MCSA Job Trends in Hertfordshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 99 76
Rank change year-on-year +11 -23 +41
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 2 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.12% 0.083% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.35% 0.17% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £29,125 - -
25th Percentile £33,438 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £48,438 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £52,375 - -
East of England median annual salary £32,500 £51,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -36.27% +10.87% -20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 578 587 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 33.98% 48.67% 31.27%
Number of salaries quoted 213 165 189
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,200 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,000 £72,500 £72,500
East of England median annual salary £46,750 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.79% +0.95% +5.00%

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

MCSA job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

MCSA
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing MCSA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing MCSA

MCSA
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSA in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for MCSA in Hertfordshire

MCSA
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Watford - 1 £27,500 -
Hatfield - 1 £55,000 -
MCSA
East of England

MCSA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) IaaS
2 1 (50.00%) PaaS
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (50.00%) IT Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 2000
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 8
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Bicep
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) MCDST
2 1 (50.00%) MCITP
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Veeam