MCSA Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 426 578 567
Rank change year-on-year +152 -11 +201
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 42 12 54
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.20% 0.035% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% 0.13% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 30 7 45
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,438 £42,864 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,094 £43,227 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.87% +12.28% -14.44%
75th Percentile £54,688 £45,364 £53,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £56,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £43,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.60% -4.44% +5.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,508 9,454 9,607
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.65% 27.64% 26.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,051 5,706 5,913
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +2.65%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

MCSA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing MCSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MCSA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing MCSA.

MCSA salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

MCSA
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing MCSA over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

MCSA salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 9 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (11.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 36 (85.71%) Azure
2 25 (59.52%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (54.76%) AWS
4 16 (38.10%) PaaS
4 16 (38.10%) SaaS
5 8 (19.05%) IaaS
6 4 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (4.76%) Entra ID
7 2 (4.76%) GCP
7 2 (4.76%) OneDrive
8 1 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (2.38%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (33.33%) DNS
2 7 (16.67%) Firewall
3 6 (14.29%) DHCP
4 4 (9.52%) VLAN
4 4 (9.52%) VPN
5 3 (7.14%) LAN
5 3 (7.14%) VoIP
6 1 (2.38%) Internet
6 1 (2.38%) NetScaler
6 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.38%) WAN
6 1 (2.38%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Git
General
1 22 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.05%) Finance
2 8 (19.05%) Welsh Language
3 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.38%) Aviation
5 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (30.95%) Server Engineer
2 12 (28.57%) IT Support
3 8 (19.05%) IT Engineer
4 7 (16.67%) Lead
4 7 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 7 (16.67%) Support Team Leader
4 7 (16.67%) Team Leader
5 6 (14.29%) Senior
6 5 (11.90%) Help Desk Support
6 5 (11.90%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (11.90%) Senior Support Engineer
7 4 (9.52%) Senior IT Engineer
7 4 (9.52%) Senior IT Support
7 4 (9.52%) Windows Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Technical Support
9 2 (4.76%) Support Specialist
9 2 (4.76%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) SAML
1 1 (2.38%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 12 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 9 (21.43%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (19.05%) IoT
4 7 (16.67%) Management Information System
5 3 (7.14%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.38%) PKI
6 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (78.57%) Windows
2 28 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 22 (52.38%) Linux
4 10 (23.81%) Mac OS
5 3 (7.14%) Android
5 3 (7.14%) Windows 10
5 3 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (2.38%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (47.62%) ITIL
3 10 (23.81%) Incident Management
3 10 (23.81%) Mentoring
4 9 (21.43%) Coaching
4 9 (21.43%) Performance Monitoring
4 9 (21.43%) Proactive Maintenance
5 8 (19.05%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (19.05%) Data Collection
5 8 (19.05%) ITSM
5 8 (19.05%) Proactive Monitoring
5 8 (19.05%) Problem Management
5 8 (19.05%) Server Migrations
5 8 (19.05%) Service Management
6 7 (16.67%) Document Management
6 7 (16.67%) Workflow
7 5 (11.90%) Asset Management
7 5 (11.90%) Change Control
7 5 (11.90%) Project Delivery
7 5 (11.90%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.05%) SQL
2 6 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.38%) Bash
3 1 (2.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 42 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 28 (66.67%) MCSE
3 21 (50.00%) MCP
4 12 (28.57%) Degree
5 11 (26.19%) DBS Check
6 10 (23.81%) CCNA
6 10 (23.81%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (19.05%) Azure Certification
7 8 (19.05%) CCNP
8 3 (7.14%) Security Cleared
9 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared
9 2 (4.76%) SC Cleared
9 2 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (2.38%) AWS Certification
10 1 (2.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (2.38%) CEH
10 1 (2.38%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (28.57%) SLA
2 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 14 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (23.81%) Hyper-V
3 10 (23.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (4.76%) Docker
4 2 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.38%) Firmware
5 1 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.38%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (2.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (16.67%) PaperCut
2 2 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.76%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.38%) Ansible
3 1 (2.38%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.38%) SCCM
3 1 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (69.05%) Microsoft
2 14 (33.33%) VMware
3 3 (7.14%) Apple
3 3 (7.14%) SonicWALL
4 2 (4.76%) arcserve
4 2 (4.76%) Cisco
5 1 (2.38%) Citrix
5 1 (2.38%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (2.38%) Google
5 1 (2.38%) Mitel
5 1 (2.38%) Oracle
5 1 (2.38%) Palo Alto