MCSA Jobs in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 383 405 405
Rank change year-on-year +22 0 -67
Permanent jobs citing MCSA 29 18 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.14% 0.11% 0.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.70% 0.35% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 27 17 60
10th Percentile £27,350 £29,000 £25,438
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,750 £29,568
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £48,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +20.00% -13.90%
75th Percentile £43,125 £53,750 £55,444
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,500 £59,125
England median annual salary £43,000 £41,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.99% -1.76% +6.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,159 5,075 5,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 20.72% 32.30% 28.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,709 1,690 2,417
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,387
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £54,377 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% +14.48% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,225 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

MCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for MCSA in the North of England

MCSA
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for MCSA in the North of England

MCSA
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for MCSA in the North of England

MCSA
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSA within the North of 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
Yorkshire +79 18 £37,500 -21.88% 2
North West -28 8 £45,000 -3.74% 3
North East - 3 £29,500 -
MCSA
England

MCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 12 (41.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (41.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (62.07%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (24.14%) Azure
3 5 (17.24%) Entra ID
4 4 (13.79%) Azure Stack
5 2 (6.90%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (37.93%) Firewall
2 9 (31.03%) VPN
3 8 (27.59%) LAN
3 8 (27.59%) TCP/IP
3 8 (27.59%) VLAN
4 7 (24.14%) Internet
5 5 (17.24%) SAN
6 4 (13.79%) DHCP
6 4 (13.79%) DNS
6 4 (13.79%) NAS
6 4 (13.79%) SSL
6 4 (13.79%) VoIP
6 4 (13.79%) WAN
6 4 (13.79%) WLAN
7 3 (10.34%) IPv4
8 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (17.24%) IT Manager
2 5 (17.24%) IT Support
3 4 (13.79%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 4 (13.79%) Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Hardware Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) E-Commerce Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Help Desk Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Senior
4 3 (10.34%) Support Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Systems Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (6.90%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Technical Support
5 2 (6.90%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) VMware Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) VMware Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Management Information System
1 4 (13.79%) Private Cloud
1 4 (13.79%) Replication
1 4 (13.79%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.90%) Fat Client
2 2 (6.90%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 26 (89.66%) Windows
2 15 (51.72%) Windows Server
3 10 (34.48%) Linux
4 5 (17.24%) Windows Vista
5 4 (13.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Customer Service
2 12 (41.38%) ITIL
3 10 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.24%) Project Delivery
4 5 (17.24%) Server Virtualisation
5 4 (13.79%) Break/Fix
5 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
5 4 (13.79%) Containerisation
5 4 (13.79%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (13.79%) Email Filtering
5 4 (13.79%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (13.79%) Line Management
5 4 (13.79%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (13.79%) Proactive Monitoring
5 4 (13.79%) Project Management
5 4 (13.79%) Security Hardening
5 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery
5 4 (13.79%) Time Management
5 4 (13.79%) Virtual Environments
5 4 (13.79%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (72.41%) MCSE
3 14 (48.28%) CCNA
3 14 (48.28%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (37.93%) MCP
5 9 (31.03%) Degree
6 5 (17.24%) A+ Certification
7 4 (13.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (13.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (13.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (10.34%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (3.45%) CCENT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (58.62%) Active Directory
2 14 (48.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (31.03%) Hyper-V
4 7 (24.14%) vSphere
5 3 (10.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) SCCM
1 4 (13.79%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (65.52%) Microsoft
2 14 (48.28%) VMware
3 5 (17.24%) Google
4 4 (13.79%) Cisco
4 4 (13.79%) LogicMonitor
4 4 (13.79%) SolarWinds
4 4 (13.79%) Veeam
5 3 (10.34%) Acronis
5 3 (10.34%) Datto
5 3 (10.34%) Draytek
5 3 (10.34%) SonicWALL
5 3 (10.34%) Sophos
6 2 (6.90%) Apple
6 2 (6.90%) Citrix
6 2 (6.90%) Dell
6 2 (6.90%) HP
7 1 (3.45%) Meraki