MCP Contracts in England

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 528 602
Rank change year-on-year +46 +74 -21
Contract jobs citing MCP 56 122 180
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.25% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.50% 0.92% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 54 77
10th Percentile £175 £150 £132
25th Percentile £183 £200 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £250 £325
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £488 £480 £538
90th Percentile £565 £509 -
UK median daily rate £300 £241 £289
% change year-on-year +24.74% -16.78% +31.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 56 81
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 £15.29 £18.94 £18.75
90th Percentile £21.46 £20.56 £20.56
UK median hourly rate £14.16 £13.66 £13.66
% change year-on-year +3.66% - -17.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,123 13,194 15,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.61% 27.54% 21.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,895 8,840 10,158
10th Percentile £313 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 972 672 687
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.83 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.58% +10.28%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.56 £56.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +22.58%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for MCP in England

MCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for MCP in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCP in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MCP in England

MCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for MCP in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 22 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
East of England -12 33 £505 +258.16% 2
London +86 10 £200 -20.00% 10
South West +14 6 £438 +250.00% 21
North of England +34 4 £466 +43.46% 15
North West +20 3 £466 - 12
Midlands +16 3 £178 -21.11% 3
West Midlands +15 2 £225 +20.00% 3
East Midlands +7 1 £130 -72.92%
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
MCP
UK

MCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 14 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (7.14%) Exchange Server 2000
2 4 (7.14%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (7.14%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (7.14%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (7.14%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (3.57%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.79%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.79%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 15 (26.79%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.93%) Azure
3 1 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.79%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.79%) Mimecast
3 1 (1.79%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (5.36%) SMTP
2 3 (5.36%) VPN
3 1 (1.79%) Firewall
3 1 (1.79%) LAN
3 1 (1.79%) Skype
3 1 (1.79%) WAN
General
1 34 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.71%) Finance
2 6 (10.71%) Retail
3 3 (5.36%) Banking
3 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.79%) Local Government
4 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (60.71%) Analyst
2 31 (55.36%) Service Analyst
2 31 (55.36%) Service Desk Analyst
3 12 (21.43%) Call Centre Analyst
3 12 (21.43%) Customer Analyst
3 12 (21.43%) Customer Service Analyst
4 10 (17.86%) Technical Analyst
5 8 (14.29%) Technical Services Analyst
6 6 (10.71%) IT Support
7 4 (7.14%) Messaging Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) Support Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (5.36%) Software Asset Manager
8 3 (5.36%) Software Manager
8 3 (5.36%) Support Engineer
9 2 (3.57%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 2 (3.57%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (3.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 2 (3.57%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.36%) Driving Licence
1 3 (5.36%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.57%) Blackberry
2 2 (3.57%) iPad
2 2 (3.57%) iPhone
3 1 (1.79%) NHS
3 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (53.57%) Windows
2 4 (7.14%) Windows 2000
2 4 (7.14%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (5.36%) Mac OS
3 3 (5.36%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (73.21%) Customer Service
2 40 (71.43%) ITIL
3 22 (39.29%) Incident Management
3 22 (39.29%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (37.50%) Service Delivery
5 16 (28.57%) Mathematics
6 15 (26.79%) Problem Management
7 11 (19.64%) ITSM
8 4 (7.14%) Asset Management
8 4 (7.14%) Service Management
8 4 (7.14%) Software Asset Management
9 3 (5.36%) Hardware Maintenance
9 3 (5.36%) Supplier Management
10 2 (3.57%) Business Continuity
10 2 (3.57%) DevOps
10 2 (3.57%) Mobile Device Management
10 2 (3.57%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
10 2 (3.57%) Ticket Management
11 1 (1.79%) Malware Detection/Protection
11 1 (1.79%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (39.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (26.79%) Security Cleared
3 14 (25.00%) A+ Certification
4 13 (23.21%) Degree
5 10 (17.86%) CCNA
5 10 (17.86%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (17.86%) SC Cleared
6 6 (10.71%) MCSA
7 4 (7.14%) MCSE
8 2 (3.57%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.79%) CEH
9 1 (1.79%) CREST Certified
9 1 (1.79%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.79%) GIAC
9 1 (1.79%) GPEN
9 1 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.79%) MCDST
9 1 (1.79%) MOS
9 1 (1.79%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (19.64%) SCCM
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.36%) MAILsweeper
4 1 (1.79%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 27 (48.21%) Microsoft
2 15 (26.79%) Citrix
3 5 (8.93%) Cisco
3 5 (8.93%) ServiceNow
4 4 (7.14%) Sophos
5 3 (5.36%) IronPort
5 3 (5.36%) NetApp
5 3 (5.36%) Trend Micro
6 2 (3.57%) Bloomberg
6 2 (3.57%) Reuters
6 2 (3.57%) Sun
7 1 (1.79%) Adobe
7 1 (1.79%) Apple
7 1 (1.79%) VMware