Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 682 812 953
Rank change year-on-year +130 +141 -214
Permanent jobs citing MCP 223 160 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.16% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.81% 0.48% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 205 136 195
10th Percentile £22,900 £22,652 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £24,250 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -5.41%
75th Percentile £41,000 £47,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,875 £47,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% -1.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,444 33,124 42,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.69% 32.69% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,288 14,907 18,785
10th Percentile £28,374 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MCP in the UK

MCP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCP.

Salary trend for MCP in the UK

MCP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCP over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MCP in the UK

MCP
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +184 218 £32,500 -0.91% 39
UK excluding London +77 203 £32,500 +4.00% 45
South East +10 55 £38,000 +33.33% 5
Work from Home +64 54 £38,000 +16.92% 10
North of England +88 53 £30,000 -7.69% 12
Midlands +10 42 £25,000 -5.66% 2
South West +4 33 £32,500 -4.41% 15
North West +28 26 £30,000 -7.69% 9
Yorkshire +107 23 £32,500 +40.02% 2
West Midlands +17 21 £33,500 +28.85%
East Midlands -1 21 £25,000 -52.38% 2
London +100 20 £55,000 +41.94% 3
East of England +24 15 £29,500 -50.83% 3
Wales +5 4 £27,000 -46.00%
North East -1 4 £28,500 -66.47% 1
Scotland -76 1 £23,000 -24.59% 9

MCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 53 (23.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (12.56%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.45%) CMS
4 1 (0.45%) IIS
Applications
1 84 (37.67%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 135 (60.54%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (29.60%) Azure
3 26 (11.66%) Entra ID
4 14 (6.28%) AWS
5 12 (5.38%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.69%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (2.69%) IaaS
6 6 (2.69%) Twilio
7 5 (2.24%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.35%) Azure Stack
8 3 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (1.35%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.90%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 50 (22.42%) Firewall
2 44 (19.73%) Network Security
3 27 (12.11%) DHCP
3 27 (12.11%) DNS
4 20 (8.97%) LAN
5 18 (8.07%) SAN
6 16 (7.17%) VPN
6 16 (7.17%) WAN
7 13 (5.83%) Wireless
8 12 (5.38%) Internet
8 12 (5.38%) VLAN
9 11 (4.93%) TCP/IP
10 10 (4.48%) Remote Desktop
11 8 (3.59%) VoIP
12 6 (2.69%) iSCSI
13 5 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (1.79%) NAS
14 4 (1.79%) SSL
14 4 (1.79%) WLAN
15 3 (1.35%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.52%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.14%) Power BI
3 3 (1.35%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.45%) QlikView
5 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.45%) JIRA
General
1 97 (43.50%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.31%) Finance
3 19 (8.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (5.38%) Legal
6 11 (4.93%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.48%) Banking
7 10 (4.48%) Games
8 6 (2.69%) Local Government
8 6 (2.69%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.24%) Retail
10 4 (1.79%) Electronics
10 4 (1.79%) Law
10 4 (1.79%) Marketing
11 3 (1.35%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.35%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.90%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.45%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (21.52%) Support Engineer
2 42 (18.83%) IT Support
3 29 (13.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 27 (12.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 27 (12.11%) 2nd Line Support
4 27 (12.11%) Analyst
5 24 (10.76%) Field Engineer
6 23 (10.31%) Desktop Support
6 23 (10.31%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 21 (9.42%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 21 (9.42%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
7 21 (9.42%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 21 (9.42%) Field Support Engineer
8 20 (8.97%) IT Engineer
9 17 (7.62%) Hardware Engineer
10 16 (7.17%) 1st Line Support
10 16 (7.17%) IT Support Engineer
11 14 (6.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (5.83%) Technical Engineer
13 12 (5.38%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.45%) CSS
1 1 (0.45%) EDI
1 1 (0.45%) HTML
1 1 (0.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 41 (18.39%) Data Centre
2 29 (13.00%) Onboarding
3 26 (11.66%) Private Cloud
4 21 (9.42%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.59%) CCTV
5 8 (3.59%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.14%) Replication
7 4 (1.79%) Clustering
7 4 (1.79%) iPhone
8 3 (1.35%) EPoS
8 3 (1.35%) iPad
8 3 (1.35%) Media Streaming
9 2 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.45%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.45%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.45%) IoT
10 1 (0.45%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.45%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 155 (69.51%) Windows
2 53 (23.77%) Windows 10
3 38 (17.04%) Windows Server
4 29 (13.00%) Mac OS
5 9 (4.04%) Apple iOS
5 9 (4.04%) Linux
6 6 (2.69%) Android
6 6 (2.69%) Windows 8
7 4 (1.79%) Mac OS X
7 4 (1.79%) Windows Vista
7 4 (1.79%) Windows XP
8 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.45%) AIX
9 1 (0.45%) Unix
9 1 (0.45%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (52.91%) Customer Service
2 76 (34.08%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (32.29%) ITIL
4 45 (20.18%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (17.04%) Computer Science
6 28 (12.56%) Software Licensing
7 26 (11.66%) Presales
8 20 (8.97%) ITSM
9 19 (8.52%) Asset Management
9 19 (8.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 17 (7.62%) Break/Fix
11 16 (7.17%) Service Delivery
11 16 (7.17%) Service Management
12 14 (6.28%) Line Management
12 14 (6.28%) Mentoring
13 13 (5.83%) Active Listening
13 13 (5.83%) Collaborative Working
13 13 (5.83%) Impact Assessments
13 13 (5.83%) IT Asset Management
14 11 (4.93%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.31%) PowerShell
2 15 (6.73%) SQL
3 6 (2.69%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.90%) Python
5 1 (0.45%) Bash
5 1 (0.45%) C
5 1 (0.45%) Go
5 1 (0.45%) Java
5 1 (0.45%) PHP
5 1 (0.45%) R
5 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.45%) Swift
Qualifications
1 157 (70.40%) Microsoft Certification
2 115 (51.57%) Degree
3 68 (30.49%) A+ Certification
4 45 (20.18%) DBS Check
5 36 (16.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (13.90%) MCSE
7 26 (11.66%) MCSA
8 20 (8.97%) CCNA
8 20 (8.97%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (8.07%) Security Cleared
10 16 (7.17%) Network+ Certification
11 14 (6.28%) SC Cleared
12 13 (5.83%) DV Cleared
13 11 (4.93%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (3.14%) MCTS
15 4 (1.79%) Citrix Certification
15 4 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (1.79%) HND
15 4 (1.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 3 (1.35%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (14.35%) SLA
2 6 (2.69%) GDPR
3 4 (1.79%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 153 (68.61%) Active Directory
2 38 (17.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (15.70%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.14%) vSphere
5 6 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.79%) XenApp
6 4 (1.79%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.90%) Firmware
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 37 (16.59%) SCCM
2 12 (5.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.69%) FortiGate
3 6 (2.69%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 6 (2.69%) SCDPM
4 4 (1.79%) WSUS
5 3 (1.35%) Autotask
6 2 (0.90%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.90%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 213 (95.52%) Microsoft
2 42 (18.83%) VMware
3 34 (15.25%) Apple
4 28 (12.56%) Adobe
5 16 (7.17%) Citrix
6 14 (6.28%) Cisco
7 13 (5.83%) Dell
7 13 (5.83%) HP
7 13 (5.83%) ServiceNow
8 11 (4.93%) Datto
9 9 (4.04%) Sophos
10 7 (3.14%) Veeam
10 7 (3.14%) WatchGuard
11 6 (2.69%) Dell Compellent
11 6 (2.69%) Draytek
12 4 (1.79%) IBM
12 4 (1.79%) iManage
12 4 (1.79%) Meraki
12 4 (1.79%) Symantec
12 4 (1.79%) Veritas