MCSA Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 582 651
Rank change year-on-year +7 +69 -101
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 132 96 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.20% 0.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.78% 0.53% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 80 80 195
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,813 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% -2.35% +6.25%
75th Percentile £50,250 £53,750 £51,875
90th Percentile £58,750 £57,625 £63,750
UK median annual salary £43,000 £48,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.34% +14.12% +6.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16,873 18,275 26,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.85% 37.96% 33.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,460 7,807 11,272
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £28,109
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +2.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MCSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in the UK excluding London

MCSA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSA in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for MCSA in the UK excluding London

MCSA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSA in the UK excluding London

MCSA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
South East +38 58 £41,250 -8.33% 5
North of England +13 20 £37,000 -10.84% 9
Midlands -33 18 £43,227 +1.71% 3
East of England +3 14 £42,500 +21.43% 3
South West +2 13 £41,000 -1.80% 4
Yorkshire +64 12 £37,250 -5.70% 3
West Midlands -5 10 £43,227 +45.30% 2
East Midlands -38 8 £34,000 -24.44% 1
Scotland -42 6 £47,500 +11.76% 2
North West -14 4 £30,000 -33.33% 2
North East - 4 £29,500 - 4
Wales +30 3 £41,250 +62.74%
MCSA
UK

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 39 (29.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (17.42%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.27%) IIS
4 2 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (14.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.52%) Shopify
2 1 (0.76%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 84 (63.64%) Azure
2 53 (40.15%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (29.55%) Azure AI
3 39 (29.55%) Azure DevOps
3 39 (29.55%) IBM Cloud
4 14 (10.61%) Entra ID
5 13 (9.85%) AWS
6 10 (7.58%) OneDrive
7 8 (6.06%) Azure Stack
7 8 (6.06%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (4.55%) Twilio
9 5 (3.79%) Power Platform
10 4 (3.03%) Cohesity
11 2 (1.52%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (1.52%) Azure AKS
11 2 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.52%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.52%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.52%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (28.79%) Firewall
2 18 (13.64%) DNS
2 18 (13.64%) TCP/IP
3 16 (12.12%) DHCP
3 16 (12.12%) VPN
4 12 (9.09%) SAN
5 11 (8.33%) Internet
5 11 (8.33%) VLAN
6 9 (6.82%) VoIP
6 9 (6.82%) Wireless
7 8 (6.06%) NAS
8 7 (5.30%) Network Security
9 6 (4.55%) LAN
9 6 (4.55%) WLAN
10 4 (3.03%) FTP
10 4 (3.03%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (3.03%) SSL
10 4 (3.03%) VSAN
10 4 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (2.27%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.27%) Power BI
3 2 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.52%) JIRA
1 2 (1.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (29.55%) Public Sector
2 33 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (5.30%) Finance
4 5 (3.79%) Retail
5 4 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.03%) Police
6 3 (2.27%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.27%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.52%) Banking
7 2 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.52%) Law
8 1 (0.76%) Advertising
8 1 (0.76%) Back Office
8 1 (0.76%) Legal
8 1 (0.76%) Marketing
8 1 (0.76%) Military
8 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (11.36%) IT Support
2 13 (9.85%) Support Engineer
3 12 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 9 (6.82%) 3rd Line Support
4 9 (6.82%) Analyst
5 7 (5.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 7 (5.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (5.30%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (4.55%) Consultant
6 6 (4.55%) IT Technician
6 6 (4.55%) Lead
7 5 (3.79%) IT Support Technician
7 5 (3.79%) Network Manager
7 5 (3.79%) Server Engineer
7 5 (3.79%) Support Technician
8 4 (3.03%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 4 (3.03%) Hardware Engineer
8 4 (3.03%) Network Security Manager
8 4 (3.03%) Security Manager
8 4 (3.03%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.27%) .NET
2 2 (1.52%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (0.76%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 41 (31.06%) Hybrid Cloud
2 39 (29.55%) Blockchain
2 39 (29.55%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 11 (8.33%) Data Centre
5 8 (6.06%) Replication
6 6 (4.55%) Private Cloud
7 5 (3.79%) PKI
8 4 (3.03%) Driving Licence
8 4 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.27%) CCTV
9 3 (2.27%) Raspberry Pi
10 2 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.52%) Fat Client
10 2 (1.52%) Mainframe
10 2 (1.52%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.52%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.52%) Smartphone
10 2 (1.52%) Thin Client
11 1 (0.76%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 66 (50.00%) Windows
2 59 (44.70%) Linux
3 43 (32.58%) Windows Server
4 42 (31.82%) CentOS
4 42 (31.82%) Debian
5 39 (29.55%) Alpine Linux
6 12 (9.09%) Windows 10
7 10 (7.58%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (6.06%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (5.30%) Apple iOS
10 6 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (3.79%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (3.03%) Windows 7
12 4 (3.03%) Windows Vista
13 3 (2.27%) Android
13 3 (2.27%) Windows 8
14 2 (1.52%) Mac OS
14 2 (1.52%) VMS
14 2 (1.52%) Windows 2000
14 2 (1.52%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (31.06%) Task Automation
2 39 (29.55%) Artificial Intelligence
2 39 (29.55%) CI/CD
2 39 (29.55%) Co-Creation
2 39 (29.55%) Data Science
2 39 (29.55%) DevOps
2 39 (29.55%) Functional Testing
2 39 (29.55%) Separation of Concerns
2 39 (29.55%) Technology Transformation
3 30 (22.73%) ITIL
4 27 (20.45%) Customer Service
5 24 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (9.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 13 (9.85%) Kalman Filter
7 12 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (9.09%) Email Filtering
8 11 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
8 11 (8.33%) Web Filtering
9 9 (6.82%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.58%) SQL
2 9 (6.82%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.27%) C#
3 3 (2.27%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.76%) Swift
Qualifications
1 132 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 86 (65.15%) MCSE
3 43 (32.58%) Azure Certification
4 29 (21.97%) CCNA
4 29 (21.97%) Cisco Certification
5 24 (18.18%) Degree
5 24 (18.18%) MCP
6 12 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 10 (7.58%) Network+ Certification
8 8 (6.06%) A+ Certification
8 8 (6.06%) SC Cleared
8 8 (6.06%) Security Cleared
9 6 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (3.03%) CCNP
10 4 (3.03%) DV Cleared
10 4 (3.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (3.03%) MCITP
11 3 (2.27%) AWS Certification
11 3 (2.27%) RHCT
12 2 (1.52%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.06%) GDPR
2 4 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.27%) SLA
4 2 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.52%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.76%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.76%) QA
System Software
1 52 (39.39%) Active Directory
2 41 (31.06%) Docker
3 32 (24.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (15.15%) Hyper-V
5 15 (11.36%) vSphere
6 4 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (3.03%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (2.27%) KVM
8 1 (0.76%) Firmware
8 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.76%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 41 (31.06%) Kubernetes
1 41 (31.06%) Terraform
2 14 (10.61%) SCCM
3 10 (7.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (3.03%) SCOM
4 4 (3.03%) WSUS
5 1 (0.76%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 79 (59.85%) Microsoft
2 45 (34.09%) Red Hat
3 43 (32.58%) IBM
4 37 (28.03%) VMware
5 16 (12.12%) Cisco
6 13 (9.85%) Citrix
7 9 (6.82%) Draytek
7 9 (6.82%) HP
7 9 (6.82%) Veeam
8 8 (6.06%) Dell
9 7 (5.30%) Apple
9 7 (5.30%) Sophos
10 6 (4.55%) Palo Alto
11 5 (3.79%) Google
11 5 (3.79%) Juniper
12 4 (3.03%) Extreme Networks
12 4 (3.03%) LogicMonitor
12 4 (3.03%) SolarWinds
12 4 (3.03%) SonicWALL
13 3 (2.27%) Datto