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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 486 622 634
Rank change year-on-year +136 +12 -3
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 93 141 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.20% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.44% 0.72% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 73 96 113
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,750 £25,800
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -2.44% -3.53%
75th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £50,500 £57,500 £61,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.79% +1.18% -5.56%

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 21,217 19,460 21,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.42% 27.47% 36.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8,872 12,205 8,200
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,118 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £51,603
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.11% +3.21%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,563
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.34% +8.30%

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 14 May 2025.

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 14 May 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
Midlands +77 33 £35,000 -19.03% 7
North of England +38 23 £28,750 -28.13% 11
West Midlands +64 20 £35,000 -19.03% 3
South East +58 20 £45,000 +15.38% 22
Yorkshire +67 14 £28,500 -24.00% 2
East Midlands +39 13 £35,000 +3.70% 2
Wales - 8 £38,094 -
North West +2 7 £37,500 -16.67% 6
South West +106 6 £45,000 +36.36% 2
East of England +40 4 £53,750 +26.47% 4
North East +42 2 £37,500 +27.12% 4
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 19 (20.43%) Microsoft Exchange
1 19 (20.43%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.08%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (11.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.30%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.08%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 50 (53.76%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (50.54%) Azure
3 19 (20.43%) AWS
4 16 (17.20%) PaaS
4 16 (17.20%) SaaS
5 10 (10.75%) Entra ID
6 8 (8.60%) IaaS
7 4 (4.30%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.15%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (31.18%) DNS
2 20 (21.51%) Firewall
3 19 (20.43%) LAN
4 18 (19.35%) DHCP
5 17 (18.28%) WAN
6 11 (11.83%) VPN
7 10 (10.75%) Cisco IOS
7 10 (10.75%) Wireless
7 10 (10.75%) Wireshark
8 8 (8.60%) VLAN
9 4 (4.30%) Network Security
10 3 (3.23%) DMZ
10 3 (3.23%) TCP/IP
10 3 (3.23%) VoIP
11 2 (2.15%) VSAN
12 1 (1.08%) Internet
12 1 (1.08%) IPv4
12 1 (1.08%) NAS
12 1 (1.08%) SAN
12 1 (1.08%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.75%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.08%) JIRA
General
1 34 (36.56%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.75%) Law
2 10 (10.75%) Public Sector
3 9 (9.68%) Finance
4 8 (8.60%) Welsh Language
5 5 (5.38%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.38%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.15%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.15%) Legal
6 2 (2.15%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.08%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.08%) Aviation
7 1 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (21.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 20 (21.51%) IT Support
2 19 (20.43%) Support Engineer
3 18 (19.35%) Analyst
4 13 (13.98%) Infrastructure Support
4 13 (13.98%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 13 (13.98%) Support Analyst
5 12 (12.90%) Senior
6 10 (10.75%) IT Engineer
7 9 (9.68%) Lead
8 8 (8.60%) IT Analyst
8 8 (8.60%) Server Engineer
9 7 (7.53%) 2nd Line Support
9 7 (7.53%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 7 (7.53%) IT Support Analyst
9 7 (7.53%) NOC Engineer
9 7 (7.53%) Support Team Leader
9 7 (7.53%) Team Leader
9 7 (7.53%) Technical Support
10 6 (6.45%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.08%) SAML
1 1 (1.08%) Software Packaging
1 1 (1.08%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 18 (19.35%) Management Information System
2 11 (11.83%) Driving Licence
3 9 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (8.60%) Data Centre
4 8 (8.60%) IoT
5 4 (4.30%) Onboarding
5 4 (4.30%) Operational Technology
6 3 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.08%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 76 (81.72%) Windows
2 70 (75.27%) Windows Server
3 36 (38.71%) Linux
4 28 (30.11%) Windows 10
5 15 (16.13%) Mac OS X
6 12 (12.90%) Mac OS
7 11 (11.83%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (7.53%) Android
8 7 (7.53%) CentOS
8 7 (7.53%) Ubuntu
9 4 (4.30%) Apple iOS
10 3 (3.23%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (45.16%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (26.88%) ITIL
3 24 (25.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 18 (19.35%) Service Delivery
5 15 (16.13%) Proactive Monitoring
6 14 (15.05%) Collaborative Working
6 14 (15.05%) Proactive Maintenance
7 11 (11.83%) Customer Service
7 11 (11.83%) Incident Management
7 11 (11.83%) Problem Management
8 10 (10.75%) Logistics
9 9 (9.68%) Coaching
9 9 (9.68%) Mentoring
9 9 (9.68%) Performance Monitoring
10 8 (8.60%) Data Collection
10 8 (8.60%) ITSM
10 8 (8.60%) Penetration Testing
10 8 (8.60%) Security Management
10 8 (8.60%) Server Migrations
10 8 (8.60%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (29.03%) SQL
2 10 (10.75%) Python
3 8 (8.60%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.15%) VBScript
5 1 (1.08%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 56 (60.22%) MCSE
3 40 (43.01%) MCP
4 33 (35.48%) Cisco Certification
5 32 (34.41%) Degree
6 26 (27.96%) CCNP
7 23 (24.73%) CCNA
8 19 (20.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 15 (16.13%) A+ Certification
10 13 (13.98%) Azure Certification
11 12 (12.90%) DBS Check
11 12 (12.90%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (6.45%) Security Cleared
13 5 (5.38%) ACSP
13 5 (5.38%) HP AIS
13 5 (5.38%) SC Cleared
14 4 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
15 3 (3.23%) AWS Certification
16 2 (2.15%) CompTIA Security+
16 2 (2.15%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.98%) SLA
2 6 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.08%) NCSC
System Software
1 61 (65.59%) Active Directory
2 25 (26.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (13.98%) Hyper-V
4 11 (11.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (8.60%) vSphere
6 2 (2.15%) Firmware
6 2 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.15%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.15%) VMware NSX
7 1 (1.08%) BitLocker
7 1 (1.08%) Docker
7 1 (1.08%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (1.08%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (7.53%) PaperCut
2 6 (6.45%) SCCM
3 3 (3.23%) Iperf
3 3 (3.23%) vCenter Server
4 2 (2.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (2.15%) vRealize
4 2 (2.15%) VxRail
5 1 (1.08%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (1.08%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.08%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.08%) PowerCLI
5 1 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.08%) WSUS
Vendors
1 64 (68.82%) Microsoft
2 31 (33.33%) VMware
3 26 (27.96%) Cisco
4 8 (8.60%) Apple
4 8 (8.60%) Palo Alto
4 8 (8.60%) Red Hat
5 7 (7.53%) HP
5 7 (7.53%) Veeam
6 6 (6.45%) SonicWALL
7 4 (4.30%) SAP
8 3 (3.23%) Fortinet
8 3 (3.23%) Ruckus Wireless
9 2 (2.15%) arcserve
9 2 (2.15%) Dell
9 2 (2.15%) McAfee
9 2 (2.15%) Sophos
10 1 (1.08%) EMC
10 1 (1.08%) Google
10 1 (1.08%) Juniper
10 1 (1.08%) Symantec