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 24 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 443 383 509
Rank change year-on-year -60 +126 +11
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 3 44 14
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.014% 0.27% 0.049%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.067% 0.79% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3 32 9
10th Percentile £44,000 - £40,500
25th Percentile £44,375 £32,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £38,094 £43,227
Median % change year-on-year +24.69% -11.87% -16.87%
75th Percentile £51,875 £54,063 £47,500
90th Percentile £52,250 £58,375 £56,150
UK median annual salary £47,500 £35,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year +35.71% -18.60% -11.34%

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 4,494 5,576 7,663
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.71% 33.86% 27.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,037 2,493 4,725
10th Percentile £33,350 £29,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,400 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% +3.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £86,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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
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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Desktop Support
1 2 (66.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Antivirus Management
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Ticket Management
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (66.67%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Veeam
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Apple
2 2 (66.67%) Bloomberg
2 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (66.67%) Symantec
2 2 (66.67%) Tenable
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) Dell
3 1 (33.33%) Draytek
3 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) SonicWALL
3 1 (33.33%) WatchGuard