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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 566 587
Rank change year-on-year +174 +21 +132
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 40 17 75
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.24% 0.050% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.72% 0.18% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 28 15 66
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,063 £35,313 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,422 £43,227 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% +13.76% -15.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £48,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £61,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £43,227 £43,750
% change year-on-year -13.25% -1.20% -2.78%

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 5,573 9,494 10,762
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.97% 28.04% 25.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,100 5,921 6,582
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.28% +8.23%

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 7 May 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 8 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (80.00%) Azure
2 23 (57.50%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (50.00%) AWS
4 15 (37.50%) PaaS
4 15 (37.50%) SaaS
5 8 (20.00%) IaaS
6 4 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (7.50%) Entra ID
8 2 (5.00%) GCP
9 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
9 1 (2.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (40.00%) DNS
2 7 (17.50%) Firewall
3 6 (15.00%) DHCP
4 4 (10.00%) VLAN
5 3 (7.50%) LAN
5 3 (7.50%) VoIP
5 3 (7.50%) VPN
6 2 (5.00%) VSAN
7 1 (2.50%) Internet
7 1 (2.50%) NetScaler
7 1 (2.50%) SAN
7 1 (2.50%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.50%) WAN
7 1 (2.50%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Git
General
1 20 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.00%) Finance
2 8 (20.00%) Welsh Language
3 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.50%) Aviation
4 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (32.50%) Server Engineer
2 11 (27.50%) IT Support
3 8 (20.00%) IT Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) Lead
4 6 (15.00%) Senior
4 6 (15.00%) Support Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) Support Team Leader
4 6 (15.00%) Team Leader
5 5 (12.50%) Help Desk Support
5 5 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) Senior Support Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Senior IT Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Senior IT Support
6 4 (10.00%) Windows Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) Support Specialist
8 2 (5.00%) Technical Support
8 2 (5.00%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) SAML
1 1 (2.50%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 8 (20.00%) IoT
2 8 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (17.50%) Management Information System
4 3 (7.50%) Onboarding
5 2 (5.00%) Data Centre
5 2 (5.00%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (2.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 31 (77.50%) Windows
2 28 (70.00%) Windows Server
3 21 (52.50%) Linux
4 10 (25.00%) Mac OS
5 4 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (7.50%) Android
6 3 (7.50%) Windows 10
7 2 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (52.50%) ITIL
1 21 (52.50%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 10 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 9 (22.50%) Performance Monitoring
3 9 (22.50%) Proactive Maintenance
4 8 (20.00%) Coaching
4 8 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 8 (20.00%) Data Collection
4 8 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 8 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 8 (20.00%) Server Migrations
4 8 (20.00%) Service Management
5 7 (17.50%) Document Management
5 7 (17.50%) ITSM
5 7 (17.50%) Workflow
6 6 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (15.00%) Patch Management
7 5 (12.50%) Project Delivery
7 5 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 10 (25.00%) SQL
2 8 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.50%) Bash
3 1 (2.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 40 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 25 (62.50%) MCSE
3 21 (52.50%) MCP
4 11 (27.50%) CCNA
4 11 (27.50%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (27.50%) DBS Check
5 10 (25.00%) Degree
6 9 (22.50%) CCNP
7 8 (20.00%) Azure Certification
8 4 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (5.00%) DV Cleared
9 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared
9 2 (5.00%) Security Cleared
10 1 (2.50%) CEH
10 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (2.50%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (30.00%) SLA
2 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (55.00%) Active Directory
2 16 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (27.50%) Hyper-V
4 10 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (7.50%) Firmware
5 3 (7.50%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (5.00%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (5.00%) VMware NSX
6 2 (5.00%) vSphere
7 1 (2.50%) Docker
7 1 (2.50%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (2.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) PaperCut
2 4 (10.00%) vCenter Server
3 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (5.00%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (5.00%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (5.00%) vRealize
4 2 (5.00%) VxRail
4 2 (5.00%) WSUS
5 1 (2.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (2.50%) Ansible
5 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.50%) Progress Chef
5 1 (2.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (77.50%) Microsoft
2 16 (40.00%) VMware
3 3 (7.50%) Apple
3 3 (7.50%) Cisco
3 3 (7.50%) Dell
3 3 (7.50%) SonicWALL
4 2 (5.00%) arcserve
4 2 (5.00%) EMC
4 2 (5.00%) Isilon
4 2 (5.00%) McAfee
4 2 (5.00%) Red Hat
4 2 (5.00%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.50%) Avaya
5 1 (2.50%) Citrix
5 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.50%) Google
5 1 (2.50%) Mitel
5 1 (2.50%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.50%) Veeam
5 1 (2.50%) WatchGuard