MCSA Contracts 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 contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for MCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates 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 184 183 233
Rank change year-on-year -1 +50 -46
Contract jobs citing MCSA 1 19 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.021% 0.35% 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.085% 1.44% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 13
10th Percentile - £438 £158
25th Percentile - £625 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £650 £195
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +233.33% -35.00%
75th Percentile - £688 £255
90th Percentile - £700 £300
England median daily rate £538 £525 £414
% change year-on-year +2.38% +26.89% +21.69%

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 contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the North of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,172 1,324 1,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.19% 24.33% 21.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 644 908 1,037
10th Percentile £302 £325 £206
25th Percentile £413 £431 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £591
90th Percentile £694 £700 £671
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 75 70
10th Percentile £10.95 £18.95 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.50 £25.38 £17.50
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.85% +29.03% +40.91%
75th Percentile £43.10 £49.52 £57.53
90th Percentile £63.75 £64.95 £75.60
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for MCSA in the North of England

MCSA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for MCSA in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -2 1 £400 -38.46% 3
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft