MCP Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for MCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 63 66
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 +33
Contract jobs citing MCP 38 60 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.99% 2.90% 3.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.40% 7.83% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 4
10th Percentile £466 £130 £356
25th Percentile £474 £138 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £188 £400
Median % change year-on-year +169.33% -53.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £544 £545 £422
90th Percentile £557 £688 £439
England median daily rate £278 £250 £313
% change year-on-year +11.00% -20.00% +42.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 52 78
10th Percentile - £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £14.16 £13.66 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% - -14.63%
75th Percentile - £14.75 £15.75
90th Percentile £21.46 £20.56 £20.25
England median hourly rate £14.16 £13.66 £13.66
% change year-on-year +3.66% - -18.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 East of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 594 766 749
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 31.10% 37.06% 29.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 380 362
10th Percentile £206 £222 £213
25th Percentile £345 £359 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £645 £560
90th Percentile £720 £735 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 195 207
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £35.00 £21.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% +7.69% -49.19%
75th Percentile £43.38 £63.75 £49.50
90th Percentile £71.00 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.66% +39.73% -3.75%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing MCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for MCP in the East of England

MCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCP in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for MCP in the East of England

MCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCP in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for MCP in the East of England

MCP
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the East of England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Cambridgeshire -10 34 - -
Hertfordshire +3 4 £505 -25.19% 2
MCP
England

MCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (34.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2000
2 4 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2013
Cloud Services
1 12 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (7.89%) SMTP
General
1 27 (71.05%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.42%) Retail
3 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 34 (89.47%) Analyst
1 34 (89.47%) Service Analyst
1 34 (89.47%) Service Desk Analyst
2 15 (39.47%) Call Centre Analyst
2 15 (39.47%) Customer Analyst
2 15 (39.47%) Customer Service Analyst
3 9 (23.68%) Technical Analyst
3 9 (23.68%) Technical Services Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Messaging Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
1 17 (44.74%) Windows
2 4 (10.53%) Windows 2000
2 4 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (89.47%) Customer Service
2 31 (81.58%) ITIL
3 25 (65.79%) Incident Management
4 19 (50.00%) Service Delivery
5 18 (47.37%) Mathematics
5 18 (47.37%) Problem Management
5 18 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (23.68%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 11 (28.95%) Security Cleared
2 9 (23.68%) CCNA
2 9 (23.68%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (23.68%) Degree
3 7 (18.42%) SC Cleared
4 4 (10.53%) A+ Certification
4 4 (10.53%) MCSA
4 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (5.26%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 9 (23.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (21.05%) SCCM
2 3 (7.89%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 16 (42.11%) Citrix
2 8 (21.05%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.53%) Cisco
3 4 (10.53%) NetApp
3 4 (10.53%) ServiceNow
4 3 (7.89%) IronPort
4 3 (7.89%) Sophos
4 3 (7.89%) Trend Micro
5 2 (5.26%) Sun