MCP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for MCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates 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 331 322 354
Rank change year-on-year -9 +32 +30
Contract jobs citing MCP 65 125 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.53% 0.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.86% 1.62% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 57 55
10th Percentile £136 £121 £118
25th Percentile £172 £150 £125
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £235 £160
Median % change year-on-year +23.40% +46.88% -16.88%
75th Percentile £420 £479 £260
90th Percentile £501 £499 £400
UK median daily rate £248 £246 £263
% change year-on-year +0.81% -6.48% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 58 82
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% - -17.21%
75th Percentile £15.29 £19.44 £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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,550 7,726 7,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.86% 32.93% 26.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,354 5,173 5,169
10th Percentile £270 £287 £255
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £600
90th Percentile £725 £712 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 644 522
10th Percentile £13.52 £13.94 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £16.52
Median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £31.89
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +56.79% -7.67%
75th Percentile £63.29 £65.75 £55.96
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £65.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +11.55%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MCP in the UK excluding London

MCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for MCP in the UK excluding London

MCP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MCP in the UK excluding London

MCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for MCP in the UK excluding London

MCP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the UK excluding London region 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
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 37 £505 +253.15% 3
Scotland +44 12 £169 +43.13% 8
South West +12 8 £350 +21.74% 15
North of England +29 5 £466 +88.38% 12
North West +15 4 £466 +174.26% 10
Midlands +23 3 £178 -5.33% 2
West Midlands +13 2 £225 +33.33%
East Midlands +21 1 £130 -72.92% 2
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
MCP
UK

MCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 16 (24.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (6.15%) Exchange Server 2000
2 4 (6.15%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (6.15%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (6.15%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (6.15%) Exchange Server 2013
2 4 (6.15%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.08%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.54%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 17 (26.15%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (9.23%) Azure
3 2 (3.08%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (3.08%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.08%) Mimecast
3 2 (3.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.15%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (4.62%) SMTP
3 2 (3.08%) Firewall
3 2 (3.08%) LAN
3 2 (3.08%) Skype
3 2 (3.08%) WAN
4 1 (1.54%) VPN
General
1 43 (66.15%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.92%) Public Sector
3 7 (10.77%) Retail
4 2 (3.08%) Finance
4 2 (3.08%) Financial Institution
4 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.08%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.54%) Local Government
5 1 (1.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (73.85%) Analyst
2 37 (56.92%) Service Analyst
2 37 (56.92%) Service Desk Analyst
3 14 (21.54%) Call Centre Analyst
3 14 (21.54%) Customer Analyst
3 14 (21.54%) Customer Service Analyst
4 11 (16.92%) Technical Analyst
5 9 (13.85%) Technical Services Analyst
6 8 (12.31%) Desktop Analyst
6 8 (12.31%) Support Analyst
7 5 (7.69%) Support Engineer
8 4 (6.15%) Desktop Support
8 4 (6.15%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 4 (6.15%) Messaging Engineer
9 3 (4.62%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
9 3 (4.62%) IT Engineer
9 3 (4.62%) IT Support
9 3 (4.62%) Junior Analyst
9 3 (4.62%) Software Asset Manager
9 3 (4.62%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.38%) Driving Licence
2 2 (3.08%) Biopharmaceutical
2 2 (3.08%) Hedge funds
2 2 (3.08%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.08%) NHS
2 2 (3.08%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (47.69%) Windows
2 4 (6.15%) Windows 10
2 4 (6.15%) Windows 2000
2 4 (6.15%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (4.62%) Mac OS
3 3 (4.62%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.08%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (78.46%) ITIL
2 46 (70.77%) Customer Service
3 26 (40.00%) Incident Management
4 22 (33.85%) Service Delivery
5 20 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (27.69%) Mathematics
7 17 (26.15%) Problem Management
8 15 (23.08%) ITSM
9 9 (13.85%) Service Management
10 6 (9.23%) Asset Management
11 4 (6.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 4 (6.15%) Software Asset Management
12 3 (4.62%) Hardware Maintenance
12 3 (4.62%) Mobile Device Management
12 3 (4.62%) Network Management
12 3 (4.62%) Supplier Management
13 2 (3.08%) Business Continuity
13 2 (3.08%) Decision-Making
13 2 (3.08%) Time Management
13 2 (3.08%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (29.23%) Security Cleared
3 15 (23.08%) Degree
3 15 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 11 (16.92%) CCNA
4 11 (16.92%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (12.31%) A+ Certification
6 7 (10.77%) MCSE
7 5 (7.69%) MCSA
8 2 (3.08%) DV Cleared
8 2 (3.08%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (3.08%) MOS
9 1 (1.54%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.54%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.15%) SLA
2 2 (3.08%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 18 (27.69%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (26.15%) SCCM
2 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.62%) MAILsweeper
3 3 (4.62%) WSUS
4 1 (1.54%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 32 (49.23%) Microsoft
2 21 (32.31%) Citrix
3 6 (9.23%) Cisco
3 6 (9.23%) ServiceNow
4 5 (7.69%) Sophos
5 4 (6.15%) NetApp
6 3 (4.62%) Dell
6 3 (4.62%) HP
6 3 (4.62%) IronPort
6 3 (4.62%) Trend Micro
6 3 (4.62%) VMware
7 2 (3.08%) Sun
8 1 (1.54%) Adobe
8 1 (1.54%) Apple
8 1 (1.54%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.54%) Veeam