MCP Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 156 175
Rank change year-on-year +39 +19 -12
Contract jobs citing MCP 6 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.28% 0.26% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.09% 1.22% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 4
10th Percentile - £110 £107
25th Percentile - £115 £112
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £116 £115
Median % change year-on-year +193.74% +1.09% -5.53%
75th Percentile - £119 £116
90th Percentile - £119 £117
UK median daily rate £340 £241 £350
% change year-on-year +41.08% -31.14% +59.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

MCP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 551 574 582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 25.83% 21.41% 17.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 376 358
10th Percentile £181 £173 £216
25th Percentile £313 £398 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £464
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -2.96% +9.12%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £560
90th Percentile £646 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 10 23
10th Percentile £12.44 £12.71 £20.20
25th Percentile £15.62 £15.81 £23.89
Median hourly rate £19.50 £21.47 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.15% -57.07% +55.04%
75th Percentile £40.94 £43.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £62.40 £59.63 £58.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for MCP in Scotland

MCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for MCP in Scotland

MCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for MCP in Scotland

MCP
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 10 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +37 6 £340 - 3
MCP
UK

MCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Infrastructure Support
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
2 3 (50.00%) Support Specialist
3 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) Network Management
2 5 (83.33%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) MCSE
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) SCCM
1 6 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Citrix