MCSA Jobs in the East Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 182 153
Rank change year-on-year +50 -29 +43
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 13 7 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.49% 0.16% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.84% 0.73% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 22
10th Percentile - £30,000 £31,075
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,688 £39,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -25.00% -12.62%
75th Percentile £38,750 £51,875 £56,563
90th Percentile £53,375 £57,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.79% +1.18% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East 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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,541 962 1,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 58.15% 21.87% 37.02%
Number of salaries quoted 275 564 296
10th Percentile £24,789 £25,075 £25,188
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £43,251 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.25% -3.89% +4.65%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £59,600
% change year-on-year - -7.72% +8.36%

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in the East Midlands

MCSA
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSA in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for MCSA in the East Midlands

MCSA
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSA in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MCSA in the East Midlands

MCSA
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire - 9 £35,000 - 2
Northamptonshire -14 2 £55,000 +83.33%
Leicestershire +36 1 £35,000 +3.70% 1
Nottinghamshire +21 1 - -
MCSA
England

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (84.62%) Azure
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (61.54%) AWS
2 8 (61.54%) PaaS
2 8 (61.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) DHCP
1 4 (30.77%) DNS
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
2 2 (15.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Legal
2 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) IT Support
2 7 (53.85%) Lead
2 7 (53.85%) Support Team Leader
2 7 (53.85%) Team Leader
3 3 (23.08%) Senior
4 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Service Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior IT Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior IT Support
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Support Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 8 (61.54%) Linux
3 2 (15.38%) Android
3 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) ITIL
2 8 (61.54%) Coaching
2 8 (61.54%) ITSM
2 8 (61.54%) Mentoring
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Time Management
4 2 (15.38%) Virtual Environments
5 1 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (84.62%) MCSE
3 10 (76.92%) MCP
4 8 (61.54%) CCNA
4 8 (61.54%) CCNP
4 8 (61.54%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (61.54%) Degree
5 2 (15.38%) A+ Certification
5 2 (15.38%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
6 1 (7.69%) MCITP
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (15.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (15.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) VMware
2 2 (15.38%) arcserve
2 2 (15.38%) HP
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Sophos