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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 675 798 988
Rank change year-on-year +123 +190 -226
Permanent jobs citing MCP 233 148 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.16% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.83% 0.46% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 213 123 205
10th Percentile £22,900 £22,932 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £24,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -10.26%
75th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £58,650 £48,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £31,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year +3.17% -14.86% +4.23%

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 27,942 32,039 45,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.55% 33.80% 27.07%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,523 19,205
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £30,932
25th Percentile £38,524 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,818 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.30% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

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 2 June 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 2 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
England +172 227 £32,500 - 100
UK excluding London +55 211 £32,500 +3.17% 99
Work from Home +47 59 £38,000 +16.92% 12
South East +9 56 £38,000 +43.40% 9
North of England +69 54 £30,000 -7.69% 15
Midlands +10 43 £27,500 +3.77% 47
South West +5 40 £32,500 -4.41% 14
North West +3 27 £30,000 -14.29% 11
Yorkshire +79 23 £32,500 +25.00% 4
London +108 22 £55,000 +25.71% 12
West Midlands -4 22 £35,113 +35.05% 37
East Midlands 0 21 £25,000 -52.38% 10
East of England -6 12 £29,500 -50.83% 4
Wales +7 4 £27,000 -28.00%
North East -8 4 £28,500 -66.47%
Scotland -77 2 £23,000 -24.59% 11

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 58 (24.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (12.45%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.43%) CMS
Applications
1 86 (36.91%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 137 (58.80%) Microsoft 365
2 67 (28.76%) Azure
3 27 (11.59%) Entra ID
4 13 (5.58%) AWS
4 13 (5.58%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.58%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (2.58%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (2.58%) IaaS
5 6 (2.58%) Twilio
6 5 (2.15%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.29%) Azure Stack
7 3 (1.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (1.29%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.86%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.43%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 1 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.43%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.43%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.43%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 50 (21.46%) Firewall
2 44 (18.88%) Network Security
3 28 (12.02%) DHCP
3 28 (12.02%) DNS
4 19 (8.15%) SAN
5 18 (7.73%) LAN
6 17 (7.30%) VPN
7 14 (6.01%) WAN
7 14 (6.01%) Wireless
8 13 (5.58%) Remote Desktop
9 12 (5.15%) TCP/IP
10 11 (4.72%) Internet
10 11 (4.72%) VLAN
11 8 (3.43%) VoIP
12 6 (2.58%) iSCSI
13 5 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (1.72%) NAS
14 4 (1.72%) SSL
14 4 (1.72%) WLAN
15 3 (1.29%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.15%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.00%) Power BI
3 3 (1.29%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.43%) QlikView
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 101 (43.35%) Social Skills
2 25 (10.73%) Finance
3 19 (8.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.44%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (5.15%) Legal
6 10 (4.29%) Banking
6 10 (4.29%) Games
7 6 (2.58%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.15%) Local Government
8 5 (2.15%) Retail
9 4 (1.72%) Electronics
9 4 (1.72%) Law
9 4 (1.72%) Marketing
10 3 (1.29%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.86%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (20.60%) Support Engineer
2 42 (18.03%) IT Support
3 31 (13.30%) Analyst
4 29 (12.45%) Desktop Engineer
5 27 (11.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 27 (11.59%) 2nd Line Support
6 24 (10.30%) Field Engineer
7 23 (9.87%) Desktop Support
7 23 (9.87%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 23 (9.87%) IT Engineer
8 21 (9.01%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 21 (9.01%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
8 21 (9.01%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 21 (9.01%) Field Support Engineer
9 19 (8.15%) Hardware Engineer
10 17 (7.30%) 1st Line Support
11 16 (6.87%) IT Support Engineer
12 15 (6.44%) Senior
13 14 (6.01%) Technical Engineer
14 13 (5.58%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.86%) Middleware
2 1 (0.43%) .NET
2 1 (0.43%) EDI
2 1 (0.43%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 39 (16.74%) Data Centre
2 31 (13.30%) Onboarding
3 26 (11.16%) Private Cloud
4 24 (10.30%) Driving Licence
5 10 (4.29%) Replication
6 8 (3.43%) CCTV
7 7 (3.00%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.72%) Clustering
8 4 (1.72%) iPhone
9 3 (1.29%) EPoS
9 3 (1.29%) iPad
9 3 (1.29%) Media Streaming
10 2 (0.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.43%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.43%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.43%) IoT
11 1 (0.43%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 161 (69.10%) Windows
2 53 (22.75%) Windows 10
3 38 (16.31%) Windows Server
4 33 (14.16%) Mac OS
5 12 (5.15%) Apple iOS
6 10 (4.29%) Linux
7 9 (3.86%) Android
8 6 (2.58%) Windows 8
9 4 (1.72%) Mac OS X
9 4 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.72%) Windows Vista
9 4 (1.72%) Windows XP
10 3 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.43%) AIX
11 1 (0.43%) Unix
11 1 (0.43%) VMS
11 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (51.93%) Customer Service
2 78 (33.48%) ITIL
2 78 (33.48%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (19.74%) Cybersecurity
4 40 (17.17%) Computer Science
5 26 (11.16%) Presales
5 26 (11.16%) Software Licensing
6 21 (9.01%) Asset Management
7 19 (8.15%) ITSM
8 18 (7.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 17 (7.30%) Break/Fix
9 17 (7.30%) Service Delivery
10 15 (6.44%) IT Asset Management
10 15 (6.44%) Line Management
10 15 (6.44%) Service Management
11 14 (6.01%) Mentoring
12 13 (5.58%) Active Listening
12 13 (5.58%) Collaborative Working
12 13 (5.58%) Impact Assessments
13 11 (4.72%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.16%) PowerShell
2 16 (6.87%) SQL
3 6 (2.58%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.86%) Python
5 1 (0.43%) Bash
5 1 (0.43%) C
5 1 (0.43%) C#
5 1 (0.43%) Go
5 1 (0.43%) Java
5 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.43%) R
5 1 (0.43%) Swift
Qualifications
1 162 (69.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 120 (51.50%) Degree
3 70 (30.04%) A+ Certification
4 46 (19.74%) DBS Check
5 38 (16.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (13.73%) MCSE
7 27 (11.59%) MCSA
8 20 (8.58%) CCNA
8 20 (8.58%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (7.73%) Security Cleared
10 14 (6.01%) Network+ Certification
10 14 (6.01%) SC Cleared
11 13 (5.58%) DV Cleared
11 13 (5.58%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (2.58%) Citrix Certification
12 6 (2.58%) MCTS
13 5 (2.15%) CCA
14 4 (1.72%) HND
14 4 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 3 (1.29%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (14.16%) SLA
2 6 (2.58%) GDPR
3 3 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 157 (67.38%) Active Directory
2 40 (17.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (16.74%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.00%) vSphere
4 7 (3.00%) XenApp
4 7 (3.00%) XenDesktop
5 6 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.86%) Firmware
8 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 38 (16.31%) SCCM
2 14 (6.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.58%) FortiGate
3 6 (2.58%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 6 (2.58%) SCDPM
4 5 (2.15%) Backup Exec
4 5 (2.15%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 4 (1.72%) WSUS
6 3 (1.29%) Autotask
7 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 218 (93.56%) Microsoft
2 42 (18.03%) VMware
3 34 (14.59%) Apple
4 26 (11.16%) Adobe
5 16 (6.87%) Citrix
5 16 (6.87%) Dell
6 15 (6.44%) Cisco
7 13 (5.58%) ServiceNow
8 11 (4.72%) Datto
8 11 (4.72%) HP
9 10 (4.29%) Veeam
10 9 (3.86%) Sophos
11 7 (3.00%) WatchGuard
12 6 (2.58%) Dell Compellent
12 6 (2.58%) Draytek
13 5 (2.15%) Fortinet
13 5 (2.15%) N-able
13 5 (2.15%) Symantec
13 5 (2.15%) Veritas
14 4 (1.72%) iManage