MCSA Contract Job Trends 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 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 58 71
Rank change year-on-year +9 +13 -1
Contract jobs citing MCSA 4 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.98% 0.67% 0.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.25% 0.98% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile £537 £489 -
25th Percentile £555 £520 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £628 £594 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% +21.79% -7.14%
75th Percentile £665 £670 £519
90th Percentile £683 £703 £526
South West median daily rate £625 £594 £513
% change year-on-year +5.26% +15.85% +13.89%

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 320 409 573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 78.05% 68.39% 67.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 305 412
10th Percentile £374 £400 £413
25th Percentile £512 £500 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £550 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 0 20
10th Percentile £14.30 - £40.85
25th Percentile £18.87 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 - £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.26%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £58.13
90th Percentile - - £64.50
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £62.28
% change year-on-year -64.07% +12.40% +1.26%

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

MCSA job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

MCSA
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing MCSA

MCSA
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing MCSA

MCSA
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 5 October 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 +12 4 £628 +5.68% 2
MCSA
South West

MCSA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Confluence
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) Skype
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
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%) Military
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (25.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Automation 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 3 (75.00%) PKI
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
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Critical Thinking
1 3 (75.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (25.00%) OCA
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Atlassian
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (25.00%) Veeam