MCSA Job Trends in Essex

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 - 48
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 2 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.13% - 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.88% - 4.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - £45,400
25th Percentile - - £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 - £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile - - £51,500
90th Percentile - - £61,850
East of England median annual salary £36,000 £32,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +10.77% -35.64% +44.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 226 149 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 15.13% 23.46% 18.12%
Number of salaries quoted 102 90 48
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £29,813 £27,500 £28,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £36,000 £46,297
Median % change year-on-year +31.94% -22.24% -9.66%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,771 £57,813
90th Percentile £65,000 £79,000 £71,875
East of England median annual salary £51,000 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.43% -16.00% -9.09%

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

MCSA job vacancy trend in Essex

MCSA
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing MCSA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing MCSA

MCSA
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the Essex region over the 6 months to 5 September 2026. 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
Brentwood - 2 £36,000 - 2
MCSA
East of England

MCSA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft