MCSA Jobs in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 438 575
Rank change year-on-year +61 +137 +223
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 15 64 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.27% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.35% 0.95% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 14 64 43
10th Percentile £43,550 £33,950 £32,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £39,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,875 £47,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.86% -10.48% +25.00%
75th Percentile £51,000 £67,500 £56,875
90th Percentile £55,550 - £72,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £43,000 £43,125
% change year-on-year -12.79% -0.29% +1.47%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,310 6,752 9,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 33.84% 28.59% 25.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,015 4,304 5,754
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £49,725 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £105,000 £110,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in London

MCSA
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for MCSA in London

MCSA
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSA in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MCSA in London

MCSA
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +29 10 £47,000 -4.08% 2
West London +45 1 - -
MCSA
England

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) Azure
2 6 (40.00%) AWS
3 4 (26.67%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (6.67%) Mimecast
5 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Firewall
1 6 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (33.33%) IPsec
2 5 (33.33%) SSL
3 2 (13.33%) SAN
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (6.67%) LAN
4 1 (6.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Git
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Advertising
3 1 (6.67%) Back Office
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Analyst
1 5 (33.33%) Security Analyst
1 5 (33.33%) Server Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) IT Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (6.67%) Administrator
3 1 (6.67%) Build Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Customer Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Expert
3 1 (6.67%) Project Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Security Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Server Build Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Service Desk Administrator
3 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.67%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Linux
3 5 (33.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (6.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) ITIL
2 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (40.00%) Information Security
2 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 5 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 5 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
3 5 (33.33%) Change Control
3 5 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 5 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 5 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 5 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 2 (13.33%) Configuration Management
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Data Privacy
5 1 (6.67%) Emotional Intelligence
5 1 (6.67%) Patch Management
5 1 (6.67%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Bash
1 1 (6.67%) Java
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 5 (33.33%) GIAC
3 3 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (13.33%) Azure Certification
5 1 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (6.67%) AWS Certification
5 1 (6.67%) CISA
5 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (6.67%) CISM
5 1 (6.67%) CISSP
5 1 (6.67%) CRISC
5 1 (6.67%) Dell Certification
5 1 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (6.67%) MCP
5 1 (6.67%) MCSE
5 1 (6.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (33.33%) NCSC
3 4 (26.67%) SLA
4 1 (6.67%) GDPR
4 1 (6.67%) NIST
4 1 (6.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (13.33%) Hyper-V
4 1 (6.67%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.67%) Ansible
2 1 (6.67%) Progress Chef
2 1 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (6.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (46.67%) VMware
3 3 (20.00%) Cisco
4 2 (13.33%) Dell
4 2 (13.33%) Veeam
5 1 (6.67%) Avaya
5 1 (6.67%) Bloomberg
5 1 (6.67%) Citrix
5 1 (6.67%) Fortinet
5 1 (6.67%) Fujitsu
5 1 (6.67%) Google
5 1 (6.67%) HP
5 1 (6.67%) Juniper
5 1 (6.67%) LogicMonitor
5 1 (6.67%) Okta
5 1 (6.67%) Red Hat
5 1 (6.67%) Reuters
5 1 (6.67%) Sophos
5 1 (6.67%) WatchGuard
5 1 (6.67%) Zscaler