MCSA Jobs in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 640 682 895
Rank change year-on-year +42 +213 -194
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 160 152 297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.21% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.75% 0.64% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 104 124 258
10th Percentile £27,050 £29,225 £25,588
25th Percentile £34,125 £33,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £54,063 £64,063 £53,750
90th Percentile £59,800 £80,988 £65,500
UK median annual salary £43,000 £48,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.34% +14.12% +6.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,233 23,740 40,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.10% 33.40% 27.54%
Number of salaries quoted 12,087 12,302 17,912
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,770 £95,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in England

MCSA
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for MCSA in England

MCSA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSA in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSA in England

MCSA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the England region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
South East +38 58 £41,250 -8.33% 5
London +52 37 £47,000 -30.88% 5
North of England +13 20 £37,000 -10.84% 9
Midlands -33 18 £43,227 +1.71% 3
East of England +3 14 £42,500 +21.43% 3
South West +2 13 £41,000 -1.80% 4
Yorkshire +64 12 £37,250 -5.70% 3
West Midlands -5 10 £43,227 +45.30% 2
East Midlands -38 8 £34,000 -24.44% 1
North West -14 4 £30,000 -33.33% 2
North East - 4 £29,500 - 4
MCSA
UK

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 47 (29.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (19.38%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.25%) Confluence
4 1 (0.63%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (17.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.25%) Shopify
3 1 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 99 (61.88%) Azure
2 56 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (24.38%) Azure AI
4 39 (24.38%) IBM Cloud
5 25 (15.63%) AWS
6 17 (10.63%) Entra ID
7 11 (6.88%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (6.25%) OneDrive
9 8 (5.00%) Azure Stack
10 6 (3.75%) Power Platform
10 6 (3.75%) Twilio
11 5 (3.13%) Mimecast
12 4 (2.50%) Cohesity
13 3 (1.88%) Azure Functions
13 3 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (1.88%) Google Workspace
13 3 (1.88%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.88%) Serverless
14 2 (1.25%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (30.00%) Firewall
2 32 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 30 (18.75%) DNS
4 28 (17.50%) DHCP
5 20 (12.50%) VPN
6 17 (10.63%) SAN
7 13 (8.13%) LAN
8 12 (7.50%) Internet
8 12 (7.50%) Wireless
9 11 (6.88%) Network Security
9 11 (6.88%) VLAN
10 9 (5.63%) NAS
10 9 (5.63%) SSL
10 9 (5.63%) WAN
11 6 (3.75%) VoIP
11 6 (3.75%) WLAN
12 5 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (3.13%) IPsec
12 5 (3.13%) NGFW
13 4 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (11.88%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.88%) Power BI
2 3 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.25%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.25%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.88%) JIRA
2 2 (1.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (29.38%) Social Skills
2 39 (24.38%) Public Sector
3 16 (10.00%) Finance
4 14 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.13%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.50%) Banking
7 4 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.50%) Legal
7 4 (2.50%) Police
7 4 (2.50%) Retail
8 3 (1.88%) Automotive
8 3 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.88%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.25%) Back Office
9 2 (1.25%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.25%) Law
9 2 (1.25%) Marketing
10 1 (0.63%) Billing
10 1 (0.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 23 (14.38%) IT Support
2 15 (9.38%) Analyst
3 10 (6.25%) IT Engineer
3 10 (6.25%) Support Engineer
4 9 (5.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (4.38%) Consultant
5 7 (4.38%) IT Support Engineer
5 7 (4.38%) Network Manager
6 6 (3.75%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (3.75%) Lead
6 6 (3.75%) Network Engineer
6 6 (3.75%) Network Security Engineer
6 6 (3.75%) Security Engineer
7 5 (3.13%) IT Support Technician
7 5 (3.13%) IT Technician
7 5 (3.13%) Security Analyst
7 5 (3.13%) Senior
7 5 (3.13%) Server Engineer
7 5 (3.13%) Support Analyst
7 5 (3.13%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.50%) .NET
2 2 (1.25%) HTML5 Canvas
2 2 (1.25%) REST
3 1 (0.63%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.63%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.63%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.63%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 41 (25.63%) Hybrid Cloud
2 39 (24.38%) Blockchain
2 39 (24.38%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (11.25%) Replication
4 16 (10.00%) Data Centre
4 16 (10.00%) Management Information System
5 10 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.75%) PKI
7 5 (3.13%) Private Cloud
8 4 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.50%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.88%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.88%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.88%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.88%) Raspberry Pi
10 2 (1.25%) CCTV
10 2 (1.25%) Fat Client
10 2 (1.25%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.25%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 81 (50.63%) Windows
2 60 (37.50%) Linux
3 53 (33.13%) Windows Server
4 39 (24.38%) Alpine Linux
4 39 (24.38%) CentOS
4 39 (24.38%) Debian
5 22 (13.75%) Windows 10
6 16 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (7.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (5.63%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (5.63%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (4.38%) Apple iOS
10 4 (2.50%) Windows Vista
11 3 (1.88%) Android
11 3 (1.88%) Windows 7
11 3 (1.88%) Windows 8
12 2 (1.25%) Mac OS
12 2 (1.25%) VMS
12 2 (1.25%) Windows 2000
12 2 (1.25%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (31.88%) ITIL
2 42 (26.25%) Artificial Intelligence
2 42 (26.25%) Task Automation
3 41 (25.63%) CI/CD
4 40 (25.00%) DevOps
5 39 (24.38%) Co-Creation
5 39 (24.38%) Data Science
5 39 (24.38%) Functional Testing
5 39 (24.38%) Separation of Concerns
5 39 (24.38%) Technology Transformation
6 34 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
8 29 (18.13%) Customer Service
9 21 (13.13%) Kalman Filter
10 20 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
11 16 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
12 15 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 12 (7.50%) Line Management
14 11 (6.88%) Email Filtering
14 11 (6.88%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 23 (14.38%) PowerShell
2 20 (12.50%) SQL
3 5 (3.13%) C#
4 4 (2.50%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.88%) Java
6 2 (1.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 160 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 91 (56.88%) MCSE
3 46 (28.75%) Azure Certification
4 43 (26.88%) Degree
5 31 (19.38%) CCNA
5 31 (19.38%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (15.00%) MCP
7 17 (10.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 10 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (6.25%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (5.00%) A+ Certification
9 8 (5.00%) CCNP
9 8 (5.00%) CREST Certified
9 8 (5.00%) SC Cleared
9 8 (5.00%) Security Cleared
10 5 (3.13%) CompTIA CySA+
10 5 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (3.13%) GIAC
11 4 (2.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (2.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (5.00%) GDPR
3 5 (3.13%) NCSC
4 3 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.88%) SLA
5 2 (1.25%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.63%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.63%) NIST
6 1 (0.63%) QA
System Software
1 65 (40.63%) Active Directory
2 45 (28.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (25.63%) Docker
4 20 (12.50%) Hyper-V
5 19 (11.88%) vSphere
6 10 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.50%) VMware Workstation
8 3 (1.88%) VMware NSX
9 2 (1.25%) Firmware
9 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (1.25%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.63%) vCloud
10 1 (0.63%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 42 (26.25%) Terraform
2 41 (25.63%) Kubernetes
3 15 (9.38%) SCCM
4 13 (8.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (4.38%) WSUS
6 6 (3.75%) SCOM
7 3 (1.88%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.63%) Nessus
9 1 (0.63%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.63%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 100 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 53 (33.13%) VMware
3 43 (26.88%) IBM
4 42 (26.25%) Red Hat
5 31 (19.38%) Cisco
6 16 (10.00%) HP
7 13 (8.13%) Dell
8 11 (6.88%) Citrix
9 10 (6.25%) Veeam
10 9 (5.63%) Palo Alto
11 8 (5.00%) Bloomberg
11 8 (5.00%) Draytek
11 8 (5.00%) FactSet
11 8 (5.00%) MobileIron
11 8 (5.00%) Refinitiv
12 7 (4.38%) Apple
12 7 (4.38%) Juniper
13 6 (3.75%) Google
13 6 (3.75%) Sophos
14 5 (3.13%) SonicWALL