MCSA Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 234 261
Rank change year-on-year +56 +27 -13
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 18 13 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.40% 0.18% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.71% 0.68% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 12 13 18
10th Percentile - £22,150 £25,350
25th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,750 £43,227 £26,250
Median % change year-on-year -26.55% +64.67% -38.24%
75th Percentile £37,500 £50,000 £32,000
90th Percentile - - £37,025
England median annual salary £37,500 £43,227 £43,125
% change year-on-year -13.25% +0.24% +1.47%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,525 1,901 2,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.55% 26.26% 41.19%
Number of salaries quoted 572 1,277 969
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,925 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,475 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing MCSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in the West Midlands

MCSA
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSA in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for MCSA in the West Midlands

MCSA
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSA in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for MCSA in the West Midlands

MCSA
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Staffordshire +28 10 £35,000 -30.00% 3
Birmingham +35 7 £28,500 -34.07%
Warwickshire - 1 - -
MCSA
England

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (61.11%) LAN
1 11 (61.11%) WAN
2 7 (38.89%) Firewall
3 6 (33.33%) DHCP
3 6 (33.33%) DNS
3 6 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 11 (61.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (61.11%) Infrastructure Support
2 11 (61.11%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Support Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Technical Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Technical Support
3 5 (27.78%) Technical Support Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) IT Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) IT Support
5 1 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 7 (38.89%) Windows 10
4 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 6 (33.33%) Logistics
4 5 (27.78%) Asset Management
4 5 (27.78%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (27.78%) Customer Experience
5 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
5 2 (11.11%) ITIL
5 2 (11.11%) Problem Management
6 1 (5.56%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (5.56%) Change Management
6 1 (5.56%) Computer Science
6 1 (5.56%) Data Protection
6 1 (5.56%) Incident Response
6 1 (5.56%) Preventative Maintenance
6 1 (5.56%) Process Improvement
6 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.56%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (61.11%) A+ Certification
2 11 (61.11%) MCP
3 10 (55.56%) MCSE
4 6 (33.33%) Degree
5 1 (5.56%) CCNA
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 13 (72.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Cisco
2 1 (5.56%) Meraki