MCSA Jobs in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 360 404
Rank change year-on-year +42 +44 -6
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 23 37 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.20% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.95% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 18 35 25
10th Percentile - £27,750 £29,700
25th Percentile £26,750 £32,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,750 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% -23.81% +23.53%
75th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £41,250 £57,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.79% +1.18% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,701 3,894 5,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 58.09% 22.26% 30.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,106 2,686 1,758
10th Percentile £27,372 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,748 £35,000 £38,903
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £48,500 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% -11.63% +15.54%
75th Percentile £58,943 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,229 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +9.09%

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in the North of England

MCSA
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSA in the North of England.

Salary trend for MCSA in the North of England

MCSA
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSA in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MCSA in the North of England

MCSA
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 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
Yorkshire +57 14 £28,500 -24.00% 2
North West -5 7 £37,500 -16.67% 6
North East +40 2 £37,500 +27.12% 5
MCSA
England

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 11 (47.83%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.35%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) Azure
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (17.39%) AWS
3 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (43.48%) Cisco IOS
1 10 (43.48%) Wireless
2 1 (4.35%) DNS
2 1 (4.35%) Firewall
2 1 (4.35%) NAS
2 1 (4.35%) SAN
2 1 (4.35%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 10 (43.48%) Law
2 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.35%) Finance
5 1 (4.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Analyst
2 8 (34.78%) IT Analyst
2 8 (34.78%) Support Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) 2nd Line Support
3 7 (30.43%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) IT Support
3 7 (30.43%) IT Support Analyst
4 5 (21.74%) IT Technician
4 5 (21.74%) Senior
4 5 (21.74%) Senior IT Technician
4 5 (21.74%) Senior Technician
5 3 (13.04%) Help Desk Support
6 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Service Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Support Specialist
6 2 (8.70%) Technical Specialist
6 2 (8.70%) Technical Support
6 2 (8.70%) Technical Support Specialist
7 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Management Information System
2 4 (17.39%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 18 (78.26%) Windows
1 18 (78.26%) Windows Server
2 17 (73.91%) Windows 10
3 15 (65.22%) Mac OS X
4 14 (60.87%) Linux
5 5 (21.74%) Mac OS
6 1 (4.35%) Android
6 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
6 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (43.48%) Service Delivery
3 5 (21.74%) Customer Service
3 5 (21.74%) Proactive Maintenance
3 5 (21.74%) Software Distribution
4 4 (17.39%) Document Management
4 4 (17.39%) Workflow
5 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.70%) Task Automation
6 1 (4.35%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (4.35%) Decision-Making
6 1 (4.35%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (4.35%) Incident Response
6 1 (4.35%) Patch Management
6 1 (4.35%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 1 (4.35%) Security Hardening
6 1 (4.35%) Server Hardening
6 1 (4.35%) Server Management
6 1 (4.35%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (69.57%) SQL
2 10 (43.48%) Python
3 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.35%) VB
4 1 (4.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 23 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (52.17%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (47.83%) Degree
4 10 (43.48%) CCNP
5 7 (30.43%) MCSE
5 7 (30.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (21.74%) ACSP
6 5 (21.74%) HP AIS
6 5 (21.74%) MCP
6 5 (21.74%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (8.70%) CCNA
8 1 (4.35%) CEH
8 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
8 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (21.74%) SLA
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 19 (82.61%) Active Directory
2 5 (21.74%) vSphere
3 4 (17.39%) Hyper-V
4 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (4.35%) BitLocker
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) SCCM
2 4 (17.39%) PaperCut
3 2 (8.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) Cisco
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 8 (34.78%) VMware
3 7 (30.43%) Veeam
4 5 (21.74%) Apple
4 5 (21.74%) HP
5 1 (4.35%) Google
5 1 (4.35%) McAfee
5 1 (4.35%) Symantec