MCSA Jobs in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 215 306 285
Rank change year-on-year +91 -21 +31
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 28 19 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.40% 0.16% 0.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.71% 0.66% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 21 19 38
10th Percentile - £24,100 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £28,750 £25,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £43,227 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.03% +13.76% -10.59%
75th Percentile £37,500 £50,000 £52,169
90th Percentile £38,750 £55,500 £59,500
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
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,944 2,872 3,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.78% 24.60% 39.84%
Number of salaries quoted 848 1,853 1,277
10th Percentile £26,675 £25,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,625 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,014 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in the Midlands

MCSA
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for MCSA in the Midlands

MCSA
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for MCSA in the Midlands

MCSA
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +56 19 £35,000 -19.03% 3
East Midlands +53 9 £35,000 +3.70% 5
MCSA
England

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (53.57%) Azure
1 15 (53.57%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (17.86%) AWS
2 5 (17.86%) PaaS
2 5 (17.86%) SaaS
3 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (42.86%) LAN
1 12 (42.86%) WAN
2 9 (32.14%) DHCP
2 9 (32.14%) DNS
2 9 (32.14%) Firewall
3 8 (28.57%) VPN
4 2 (7.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (17.86%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.57%) Legal
4 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 13 (46.43%) Support Engineer
2 12 (42.86%) Infrastructure Support
2 12 (42.86%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 7 (25.00%) Analyst
4 6 (21.43%) IT Support
5 5 (17.86%) Lead
5 5 (17.86%) Support Analyst
5 5 (17.86%) Support Team Leader
5 5 (17.86%) Team Leader
5 5 (17.86%) Technical Analyst
5 5 (17.86%) Technical Support
5 5 (17.86%) Technical Support Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) IT Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Senior
6 2 (7.14%) Service Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 5 (17.86%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (78.57%) Windows Server
3 7 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 6 (21.43%) Linux
4 6 (21.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (7.14%) Android
5 2 (7.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (35.71%) ITIL
2 10 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 6 (21.43%) Logistics
4 5 (17.86%) Asset Management
4 5 (17.86%) Coaching
4 5 (17.86%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (17.86%) Customer Experience
4 5 (17.86%) ITSM
4 5 (17.86%) Mentoring
5 2 (7.14%) Incident Management
5 2 (7.14%) Problem Management
6 1 (3.57%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (3.57%) Change Management
6 1 (3.57%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.57%) Data Protection
6 1 (3.57%) Process Improvement
6 1 (3.57%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.57%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (64.29%) MCP
2 18 (64.29%) MCSE
3 14 (50.00%) A+ Certification
4 12 (42.86%) Degree
5 6 (21.43%) CCNA
5 6 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (17.86%) CCNP
7 2 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
7 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
8 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
8 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
8 1 (3.57%) MCITP
System Software
1 18 (64.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.57%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (53.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) VMware
3 2 (7.14%) HP
3 2 (7.14%) Sophos
4 1 (3.57%) arcserve
4 1 (3.57%) Cisco
4 1 (3.57%) Meraki