MCSA Job Trends in Salisbury

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
Wiltshire > Salisbury

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Salisbury with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	23	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing MCSA	5	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Salisbury	2.91%	-	-
As % of the Qualifications category	12.50%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	5	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£49,400	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£53,600	-	-
75^th Percentile	£55,400	-	-
90^th Percentile	£56,480	-	-
Wiltshire median annual salary	£53,600	-	£45,000

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Salisbury

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 Salisbury.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	40	18	86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Salisbury	23.26%	42.86%	48.04%
Number of salaries quoted	32	18	68
10^th Percentile	-	£30,165	£31,750
25^th Percentile	£31,250	£33,063	£36,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£49,438	£40,792	£51,250
Median % change year-on-year	+21.19%	-20.41%	+2.50%
75^th Percentile	£55,850	£42,304	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£114,625	£58,675	£80,000
Wiltshire median annual salary	£53,600	£45,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+19.11%	-10.00%	+3.09%

MCSA Job Vacancy Trend in Salisbury

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

MCSA Salary Trend in Salisbury

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Salisbury citing MCSA.

MCSA Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salisbury

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, job vacancies citing MCSA also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Salisbury region with a requirement for MCSA.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Active Directory	100.0%	5
1	Active Directory Federation Services	100.0%	5
1	Azure	100.0%	5
1	Cisco	100.0%	5
1	DHCP	100.0%	5
1	Disaster Recovery	100.0%	5
1	DNS	100.0%	5
1	Entra ID	100.0%	5
1	Firewall	100.0%	5
1	Hyper-V	100.0%	5
1	Infrastructure Engineering	100.0%	5
1	ITIL	100.0%	5
1	Microsoft	100.0%	5
1	Microsoft 365	100.0%	5
1	Microsoft Certification	100.0%	5
1	NAS	100.0%	5
1	PowerShell	100.0%	5
1	Problem-Solving	100.0%	5
1	SAN	100.0%	5
1	SC Cleared	100.0%	5
1	SCCM	100.0%	5
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	5
1	Service Management	100.0%	5
1	SolarWinds	100.0%	5
1	Windows	100.0%	5
1	Windows Server	100.0%	5
27	Azure Certification	80.0%	4
27	BPSS Clearance	80.0%	4
27	Migration	80.0%	4
27	Patch Management	80.0%	4

MCSA Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salisbury by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft Certification	100.0%	5
1	SC Cleared	100.0%	5
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	5
4	Azure Certification	80.0%	4
4	BPSS Clearance	80.0%	4