MCSA Job Trends in Watford

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Watford with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Watford 0.58% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 - -
75th Percentile £28,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £41,250 £60,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -31.25% +71.43% -41.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Watford

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 Watford.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 47 35 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 27.17% 18.72% 21.74%
Number of salaries quoted 44 18 24
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,000 £37,976
25th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £42,584
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -39.58% +26.32%
75th Percentile £40,950 £67,813 £66,250
90th Percentile £55,000 £74,875 £74,625
Hertfordshire median annual salary £47,000 £53,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.74% -3.18% -

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

MCSA job vacancy trend in Watford

MCSA
Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing MCSA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing MCSA

MCSA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (100.00%) IT Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 8
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCDST
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware