 £538 £400
% change year-on-year +16.28% +34.38% -5.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 332 724 770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 73.94% 76.69% 69.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 560 647
10th Percentile £313 £400 £400
25th Percentile £494 £475 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £579
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.01% +10.29%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £688 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £578
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 16
10th Percentile £18.58 - £40.63
25th Percentile £18.69 £14.25 £61.13
Median hourly rate £18.87 £42.75 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.86% -34.73% -0.46%
75th Percentile £39.44 £74.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £51.77 - £83.75
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £61.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.64% -6.15% +5.69%

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in Wiltshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for MCSA in Wiltshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCSA in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MCSA in Wiltshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for MCSA in Wiltshire

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Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Corsham +33 8 £625 +16.28% 1
MCSA
South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 6 (75.00%) Confluence
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (37.50%) Skype for Business
4 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) DHCP
1 4 (50.00%) DNS
2 3 (37.50%) Skype
3 2 (25.00%) iSCSI
3 2 (25.00%) SAN
3 2 (25.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (12.50%) Bitbucket
2 1 (12.50%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Test Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Service Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Test and Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Flash
2 1 (12.50%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) PKI
2 2 (25.00%) Clustering
2 2 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (37.50%) Windows 10
4 2 (25.00%) VMS
4 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Critical Thinking
2 5 (62.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 3 (37.50%) NsoIT
3 3 (37.50%) Service Management
3 3 (37.50%) System Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Validation
4 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) High Availability
4 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) Power Management
4 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Security Hardening
4 2 (25.00%) Server Management
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (87.50%) MCSE
2 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
3 6 (75.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (50.00%) Degree
5 3 (37.50%) Master's Degree
6 2 (25.00%) CCNA
6 2 (25.00%) CCNP
6 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (12.50%) OCA
7 1 (12.50%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (25.00%) VMware NSX
4 1 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) vCenter Server
2 2 (25.00%) OPNET
2 2 (25.00%) SCCM
2 2 (25.00%) SCOM
3 1 (12.50%) Ansible
3 1 (12.50%) PowerCLI
3 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) VMware
3 4 (50.00%) Atlassian
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle
5 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
5 1 (12.50%) Veeam