MCSA Jobs in Bristol

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 152 -
Rank change year-on-year +51 - -
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 3 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.25% 0.12% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 0.37% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile £37,750 - -
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £32,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% - -
75th Percentile £63,125 £37,500 -
90th Percentile £70,250 £44,250 -
South West median annual salary £46,250 £33,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year +40.15% -19.51% -4.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

MCSA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 543 1,078 904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 46.06% 32.96% 35.44%
Number of salaries quoted 343 776 446
10th Percentile £37,574 £35,375 £28,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £60,000 £57,078
Median % change year-on-year -12.33% +5.12% +7.47%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £85,625
South West median annual salary £52,600 £55,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year -4.36% +0.22% +9.76%

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in Bristol

MCSA
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSA in Bristol.

Salary trend for MCSA in Bristol

MCSA
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSA in Bristol over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MCSA in Bristol

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure AKS
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DMZ
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
1 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (33.33%) Extreme Programming
1 1 (33.33%) Fintech
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Kanban
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Scrum
1 1 (33.33%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) AWS Certification
3 1 (33.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 1 (33.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) MCP
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Iperf
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Ruckus Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) SonicWALL