MCSA Jobs in the South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 3 months to 22 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator England / South East
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	277	288	316
Rank change year-on-year	+11	+28
Permanent jobs citing MCSA	118	151	154
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East	0.81%	0.82%	0.72%
As % of the Qualifications category	2.85%	2.61%	2.30%
Number of salaries quoted	104	142	131
Median salary	£33,500	£32,000	£37,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+4.68%	-14.66%
90% offered a salary of more than	£21,450	£23,500	£25,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£43,700	£50,000	£50,000
UK excluding London median salary	£38,500	£31,500	£33,000
% change year-on-year	+22.22%	-4.54%

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 academic qualifications and professional certifications cited in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East.

Academic & Professional Certification South East
Permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	4134	5779	6709
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East	28.33%	31.42%	31.43%
Number of salaries quoted	3367	4662	5145
Median salary	£44,000	£45,000	£44,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-2.22%	+1.12%
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,000	£26,500	£25,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£65,000	£62,500	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£41,500
% change year-on-year	-	+2.40%

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the South East citing MCSA as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Qualifications category.

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in the South East

MCSA
Salary Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCSA in the South East.

MCSA
Salary Histogram in the South East

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing MCSA in the South East over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Salary histogram for MCSA in the South East

MCSA
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Hampshire	-5	28	£30,000	-7.69%	2
Kent	+30	26	£37,500	+59.57%	4
Surrey	+35	21	£37,500	+11.94%	2
West Sussex	+23	16	£26,000	-28.27%	2
Buckinghamshire	-6	10	£35,000	-15.66%	4
Berkshire	+11	8	£44,500	+18.66%	2
Oxfordshire	+11	6	£35,000	+11.11%	1
Middlesex	-	2	£37,500	-
East Sussex	+13	1	£28,750	-27.67%
MCSA England

MCSA
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East

For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, IT jobs citing MCSA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the South East region with a requirement for MCSA.

1	217 (100.00%)	Microsoft Certification
2	173 (79.72%)	Windows
3	160 (73.73%)	Active Directory
4	135 (62.21%)	Windows Server
5	134 (61.75%)	MCSE
6	130 (59.91%)	Microsoft
7	101 (46.54%)	VMware
8	92 (42.40%)	Windows Server 2012
9	76 (35.02%)	Windows Server 2008
10	70 (32.26%)	Office 365
11	67 (30.88%)	ITIL
12	64 (29.49%)	MCP
13	63 (29.03%)	Cisco
14	62 (28.57%)	CCNA
14	62 (28.57%)	Cisco Certification

15	60 (27.65%)	MS Exchange
16	54 (24.88%)	Hyper-V
17	53 (24.42%)	DHCP
18	50 (23.04%)	SQL Server
19	48 (22.12%)	Microsoft Office
19	48 (22.12%)	LAN
19	48 (22.12%)	DNS
20	46 (21.20%)	Firewall
21	44 (20.28%)	WAN
21	44 (20.28%)	VMware Infrastructure
22	41 (18.89%)	Microsoft Azure
23	40 (18.43%)	SQL
24	38 (17.51%)	MCITP
25	31 (14.29%)	SQL Server 2008
26	28 (12.90%)	TCP/IP

MCSA
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	60 (27.65%)	MS Exchange
2	21 (9.68%)	Exchange Server 2013
3	18 (8.29%)	Exchange Server 2010
3	18 (8.29%)	SharePoint
4	13 (5.99%)	Skype for Business
5	9 (4.15%)	IIS
6	8 (3.69%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
7	5 (2.30%)	Exchange Server 2003
8	4 (1.84%)	Elasticsearch
9	2 (0.92%)	BizTalk Server
9	2 (0.92%)	Exchange Server 2007
9	2 (0.92%)	SAS
9	2 (0.92%)	SharePoint 2013
10	1 (0.46%)	SharePoint Server

Applications
1	48 (22.12%)	Microsoft Office
2	4 (1.84%)	Microsoft Excel
2	4 (1.84%)	MS Visio
3	3 (1.38%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	3 (1.38%)	Remedy ITSM
2	1 (0.46%)	BASE24
2	1 (0.46%)	Dynamics CRM

Cloud Services
1	70 (32.26%)	Office 365
2	41 (18.89%)	Microsoft Azure
3	4 (1.84%)	Azure Active Directory
4	3 (1.38%)	Amazon AWS
4	3 (1.38%)	IaaS
4	3 (1.38%)	PaaS
5	2 (0.92%)	Amazon CloudWatch
5	2 (0.92%)	Amazon EC2
5	2 (0.92%)	Amazon ELB
5	2 (0.92%)	Amazon S3
5	2 (0.92%)	AWS CloudFormation
5	2 (0.92%)	Virtual Private Cloud
6	1 (0.46%)	Yammer

Communications & Networking
1	53 (24.42%)	DHCP
2	48 (22.12%)	DNS
2	48 (22.12%)	LAN
3	46 (21.20%)	Firewall
4	44 (20.28%)	WAN
5	28 (12.90%)	TCP/IP
6	18 (8.29%)	SAN
7	16 (7.37%)	Network Security
8	13 (5.99%)	VPN
9	11 (5.07%)	Skype
10	9 (4.15%)	VoIP
10	9 (4.15%)	WebEx
11	7 (3.23%)	Internet
12	6 (2.76%)	Wi-Fi
13	4 (1.84%)	3G
14	3 (1.38%)	Cisco IOS
14	3 (1.38%)	Remote Desktop
14	3 (1.38%)	Wireless
15	2 (0.92%)	DMVPN
15	2 (0.92%)	Fibre Channel

Database & Business Intelligence
1	50 (23.04%)	SQL Server
2	31 (14.29%)	SQL Server 2008
3	22 (10.14%)	SQL Server 2012
4	15 (6.91%)	SQL Server 2014
5	14 (6.45%)	SQL Server Integration Services
6	13 (5.99%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
7	12 (5.53%)	SQL Server 2005
8	4 (1.84%)	Apache Cassandra
8	4 (1.84%)	Azure SQL Database
8	4 (1.84%)	MongoDB
8	4 (1.84%)	NoSQL
9	3 (1.38%)	BusinessObjects
10	2 (0.92%)	Amazon RDS
11	1 (0.46%)	DTS
11	1 (0.46%)	SQL Server 2016

Development Applications
1	4 (1.84%)	MSI

General
1	15 (6.91%)	Telecoms
2	14 (6.45%)	Finance
3	5 (2.30%)	Retail
4	3 (1.38%)	Law
5	2 (0.92%)	Automotive
6	1 (0.46%)	Electronics
6	1 (0.46%)	Legal
6	1 (0.46%)	Manufacturing
6	1 (0.46%)	Military

Job Titles
1	39 (17.97%)	Support Engineer
2	35 (16.13%)	Administrator
3	31 (14.29%)	IT Support
4	29 (13.36%)	Infrastructure Engineer
5	28 (12.90%)	Systems Administrator
6	25 (11.52%)	Analyst
7	20 (9.22%)	IT Engineer
8	19 (8.76%)	Support Analyst
9	17 (7.83%)	DBA
9	17 (7.83%)	SQL DBA
10	16 (7.37%)	Network Administrator
11	15 (6.91%)	2nd Line Support
11	15 (6.91%)	3rd Line Engineer
11	15 (6.91%)	Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12	13 (5.99%)	3rd Line Support
12	13 (5.99%)	Consultant
13	12 (5.53%)	1st Line Support
14	11 (5.07%)	3rd Line Support Engineer
14	11 (5.07%)	IT Support Engineer
14	11 (5.07%)	Systems Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	4 (1.84%)	.NET
1	4 (1.84%)	Software Packaging
2	2 (0.92%)	CSS
2	2 (0.92%)	HTML
2	2 (0.92%)	HTML5
2	2 (0.92%)	RabbitMQ

Miscellaneous
1	25 (11.52%)	Data Centre
2	12 (5.53%)	Analytical Skills
3	9 (4.15%)	Blackberry
4	8 (3.69%)	Clustering
4	8 (3.69%)	Driving Licence
5	6 (2.76%)	PKI
6	5 (2.30%)	Replication
6	5 (2.30%)	Virtual Team
7	4 (1.84%)	Fat Client
7	4 (1.84%)	Thin Client
8	3 (1.38%)	Private Cloud
8	3 (1.38%)	Public Cloud
9	2 (0.92%)	CMDB
9	2 (0.92%)	Enterprise Storage
9	2 (0.92%)	Hybrid Cloud
10	1 (0.46%)	AS400
10	1 (0.46%)	iPhone
10	1 (0.46%)	PACS

Operating Systems
1	173 (79.72%)	Windows
2	135 (62.21%)	Windows Server
3	92 (42.40%)	Windows Server 2012
4	76 (35.02%)	Windows Server 2008
5	28 (12.90%)	Windows 10
6	18 (8.29%)	Windows 7
7	14 (6.45%)	Mac OS X
8	10 (4.61%)	Linux
8	10 (4.61%)	Windows Server 2003
9	5 (2.30%)	SUSE
9	5 (2.30%)	Windows 8
10	3 (1.38%)	Data ONTAP
11	1 (0.46%)	Android
11	1 (0.46%)	Unix

Processes & Methodologies
1	67 (30.88%)	ITIL
2	25 (11.52%)	High Availability
3	17 (7.83%)	Performance Tuning
4	14 (6.45%)	Disaster Recovery
5	12 (5.53%)	ITIL V3
6	11 (5.07%)	Root Cause Analysis
7	9 (4.15%)	Presales
8	8 (3.69%)	Information Security
9	7 (3.23%)	Data Protection
9	7 (3.23%)	PRINCE2
9	7 (3.23%)	Service Delivery
10	6 (2.76%)	Capacity Planning
10	6 (2.76%)	Change Management
10	6 (2.76%)	Kalman Filter
10	6 (2.76%)	Web Filtering
11	5 (2.30%)	Continuous Improvement
11	5 (2.30%)	Security Patching
11	5 (2.30%)	Service Management
11	5 (2.30%)	Validation
11	5 (2.30%)	Visualisation

Programming Languages
1	40 (18.43%)	SQL
2	13 (5.99%)	PowerShell
3	6 (2.76%)	T-SQL
4	5 (2.30%)	JavaScript
4	5 (2.30%)	Python
5	4 (1.84%)	C
6	1 (0.46%)	Java

Qualifications
1	217 (100.00%)	Microsoft Certification
2	134 (61.75%)	MCSE
3	64 (29.49%)	MCP
4	62 (28.57%)	CCNA
4	62 (28.57%)	Cisco Certification
5	38 (17.51%)	MCITP
6	23 (10.60%)	MCTS
7	20 (9.22%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8	15 (6.91%)	Degree
9	11 (5.07%)	A+ Certification
10	10 (4.61%)	ITIL Certification
10	10 (4.61%)	SC Cleared
10	10 (4.61%)	Security Cleared
11	9 (4.15%)	VTSP
12	7 (3.23%)	CCENT
12	7 (3.23%)	DBS Check
13	6 (2.76%)	Citrix Certification
14	5 (2.30%)	CCNP
14	5 (2.30%)	MCSD
15	4 (1.84%)	CCAA

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	23 (10.60%)	SLA
2	3 (1.38%)	ISO/IEC 20000
3	1 (0.46%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	160 (73.73%)	Active Directory
2	54 (24.88%)	Hyper-V
3	44 (20.28%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	16 (7.37%)	vSphere
5	8 (3.69%)	VMware ESXi
6	4 (1.84%)	UAG
7	2 (0.92%)	Forefront TMG
7	2 (0.92%)	Virtual Servers
7	2 (0.92%)	VMware Server
7	2 (0.92%)	XenApp
7	2 (0.92%)	XenDesktop
8	1 (0.46%)	Terminal Server
8	1 (0.46%)	Terminal Services
8	1 (0.46%)	Virtual Machines

Systems Management
1	25 (11.52%)	SCCM
2	10 (4.61%)	vCenter Server
3	9 (4.15%)	Backup Exec
4	4 (1.84%)	Sysprep
5	3 (1.38%)	Nagios
5	3 (1.38%)	PowerCLI
6	2 (0.92%)	Forefront Identity Manager
6	2 (0.92%)	Microsoft Intune
6	2 (0.92%)	SCOM
6	2 (0.92%)	SCSM
6	2 (0.92%)	SCVMM
6	2 (0.92%)	WSUS
7	1 (0.46%)	Failover Clustering
7	1 (0.46%)	McAfee ePO
7	1 (0.46%)	Nessus
7	1 (0.46%)	NetBackup

Vendors
1	130 (59.91%)	Microsoft
2	101 (46.54%)	VMware
3	63 (29.03%)	Cisco
4	28 (12.90%)	Citrix
5	17 (7.83%)	CA
6	11 (5.07%)	Dell
7	10 (4.61%)	SonicWALL
7	10 (4.61%)	Veeam
8	7 (3.23%)	HP
9	6 (2.76%)	NetApp
10	5 (2.30%)	Red Hat
11	4 (1.84%)	EMC
11	4 (1.84%)	LANDesk
11	4 (1.84%)	Symantec
12	3 (1.38%)	BMC
12	3 (1.38%)	Juniper
12	3 (1.38%)	Oracle
12	3 (1.38%)	Remedy
12	3 (1.38%)	ServiceNow
12	3 (1.38%)	SolarWinds