MCP Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for MCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 156 178
Rank change year-on-year +38 +22 -23
Contract jobs citing MCP 8 8 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.38% 0.30% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.46% 1.39% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 6
10th Percentile £163 £111 £109
25th Percentile £190 £115 £114
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £117 £116
Median % change year-on-year +191.85% +0.22% -8.75%
75th Percentile - £119 £118
90th Percentile - £126 £145
UK median daily rate £333 £241 £295
% change year-on-year +37.97% -18.21% +33.93%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

MCP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 549 577 579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 26.04% 21.55% 16.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 382 355
10th Percentile £188 £163 £208
25th Percentile £313 £387 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £556
90th Percentile £649 £611 £638
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 8 21
10th Percentile £12.40 £12.62 £20.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.88 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.28% -60.25% +40.74%
75th Percentile £40.94 £31.01 £55.84
90th Percentile £64.00 £60.82 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +23.47%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing MCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for MCP in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCP in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for MCP in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCP in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MCP in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCP in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for MCP in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Edinburgh +28 5 £340 - 2
Inverclyde - 2 £172 -
Glasgow +12 1 £186 +59.66% 3
MCP
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Support
2 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Desktop Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
2 3 (37.50%) Support Specialist
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
4 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
1 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Customer Service
2 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) Network Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITSM
3 1 (12.50%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (62.50%) MCSE
2 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) SCCM
1 5 (62.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Citrix
3 3 (37.50%) Dell
3 3 (37.50%) HP