MCSA Jobs in the North of England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 360 402 395
Rank change year-on-year +42 -7 -77
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 30 29 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.17% 0.17% 0.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.77% 0.54% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 29 29 55
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,400 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £47,000 £58,750 £56,300
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £57,770
England median annual salary £43,227 £44,375 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.59% +4.41% +8.97%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

MCSA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,877 5,329 5,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.46% 30.34% 28.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2,653 1,780 2,478
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,013 £52,500 £47,625
Median % change year-on-year -8.55% +10.24% -4.75%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,273 £83,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,960 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.11% +5.38% -

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 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
Yorkshire +99 19 £40,000 -17.53% 6
North West -3 7 £47,000 -18.26% 3
North East - 4 £29,500 - 1
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 12 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (23.33%) Azure
3 4 (13.33%) Azure Stack
4 3 (10.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (6.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (36.67%) Firewall
1 11 (36.67%) LAN
2 10 (33.33%) VLAN
3 9 (30.00%) VPN
4 8 (26.67%) TCP/IP
5 7 (23.33%) Internet
6 6 (20.00%) VoIP
6 6 (20.00%) WAN
7 5 (16.67%) SAN
8 4 (13.33%) DHCP
8 4 (13.33%) DNS
8 4 (13.33%) NAS
8 4 (13.33%) SSL
8 4 (13.33%) WLAN
9 3 (10.00%) IPv4
10 2 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Law
3 3 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 5 (16.67%) IT Support
3 4 (13.33%) Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 3 (10.00%) E-Commerce Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Help Desk Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Senior
4 3 (10.00%) Server Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Systems Manager
5 2 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (6.67%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Management Information System
1 4 (13.33%) Replication
1 4 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (10.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (86.67%) Windows
2 19 (63.33%) Windows Server
3 10 (33.33%) Linux
4 4 (13.33%) Windows 10
5 3 (10.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (36.67%) Customer Service
2 11 (36.67%) ITIL
3 7 (23.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 5 (16.67%) Server Virtualisation
5 4 (13.33%) Computer Science
5 4 (13.33%) Containerisation
5 4 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (13.33%) Email Filtering
5 4 (13.33%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (13.33%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (13.33%) Proactive Monitoring
5 4 (13.33%) Security Hardening
5 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
5 4 (13.33%) Time Management
5 4 (13.33%) Virtual Environments
5 4 (13.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 4 (13.33%) Web Filtering
6 3 (10.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) PowerShell
2 3 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (70.00%) MCSE
3 13 (43.33%) CCNA
3 13 (43.33%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (23.33%) Degree
4 7 (23.33%) MCP
5 4 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (13.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (13.33%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (13.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (6.67%) A+ Certification
6 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
7 1 (3.33%) CCENT
7 1 (3.33%) MCDST
7 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.33%) VTSP
System Software
1 18 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 14 (46.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (30.00%) Hyper-V
4 7 (23.33%) vSphere
5 3 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (26.67%) SCCM
2 4 (13.33%) WSUS
3 3 (10.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 19 (63.33%) Microsoft
2 14 (46.67%) VMware
3 5 (16.67%) Google
4 4 (13.33%) Cisco
4 4 (13.33%) Veeam
5 3 (10.00%) Acronis
5 3 (10.00%) Datto
5 3 (10.00%) Draytek
5 3 (10.00%) LogicMonitor
5 3 (10.00%) Meraki
5 3 (10.00%) SolarWinds
5 3 (10.00%) SonicWALL
5 3 (10.00%) Sophos
6 2 (6.67%) Apple
7 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow