Hybrid/Remote MCSA Job Trends

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 22 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 448 369 465
Rank change year-on-year -79 +96 +22
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 10 47 21
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.041% 0.29% 0.092%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 0.83% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 10 35 9
10th Percentile - £31,750 £37,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £32,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £37,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% -31.82% -12.00%
75th Percentile £29,250 £51,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £51,375 £57,250 £60,750
UK median annual salary £36,000 £35,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +2.86% -27.84% -14.91%

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 5,086 5,694 6,227
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.77% 35.28% 27.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,197 2,308 2,975
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,175 £34,404
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,945 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,282
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.28% -4.00%

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MCSA and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

MCSA job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

MCSA
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing MCSA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing MCSA

MCSA
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing MCSA over the 6 months to 22 September 2026.

MCSA salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

MCSA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (80.00%) AWS
2 8 (80.00%) Azure
2 8 (80.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Firewall
1 8 (80.00%) IP Telephony
2 2 (20.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) IT Support
2 7 (70.00%) Support Engineer
3 5 (50.00%) 1st Line Engineer
3 5 (50.00%) 1st Line Support
3 5 (50.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 5 (50.00%) IT Engineer
3 5 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) IT Support Technician
4 3 (30.00%) IT Technician
4 3 (30.00%) Support Technician
5 2 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support
5 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) CCTV
1 8 (80.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (20.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (80.00%) Linux
2 8 (80.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (80.00%) Incident Management
1 8 (80.00%) ITIL
1 8 (80.00%) ITSM
2 2 (20.00%) Antivirus Management
2 2 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Ticket Management
2 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (80.00%) CCNA
2 8 (80.00%) CCNP
2 8 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (80.00%) MCSE
2 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (20.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (80.00%) Draytek
2 8 (80.00%) Mitel
2 8 (80.00%) WatchGuard
3 2 (20.00%) Apple
3 2 (20.00%) Bloomberg
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (20.00%) Symantec
3 2 (20.00%) Tenable
3 2 (20.00%) Veeam