MCSA Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 328 334
Rank change year-on-year +30 +6 +129
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 17 61 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.17% 0.34% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.33% 1.07% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 12 21 21
10th Percentile £30,950 £26,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,375 £32,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £39,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile - - £60,250
England median annual salary £35,000 £43,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.60% -4.44% +5.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,203 5,703 5,040
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 51.68% 31.89% 39.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,501 3,540 2,420
10th Percentile £34,988 £31,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,020 £51,573
Median % change year-on-year +17.60% -1.07% +1.43%
75th Percentile £70,600 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing MCSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in the South East

MCSA
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSA in the South East.

Salary trend for MCSA in the South East

MCSA
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSA in the South East over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

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 6 months to 7 July 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
Thames Valley +66 13 £45,000 +41.73% 4
Buckinghamshire +26 6 £45,000 +28.57% 1
Berkshire +32 4 £39,250 +37.72% 3
Oxfordshire +50 3 - -
Surrey +49 2 £31,500 -45.22% 2
Hampshire +33 2 £37,500 -3.85% 4
MCSA
England

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (29.41%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) SAP Business One
2 1 (5.88%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (29.41%) Azure
3 3 (17.65%) AWS
4 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
4 2 (11.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) Firewall
2 4 (23.53%) DNS
2 4 (23.53%) Network Security
3 3 (17.65%) DHCP
3 3 (17.65%) VLAN
3 3 (17.65%) VoIP
3 3 (17.65%) VPN
4 2 (11.76%) Intranet
4 2 (11.76%) Wireshark
5 1 (5.88%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (41.18%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (11.76%) Legal
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) Help Desk Support
1 3 (17.65%) IT Engineer
1 3 (17.65%) IT Support
1 3 (17.65%) IT Support Engineer
1 3 (17.65%) Senior
1 3 (17.65%) Senior IT Engineer
1 3 (17.65%) Senior IT Support
1 3 (17.65%) Senior Support Engineer
1 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (11.76%) Consultant
2 2 (11.76%) IT Consultant
2 2 (11.76%) IT Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Network Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Network Support
2 2 (11.76%) NOC Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Support Assistant
2 2 (11.76%) Systems Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (11.76%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Management Information System
2 4 (23.53%) Operational Technology
3 3 (17.65%) Driving Licence
3 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
3 3 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
4 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Windows
1 8 (47.06%) Windows Server
2 6 (35.29%) Mac OS
3 5 (29.41%) Linux
4 3 (17.65%) Android
4 3 (17.65%) Windows 10
4 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (11.76%) CentOS
5 2 (11.76%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (35.29%) Data Protection
3 5 (29.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (23.53%) Budgeting
4 4 (23.53%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
4 4 (23.53%) Data Development
4 4 (23.53%) ERP
4 4 (23.53%) Logistics
4 4 (23.53%) Process Improvement
4 4 (23.53%) Project Management
4 4 (23.53%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (17.65%) Data Privacy
5 3 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (17.65%) Document Management
5 3 (17.65%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
5 3 (17.65%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 3 (17.65%) Workflow
6 2 (11.76%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (82.35%) MCSE
3 9 (52.94%) Degree
4 8 (47.06%) MCP
5 4 (23.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (17.65%) DBS Check
6 3 (17.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (11.76%) CCNA
7 2 (11.76%) CCNP
7 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (11.76%) Master's Degree
7 2 (11.76%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (47.06%) Active Directory
2 6 (35.29%) Hyper-V
2 6 (35.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.88%) VMware NSX
3 1 (5.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) PaperCut
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (5.88%) PowerCLI
3 1 (5.88%) vRealize
3 1 (5.88%) VxRail
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) VMware
3 5 (29.41%) Cisco
4 4 (23.53%) SAP
5 3 (17.65%) Apple
5 3 (17.65%) SonicWALL
6 2 (11.76%) Aruba
6 2 (11.76%) HP
6 2 (11.76%) Palo Alto
6 2 (11.76%) Red Hat
6 2 (11.76%) Sage
7 1 (5.88%) Dell
7 1 (5.88%) Juniper