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 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 232 327
Rank change year-on-year -25 +95 -81
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 20 16 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.21% 0.28% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.69% 0.88% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 7 14 29
10th Percentile £38,000 £22,950 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £30,500 £21,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £37,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.60% -17.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £53,000 £56,563 £60,000
90th Percentile - £66,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £50,500 £57,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.17% +35.29% -2.30%

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 2,908 1,827 3,856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 31.14% 32.53% 34.43%
Number of salaries quoted 782 1,172 1,993
10th Percentile £31,025 £28,500 £28,602
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,560 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.84% +6.44% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

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 23 October 2024.

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 23 October 2024. 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 -28 14 £52,000 +73.33% 6
East Midlands -27 6 - - 2
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 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (70.00%) Azure
2 9 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (30.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (20.00%) Azure Stack
4 4 (20.00%) Cohesity
4 4 (20.00%) OneDrive
5 2 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (10.00%) Power Automate
5 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (10.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) DNS
2 8 (40.00%) SAN
3 6 (30.00%) DHCP
3 6 (30.00%) Firewall
3 6 (30.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (30.00%) VPN
4 4 (20.00%) FTP
5 3 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (15.00%) Wireless
6 1 (5.00%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (35.00%) Retail
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Back Office
3 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Finance
5 1 (5.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Service Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 5 (25.00%) IT Analyst
3 5 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
4 4 (20.00%) Lead
5 3 (15.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (10.00%) Developer
6 2 (10.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 2 (10.00%) Power Apps Developer
6 2 (10.00%) Senior
6 2 (10.00%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 2 (10.00%) Support Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (10.00%) Technical Support
6 2 (10.00%) Technical Support Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) IT Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) .NET
1 2 (10.00%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Wiki
2 2 (10.00%) Clustering
2 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (55.00%) Windows
2 6 (30.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (15.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (10.00%) Unix
4 2 (10.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) ITIL
2 9 (45.00%) Customer Service
3 8 (40.00%) ITSM
4 6 (30.00%) Computer Science
5 5 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (25.00%) Line Management
5 5 (25.00%) Service Management
6 4 (20.00%) Capacity Management
6 4 (20.00%) Storage Management
7 3 (15.00%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (15.00%) Problem Management
7 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
7 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery Management
8 2 (10.00%) Agile
8 2 (10.00%) Change Control
8 2 (10.00%) Change Management
8 2 (10.00%) CRM
8 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (10.00%) Scrum
8 2 (10.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (60.00%) SQL
2 5 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (10.00%) C#
3 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (40.00%) Degree
3 5 (25.00%) MCSE
3 5 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (15.00%) CCNA
4 3 (15.00%) CCNP
4 3 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (5.00%) A+ Certification
6 1 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (5.00%) DBS Check
6 1 (5.00%) HNC
6 1 (5.00%) HND
System Software
1 12 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (55.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (5.00%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (40.00%) SCCM
2 6 (30.00%) SCOM
3 2 (10.00%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 15 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (70.00%) VMware
3 10 (50.00%) HP
4 7 (35.00%) Citrix
5 4 (20.00%) IBM
6 3 (15.00%) Apple
6 3 (15.00%) Cisco
6 3 (15.00%) Veeam
7 1 (5.00%) Aruba
7 1 (5.00%) Dell