MCSA Jobs in England

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 680 730 923
Rank change year-on-year +50 +193 -257
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 184 164 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.72% 0.59% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 131 136 230
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,625 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £32,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £41,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.99% -1.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £68,875
UK median annual salary £43,000 £42,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year +1.18% -2.30% +8.75%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,654 27,711 39,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.84% 33.76% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 15,775 12,833 16,968
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,734 £42,500 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MCSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in England

MCSA
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSA in England.

Salary trend for MCSA in England

MCSA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSA in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSA in England

MCSA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +4 62 £39,000 +5.41% 8
London +89 54 £45,000 -14.29% 4
North of England +22 29 £37,500 -21.88% 5
Yorkshire +79 18 £37,500 -21.88% 2
Midlands -65 14 £43,227 +30.01% 2
East of England -8 13 £42,500 +21.43% 6
South West -38 11 £33,000 -19.51% 3
North West -28 8 £45,000 -3.74% 3
West Midlands -22 7 £43,227 +63.12% 1
East Midlands -45 7 £34,000 -24.44% 1
North East - 3 £29,500 -
MCSA
UK

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 57 (30.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (19.02%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.63%) Confluence
4 1 (0.54%) Drupal
4 1 (0.54%) IIS
Applications
1 34 (18.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.09%) Shopify
2 1 (0.54%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 110 (59.78%) Azure
2 67 (36.41%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (22.28%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (21.74%) Azure AI
4 40 (21.74%) IBM Cloud
5 28 (15.22%) AWS
6 15 (8.15%) Entra ID
7 14 (7.61%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (4.35%) Mimecast
9 6 (3.26%) Power Platform
9 6 (3.26%) Twilio
10 5 (2.72%) OneDrive
11 4 (2.17%) Azure Stack
11 4 (2.17%) GCP
12 3 (1.63%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.63%) Google Workspace
12 3 (1.63%) IaaS
12 3 (1.63%) PaaS
12 3 (1.63%) Serverless
13 2 (1.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (33.15%) Firewall
2 36 (19.57%) DHCP
2 36 (19.57%) TCP/IP
3 34 (18.48%) DNS
4 31 (16.85%) VPN
5 24 (13.04%) SAN
6 22 (11.96%) VLAN
7 18 (9.78%) LAN
8 15 (8.15%) WAN
9 13 (7.07%) Internet
9 13 (7.07%) Wireless
10 11 (5.98%) Network Security
11 9 (4.89%) NAS
11 9 (4.89%) SSL
11 9 (4.89%) VoIP
12 6 (3.26%) Intranet
12 6 (3.26%) WLAN
13 5 (2.72%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (2.72%) IPsec
14 4 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.07%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.17%) Power BI
3 3 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.09%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.09%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.17%) JIRA
2 2 (1.09%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
General
1 60 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 40 (21.74%) Public Sector
3 21 (11.41%) Finance
4 14 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.35%) Billing
6 7 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.26%) Automotive
7 6 (3.26%) Legal
8 4 (2.17%) Banking
8 4 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.17%) Police
9 3 (1.63%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.63%) Marketing
9 3 (1.63%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.09%) Back Office
10 2 (1.09%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.09%) Law
11 1 (0.54%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.54%) Military
11 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (14.67%) IT Support
2 17 (9.24%) Analyst
3 12 (6.52%) Support Engineer
4 11 (5.98%) IT Engineer
5 10 (5.43%) 3rd Line Support
5 10 (5.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (4.89%) Architect
6 9 (4.89%) Network Manager
7 8 (4.35%) Consultant
7 8 (4.35%) Infrastructure Architect
7 8 (4.35%) IT Manager
7 8 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (3.26%) Administrator
8 6 (3.26%) IT Administrator
8 6 (3.26%) IT Systems Administrator
8 6 (3.26%) Network Engineer
8 6 (3.26%) Network Security Engineer
8 6 (3.26%) Security Engineer
8 6 (3.26%) Support Analyst
8 6 (3.26%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.17%) .NET
2 1 (0.54%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.54%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.54%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (0.54%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (0.54%) Middleware
2 1 (0.54%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 42 (22.83%) Hybrid Cloud
2 40 (21.74%) Blockchain
2 40 (21.74%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (14.67%) Replication
4 26 (14.13%) Data Centre
5 18 (9.78%) Management Information System
6 10 (5.43%) Public Cloud
6 10 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.26%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (3.26%) PKI
8 5 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.17%) Clustering
9 4 (2.17%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.63%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.63%) Raspberry Pi
11 2 (1.09%) CCTV
11 2 (1.09%) Fat Client
11 2 (1.09%) Mainframe
11 2 (1.09%) Smartphone
11 2 (1.09%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 106 (57.61%) Windows
2 74 (40.22%) Windows Server
3 69 (37.50%) Linux
4 41 (22.28%) CentOS
5 40 (21.74%) Alpine Linux
5 40 (21.74%) Debian
6 22 (11.96%) Windows 10
7 19 (10.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (8.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (7.61%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (5.98%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (4.35%) SUSE
11 8 (4.35%) Ubuntu
12 7 (3.80%) Apple iOS
13 5 (2.72%) Windows Vista
14 3 (1.63%) Android
15 2 (1.09%) Mac OS
15 2 (1.09%) VMS
15 2 (1.09%) Windows 2000
15 2 (1.09%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (29.35%) ITIL
2 47 (25.54%) Artificial Intelligence
3 43 (23.37%) Task Automation
4 42 (22.83%) CI/CD
4 42 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (22.28%) DevOps
6 40 (21.74%) Co-Creation
6 40 (21.74%) Data Science
6 40 (21.74%) Functional Testing
6 40 (21.74%) Separation of Concerns
6 40 (21.74%) Technology Transformation
7 34 (18.48%) Cybersecurity
8 29 (15.76%) Customer Service
9 25 (13.59%) Disaster Recovery
10 23 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
11 19 (10.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 17 (9.24%) Project Delivery
13 16 (8.70%) Computer Science
13 16 (8.70%) Proactive Monitoring
14 14 (7.61%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 38 (20.65%) PowerShell
2 25 (13.59%) SQL
3 6 (3.26%) C#
4 4 (2.17%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.09%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.54%) Java
Qualifications
1 184 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 116 (63.04%) MCSE
3 53 (28.80%) Degree
4 47 (25.54%) Azure Certification
5 31 (16.85%) CCNA
5 31 (16.85%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (14.13%) MCP
7 23 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 14 (7.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (5.98%) A+ Certification
9 11 (5.98%) CREST Certified
9 11 (5.98%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (4.35%) CCNP
10 8 (4.35%) SC Cleared
10 8 (4.35%) Security Cleared
11 6 (3.26%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (3.26%) Master's Degree
12 5 (2.72%) CompTIA CySA+
12 5 (2.72%) GIAC
13 4 (2.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.35%) GDPR
3 6 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (2.72%) NCSC
5 2 (1.09%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.09%) SLA
6 1 (0.54%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.54%) NIST
6 1 (0.54%) QA
System Software
1 82 (44.57%) Active Directory
2 55 (29.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (22.83%) Docker
4 25 (13.59%) vSphere
5 23 (12.50%) Hyper-V
6 8 (4.35%) vCloud
6 8 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.63%) VMware NSX
8 2 (1.09%) Firmware
8 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (1.09%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.54%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 43 (23.37%) Terraform
2 42 (22.83%) Kubernetes
3 14 (7.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (5.43%) SCCM
5 5 (2.72%) WSUS
6 3 (1.63%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.63%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.09%) SCOM
7 2 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.54%) Ansible
8 1 (0.54%) Nessus
8 1 (0.54%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.54%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.54%) Puppet
8 1 (0.54%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 112 (60.87%) Microsoft
2 62 (33.70%) VMware
3 44 (23.91%) Red Hat
4 40 (21.74%) IBM
5 35 (19.02%) Cisco
6 23 (12.50%) HP
7 17 (9.24%) Veeam
8 11 (5.98%) Bloomberg
8 11 (5.98%) Dell
8 11 (5.98%) FactSet
8 11 (5.98%) MobileIron
8 11 (5.98%) Refinitiv
9 10 (5.43%) Apple
9 10 (5.43%) Draytek
10 9 (4.89%) Fujitsu
10 9 (4.89%) Google
11 8 (4.35%) Citrix
11 8 (4.35%) Palo Alto
12 6 (3.26%) Aruba
13 5 (2.72%) Sage