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

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 426 575 586
Rank change year-on-year +149 +11 +155
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 39 15 68
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.044% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 0.16% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 27 11 59
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,125 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,125 £43,114 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,094 £43,227 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.87% +15.27% -16.67%
75th Percentile £52,375 £48,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £61,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £43,227 £42,500
% change year-on-year -13.25% +1.71% -5.56%

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 7,122 9,548 10,383
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.47% 28.22% 25.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,127 5,897 6,327
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 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +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 20 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 (20.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (84.62%) Azure
2 24 (61.54%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (53.85%) AWS
4 16 (41.03%) PaaS
4 16 (41.03%) SaaS
5 8 (20.51%) IaaS
6 4 (10.26%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (7.69%) Entra ID
8 2 (5.13%) GCP
9 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
9 1 (2.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (35.90%) DNS
2 7 (17.95%) Firewall
3 6 (15.38%) DHCP
4 4 (10.26%) VLAN
5 3 (7.69%) LAN
5 3 (7.69%) VoIP
5 3 (7.69%) VPN
6 1 (2.56%) Internet
6 1 (2.56%) NetScaler
6 1 (2.56%) SAN
6 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.56%) WAN
6 1 (2.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Git
General
1 18 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Finance
2 8 (20.51%) Welsh Language
3 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.56%) Aviation
4 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Server Engineer
2 12 (30.77%) IT Support
3 8 (20.51%) IT Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) Lead
4 7 (17.95%) Support Team Leader
4 7 (17.95%) Team Leader
5 6 (15.38%) Senior
5 6 (15.38%) Support Engineer
6 5 (12.82%) Help Desk Support
6 5 (12.82%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (12.82%) Senior Support Engineer
7 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (10.26%) Senior IT Engineer
7 4 (10.26%) Senior IT Support
7 4 (10.26%) Windows Engineer
8 3 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
9 2 (5.13%) Support Specialist
9 2 (5.13%) Technical Specialist
9 2 (5.13%) Technical Support
9 2 (5.13%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) SAML
1 1 (2.56%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.21%) Driving Licence
2 8 (20.51%) IoT
2 8 (20.51%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (17.95%) Management Information System
4 3 (7.69%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 30 (76.92%) Windows
2 27 (69.23%) Windows Server
3 20 (51.28%) Linux
4 10 (25.64%) Mac OS
5 4 (10.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (7.69%) Android
6 3 (7.69%) Windows 10
7 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (51.28%) ITIL
2 19 (48.72%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (25.64%) Incident Management
4 9 (23.08%) Coaching
4 9 (23.08%) Mentoring
4 9 (23.08%) Performance Monitoring
4 9 (23.08%) Proactive Maintenance
5 8 (20.51%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (20.51%) Data Collection
5 8 (20.51%) ITSM
5 8 (20.51%) Proactive Monitoring
5 8 (20.51%) Problem Management
5 8 (20.51%) Server Migrations
5 8 (20.51%) Service Management
6 7 (17.95%) Document Management
6 7 (17.95%) Workflow
7 5 (12.82%) Asset Management
7 5 (12.82%) Change Control
7 5 (12.82%) Project Delivery
7 5 (12.82%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.51%) SQL
2 6 (15.38%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.56%) Bash
3 1 (2.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 39 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (66.67%) MCSE
3 20 (51.28%) MCP
4 11 (28.21%) DBS Check
4 11 (28.21%) Degree
5 10 (25.64%) CCNA
5 10 (25.64%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (20.51%) Azure Certification
6 8 (20.51%) CCNP
7 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
7 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
7 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
7 2 (5.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (2.56%) CEH
8 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.56%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (30.77%) SLA
2 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (51.28%) Active Directory
2 14 (35.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (28.21%) Hyper-V
4 10 (25.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (5.13%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.56%) Docker
6 1 (2.56%) Firmware
6 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (2.56%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (17.95%) PaperCut
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (5.13%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.56%) Ansible
4 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.56%) Progress Chef
4 1 (2.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (74.36%) Microsoft
2 14 (35.90%) VMware
3 3 (7.69%) Apple
3 3 (7.69%) Cisco
3 3 (7.69%) SonicWALL
4 2 (5.13%) arcserve
5 1 (2.56%) Avaya
5 1 (2.56%) Citrix
5 1 (2.56%) Dell
5 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.56%) Google
5 1 (2.56%) Mitel
5 1 (2.56%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.56%) Veeam
5 1 (2.56%) WatchGuard