MCSA Job Trends 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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 396 386
Rank change year-on-year +39 -10 +208
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 17 32 57
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.12% 0.21% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.42% 0.64% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 13 13 55
10th Percentile - £38,200 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £46,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% -15.38% +25.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,750 £91,500 £80,375
England median annual salary £32,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -35.00% - +11.11%

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 4,013 5,007 4,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.45% 32.27% 26.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,128 2,016 3,535
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,000 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.87%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,125 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

MCSA job vacancy trend in London

MCSA
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing MCSA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing MCSA

MCSA
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSA in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 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
Central London +37 4 £68,750 +31.58% 1
West London -7 2 £28,500 - 2
North London +8 1 £32,500 -13.33%
MCSA
England

MCSA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.88%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) Entra ID
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (17.65%) Mimecast
3 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.88%) AWS
4 1 (5.88%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) TCP/IP
2 4 (23.53%) Firewall
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (11.76%) DHCP
4 2 (11.76%) DNS
4 2 (11.76%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (11.76%) Network Security
4 2 (11.76%) SAN
5 1 (5.88%) 3G
5 1 (5.88%) 4G
5 1 (5.88%) ADSL
5 1 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (5.88%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (5.88%) LAN
5 1 (5.88%) NAS
5 1 (5.88%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (5.88%) VDSL
5 1 (5.88%) VLAN
5 1 (5.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (41.18%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (11.76%) MongoDB
2 2 (11.76%) MySQL
2 2 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (11.76%) Power BI
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (11.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (29.41%) JIRA
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Law
5 1 (5.88%) Military
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) IT Support
2 3 (17.65%) Administrator
2 3 (17.65%) IT Administrator
2 3 (17.65%) IT Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) IT Support Technician
2 3 (17.65%) IT Systems Administrator
2 3 (17.65%) IT Technician
2 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Support Technician
2 3 (17.65%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (11.76%) 1st Line Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (11.76%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Developer
3 2 (11.76%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Network Support
3 2 (11.76%) Network Support Technician
3 2 (11.76%) Network Technician
3 2 (11.76%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) .NET
2 2 (11.76%) REST
2 2 (11.76%) Web Services
3 1 (5.88%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Driving Licence
2 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
3 2 (11.76%) Data Structures
4 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (5.88%) Eurex
4 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (64.71%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Windows Server
3 3 (17.65%) Linux
4 2 (11.76%) Windows 10
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (5.88%) Solaris
5 1 (5.88%) Ubuntu
5 1 (5.88%) Unix
5 1 (5.88%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (29.41%) Change Management
3 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
3 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
4 3 (17.65%) ITIL
5 2 (11.76%) Break/Fix
5 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (11.76%) Data Integration
5 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
5 2 (11.76%) Data Security
5 2 (11.76%) ETL
5 2 (11.76%) Information Security
5 2 (11.76%) Information Security Management
5 2 (11.76%) Internal Audit
5 2 (11.76%) Mathematics
5 2 (11.76%) Security Management
5 2 (11.76%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (11.76%) Visualisation
5 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
2 3 (17.65%) Python
3 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.88%) C#
4 1 (5.88%) Java
4 1 (5.88%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (52.94%) Degree
2 9 (52.94%) MCSE
3 8 (47.06%) MCP
4 6 (35.29%) CCNA
4 6 (35.29%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (23.53%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (17.65%) A+ Certification
6 3 (17.65%) MCITP
6 3 (17.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (11.76%) CCNP
7 2 (11.76%) CCSP
7 2 (11.76%) CISA
7 2 (11.76%) CISM
7 2 (11.76%) CISSP
7 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (11.76%) DBS Check
7 2 (11.76%) HNC
7 2 (11.76%) HND
7 2 (11.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) GDPR
1 2 (11.76%) HIPAA
1 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (11.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 6 (35.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (11.76%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
4 1 (5.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) vCenter Server
2 1 (5.88%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 7 (41.18%) VMware
3 5 (29.41%) Cisco
4 4 (23.53%) Bloomberg
4 4 (23.53%) Reuters
5 3 (17.65%) LogicMonitor
5 3 (17.65%) Okta
5 3 (17.65%) Sophos
5 3 (17.65%) Zscaler
6 2 (11.76%) Dataiku
6 2 (11.76%) Oracle
6 2 (11.76%) Red Hat
7 1 (5.88%) Commvault
7 1 (5.88%) CQG
7 1 (5.88%) Dell
7 1 (5.88%) Google
7 1 (5.88%) HP
7 1 (5.88%) ION Trading
7 1 (5.88%) Juniper
7 1 (5.88%) Patsystems