MCP Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 149 157 168
Rank change year-on-year +8 +11 -25
Contract jobs citing MCP 7 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.22% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.22% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 4
10th Percentile £265 - £160
25th Percentile £350 £123 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £125 £200
Median % change year-on-year +220.00% -37.50% +3.90%
75th Percentile £494 £128 £288
90th Percentile £500 - £378
England median daily rate £313 £250 £325
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.08% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £18.25 -
England median hourly rate £14.16 £13.66 £13.66
% change year-on-year +3.66% - -14.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,777 1,784 1,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 54.83% 52.50% 40.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,141 1,309 1,046
10th Percentile £363 £400 £336
25th Percentile £467 £488 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £587 £523
Median % change year-on-year -6.30% +12.18% +10.16%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £729 £680
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 132 96
10th Percentile £21.26 £39.55 £41.88
25th Percentile £40.00 £55.94 £52.00
Median hourly rate £63.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +5.69% +33.33%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.44 £68.04
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.13 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +33.33% +10.96%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing MCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for MCP in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCP in the South West.

Daily rate trend for MCP in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for MCP in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCP in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for MCP in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the South West 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
Wiltshire - 5 £475 - 8
Bristol - 1 £300 - 3
MCP
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
1 1 (14.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) Skype
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Software Asset Manager
1 4 (57.14%) Software Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 5 (71.43%) Asset Management
2 5 (71.43%) Software Asset Management
3 3 (42.86%) Hardware Maintenance
3 3 (42.86%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
3 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Supplier Management
4 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) ITSM
5 1 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (14.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Service Management
5 1 (14.29%) Software Licensing
5 1 (14.29%) Time Management
5 1 (14.29%) Validation
5 1 (14.29%) Virtual Infrastructure
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) A+ Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) VMware