MCSA Jobs in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 634 761 861
Rank change year-on-year +127 +100 -238
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 197 168 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.19% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.81% 0.57% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 151 147 238
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,150 £27,125
25th Percentile £34,500 £32,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% - +6.25%
75th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £55,175
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £68,750
UK median annual salary £43,114 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.44% -5.56% +12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

MCSA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,441 29,265 35,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.46% 32.53% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 15,778 13,348 16,634
10th Percentile £28,418 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,600 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.72% +8.36% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.86% +7.73% -

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 10 May 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 10 May 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 +40 63 £39,000 +6.85% 5
London +118 61 £47,000 -10.48% 5
North of England +58 37 £40,000 -21.95% 7
Yorkshire +104 22 £37,500 -23.47% 3
Midlands -37 18 £43,227 +13.76% 5
West Midlands -7 11 £43,227 +64.67% 2
North West -7 11 £45,000 -18.18% 3
East of England +19 10 £42,500 -26.09% 9
South West -23 7 £33,000 -19.51% 5
East Midlands -30 7 £33,750 -25.00% 3
North East - 4 £29,500 - 1
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 63 (31.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (17.77%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.02%) IIS
4 1 (0.51%) Apache
4 1 (0.51%) Confluence
4 1 (0.51%) Drupal
4 1 (0.51%) WebSphere
Applications
1 36 (18.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.51%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.51%) PTC Creo
2 1 (0.51%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 113 (57.36%) Azure
2 79 (40.10%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (20.81%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (20.30%) IBM Cloud
5 26 (13.20%) AWS
6 20 (10.15%) Entra ID
7 15 (7.61%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (4.06%) Mimecast
9 6 (3.05%) OneDrive
9 6 (3.05%) Twilio
10 5 (2.54%) Azure Stack
10 5 (2.54%) GCP
11 4 (2.03%) IaaS
11 4 (2.03%) PaaS
11 4 (2.03%) Power Platform
12 2 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (1.02%) Azure Functions
12 2 (1.02%) Google Workspace
12 2 (1.02%) Serverless
12 2 (1.02%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 59 (29.95%) Firewall
2 40 (20.30%) DHCP
3 38 (19.29%) DNS
3 38 (19.29%) TCP/IP
4 35 (17.77%) VPN
5 27 (13.71%) VLAN
6 26 (13.20%) SAN
7 22 (11.17%) LAN
8 17 (8.63%) WAN
9 14 (7.11%) Internet
9 14 (7.11%) Wireless
10 11 (5.58%) Network Security
10 11 (5.58%) VoIP
11 10 (5.08%) SSL
12 7 (3.55%) NAS
12 7 (3.55%) WLAN
13 5 (2.54%) Intranet
13 5 (2.54%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (2.54%) IPsec
14 4 (2.03%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.09%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.03%) Power BI
2 4 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (1.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.02%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.02%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.51%) MySQL
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.51%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.03%) JIRA
2 2 (1.02%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.51%) Chocolatey
3 1 (0.51%) Git
3 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
General
1 63 (31.98%) Social Skills
2 41 (20.81%) Public Sector
3 19 (9.64%) Finance
4 13 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.09%) Billing
6 10 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.55%) Law
7 7 (3.55%) Legal
8 6 (3.05%) Automotive
9 4 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.03%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.03%) Police
9 4 (2.03%) Retail
10 3 (1.52%) Banking
10 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.02%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.02%) Marketing
12 1 (0.51%) Back Office
12 1 (0.51%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (14.21%) IT Support
2 23 (11.68%) Analyst
3 13 (6.60%) Architect
3 13 (6.60%) IT Engineer
3 13 (6.60%) Support Engineer
4 12 (6.09%) Infrastructure Architect
4 12 (6.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (5.58%) 3rd Line Support
6 9 (4.57%) IT Support Engineer
6 9 (4.57%) Support Analyst
7 8 (4.06%) IT Manager
7 8 (4.06%) Network Manager
7 8 (4.06%) Server Engineer
8 7 (3.55%) Administrator
8 7 (3.55%) Consultant
9 6 (3.05%) IT Administrator
9 6 (3.05%) Network Engineer
9 6 (3.05%) Network Security Engineer
9 6 (3.05%) Security Engineer
9 6 (3.05%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.52%) .NET
2 1 (0.51%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.51%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.51%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.51%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.51%) XML
2 1 (0.51%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (20.30%) Blockchain
1 40 (20.30%) Distributed Systems
1 40 (20.30%) Hybrid Cloud
2 32 (16.24%) Data Centre
2 32 (16.24%) Replication
3 18 (9.14%) Management Information System
4 13 (6.60%) Public Cloud
5 11 (5.58%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.55%) Clustering
7 6 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.54%) PKI
9 4 (2.03%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.52%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.52%) Mobile Computing
10 3 (1.52%) Raspberry Pi
11 2 (1.02%) CCTV
11 2 (1.02%) Fat Client
11 2 (1.02%) iPhone
11 2 (1.02%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 121 (61.42%) Windows
2 89 (45.18%) Windows Server
3 71 (36.04%) Linux
4 41 (20.81%) CentOS
5 40 (20.30%) Alpine Linux
5 40 (20.30%) Debian
6 26 (13.20%) Windows 10
7 18 (9.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (8.63%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (7.11%) Windows Server 2008
10 12 (6.09%) SUSE
10 12 (6.09%) Ubuntu
11 11 (5.58%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (3.55%) Apple iOS
12 7 (3.55%) Windows Vista
13 4 (2.03%) Android
13 4 (2.03%) Unix
14 2 (1.02%) VMS
14 2 (1.02%) Windows 2000
14 2 (1.02%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (31.98%) ITIL
2 47 (23.86%) Artificial Intelligence
3 45 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (21.32%) CI/CD
4 42 (21.32%) Task Automation
5 41 (20.81%) DevOps
6 40 (20.30%) Co-Creation
6 40 (20.30%) Data Science
6 40 (20.30%) Functional Testing
6 40 (20.30%) Separation of Concerns
6 40 (20.30%) Technology Transformation
7 37 (18.78%) Cybersecurity
8 31 (15.74%) Customer Service
9 29 (14.72%) Kalman Filter
10 24 (12.18%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (11.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 21 (10.66%) Project Delivery
13 17 (8.63%) Network Monitoring
13 17 (8.63%) Proactive Monitoring
14 16 (8.12%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 43 (21.83%) PowerShell
2 31 (15.74%) SQL
3 4 (2.03%) C#
4 2 (1.02%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.02%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.51%) Bash
5 1 (0.51%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.51%) Python
Qualifications
1 197 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 127 (64.47%) MCSE
3 60 (30.46%) Degree
4 46 (23.35%) Azure Certification
5 35 (17.77%) CCNA
5 35 (17.77%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (15.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 25 (12.69%) MCP
8 15 (7.61%) A+ Certification
8 15 (7.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (7.11%) CREST Certified
10 12 (6.09%) Network+ Certification
11 9 (4.57%) CompTIA Security+
11 9 (4.57%) Security Cleared
12 8 (4.06%) SC Cleared
13 7 (3.55%) CCNP
13 7 (3.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (2.54%) CompTIA CySA+
14 5 (2.54%) GIAC
14 5 (2.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.57%) GDPR
1 9 (4.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.54%) NCSC
4 2 (1.02%) SLA
5 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.51%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.51%) NIST
5 1 (0.51%) QA
System Software
1 101 (51.27%) Active Directory
2 61 (30.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (20.30%) Docker
4 27 (13.71%) vSphere
5 20 (10.15%) Hyper-V
6 12 (6.09%) vCloud
7 6 (3.05%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.52%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.51%) Firmware
9 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.51%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 42 (21.32%) Terraform
2 40 (20.30%) Kubernetes
3 18 (9.14%) SCCM
4 14 (7.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (4.57%) SCOM
6 4 (2.03%) FortiGate
6 4 (2.03%) WSUS
7 3 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.02%) Ansible
8 2 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.02%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.51%) Nessus
9 1 (0.51%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.51%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.51%) Puppet
9 1 (0.51%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 120 (60.91%) Microsoft
2 68 (34.52%) VMware
3 45 (22.84%) Red Hat
4 41 (20.81%) IBM
5 39 (19.80%) Cisco
6 24 (12.18%) HP
7 17 (8.63%) Veeam
8 14 (7.11%) Bloomberg
8 14 (7.11%) FactSet
8 14 (7.11%) MobileIron
8 14 (7.11%) Refinitiv
9 12 (6.09%) Fujitsu
10 10 (5.08%) Apple
10 10 (5.08%) Dell
10 10 (5.08%) Draytek
11 8 (4.06%) Citrix
11 8 (4.06%) Google
12 7 (3.55%) Palo Alto
13 6 (3.05%) Aruba
13 6 (3.05%) Meraki