MCP Jobs in England

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK > England

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 630 799 883
Rank change year-on-year +169 +84 -160
Permanent jobs citing MCP 214 130 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.14% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.88% 0.43% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 197 113 170
10th Percentile £22,900 £23,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £25,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,797 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -6.29% -1.41%
75th Percentile £41,000 £47,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £58,500 £47,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year - -7.14% -9.09%

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,356 30,127 34,852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.57% 32.60% 26.37%
Number of salaries quoted 15,817 13,653 16,745
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,995 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.57% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.47% +7.27% -

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
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for MCP in England

MCP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCP in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MCP in England

MCP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +30 55 £38,000 +33.33% 7
North of England +74 49 £32,500 - 8
Midlands +28 42 £25,000 -5.66% 1
South West -2 32 £32,500 -4.41% 12
Yorkshire +109 23 £32,500 +40.02% 2
North West +15 22 £28,500 -12.31% 5
London +121 21 £55,000 +41.94% 5
West Midlands +30 21 £33,500 +28.85%
East Midlands 0 21 £25,000 -52.38% 1
East of England +19 15 £29,500 -50.83% 3
North East -4 4 £28,500 -66.47% 1
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 51 (23.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (12.62%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.47%) CMS
4 1 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 80 (37.38%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 126 (58.88%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (30.84%) Azure
3 26 (12.15%) Entra ID
4 14 (6.54%) AWS
5 12 (5.61%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.80%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (2.80%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (2.80%) IaaS
6 6 (2.80%) Twilio
7 4 (1.87%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.40%) Azure Stack
8 3 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (1.40%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.93%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 48 (22.43%) Firewall
2 44 (20.56%) Network Security
3 26 (12.15%) DHCP
3 26 (12.15%) DNS
4 20 (9.35%) LAN
5 16 (7.48%) SAN
5 16 (7.48%) VPN
5 16 (7.48%) WAN
6 12 (5.61%) Internet
6 12 (5.61%) VLAN
6 12 (5.61%) Wireless
7 11 (5.14%) TCP/IP
8 9 (4.21%) Remote Desktop
9 7 (3.27%) VoIP
10 6 (2.80%) iSCSI
11 5 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (1.87%) NAS
12 4 (1.87%) SSL
12 4 (1.87%) WLAN
13 3 (1.40%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.88%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.27%) Power BI
3 3 (1.40%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.47%) QlikView
5 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 93 (43.46%) Social Skills
2 22 (10.28%) Finance
3 19 (8.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (7.01%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (5.61%) Legal
6 11 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.67%) Banking
7 10 (4.67%) Games
8 6 (2.80%) Local Government
8 6 (2.80%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.34%) Retail
10 4 (1.87%) Electronics
10 4 (1.87%) Law
10 4 (1.87%) Marketing
11 3 (1.40%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.40%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.93%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.47%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 48 (22.43%) Support Engineer
2 42 (19.63%) IT Support
3 29 (13.55%) Desktop Engineer
4 27 (12.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 27 (12.62%) 2nd Line Support
5 25 (11.68%) Analyst
6 24 (11.21%) Desktop Support
6 24 (11.21%) Field Engineer
7 23 (10.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 21 (9.81%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 21 (9.81%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
8 21 (9.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 21 (9.81%) Field Support Engineer
9 20 (9.35%) IT Engineer
10 16 (7.48%) 1st Line Support
10 16 (7.48%) IT Support Engineer
11 13 (6.07%) Hardware Engineer
11 13 (6.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (6.07%) Technical Engineer
12 12 (5.61%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.47%) CSS
1 1 (0.47%) EDI
1 1 (0.47%) HTML
1 1 (0.47%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 41 (19.16%) Data Centre
2 29 (13.55%) Onboarding
3 26 (12.15%) Private Cloud
4 20 (9.35%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.74%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.27%) CCTV
7 6 (2.80%) Replication
8 4 (1.87%) iPhone
9 3 (1.40%) Clustering
9 3 (1.40%) EPoS
9 3 (1.40%) iPad
9 3 (1.40%) Media Streaming
10 2 (0.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.47%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.47%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.47%) IoT
11 1 (0.47%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.47%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 146 (68.22%) Windows
2 49 (22.90%) Windows 10
3 37 (17.29%) Windows Server
4 29 (13.55%) Mac OS
5 8 (3.74%) Linux
6 7 (3.27%) Apple iOS
7 6 (2.80%) Windows 8
8 5 (2.34%) Android
9 4 (1.87%) Mac OS X
9 4 (1.87%) Windows XP
10 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.47%) AIX
12 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (50.93%) Customer Service
2 75 (35.05%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (29.44%) ITIL
4 45 (21.03%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (17.76%) Computer Science
6 28 (13.08%) Software Licensing
7 26 (12.15%) Presales
8 19 (8.88%) Asset Management
8 19 (8.88%) ITSM
9 18 (8.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 16 (7.48%) Service Delivery
10 16 (7.48%) Service Management
11 14 (6.54%) Mentoring
12 13 (6.07%) Active Listening
12 13 (6.07%) Break/Fix
12 13 (6.07%) Collaborative Working
12 13 (6.07%) Impact Assessments
12 13 (6.07%) IT Asset Management
13 11 (5.14%) Time Management
14 10 (4.67%) Email Filtering
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.28%) PowerShell
2 14 (6.54%) SQL
3 6 (2.80%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.93%) Python
5 1 (0.47%) Bash
5 1 (0.47%) C
5 1 (0.47%) Go
5 1 (0.47%) Java
5 1 (0.47%) PHP
5 1 (0.47%) R
5 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 150 (70.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 111 (51.87%) Degree
3 65 (30.37%) A+ Certification
4 45 (21.03%) DBS Check
5 36 (16.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (12.15%) MCSE
7 21 (9.81%) MCSA
8 18 (8.41%) Security Cleared
9 16 (7.48%) CCNA
9 16 (7.48%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (7.48%) Network+ Certification
10 14 (6.54%) SC Cleared
11 13 (6.07%) DV Cleared
12 8 (3.74%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (3.27%) MCTS
14 4 (1.87%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (1.87%) HND
14 4 (1.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 3 (1.40%) AWS Certification
15 3 (1.40%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (14.95%) SLA
2 6 (2.80%) GDPR
3 4 (1.87%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 148 (69.16%) Active Directory
2 37 (17.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (15.42%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.27%) vSphere
5 6 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.40%) XenApp
7 3 (1.40%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.93%) Firmware
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 38 (17.76%) SCCM
2 13 (6.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.80%) FortiGate
3 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 6 (2.80%) SCDPM
4 4 (1.87%) WSUS
5 3 (1.40%) Autotask
6 1 (0.47%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.47%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 204 (95.33%) Microsoft
2 41 (19.16%) VMware
3 35 (16.36%) Apple
4 28 (13.08%) Adobe
5 15 (7.01%) Citrix
6 13 (6.07%) Cisco
6 13 (6.07%) ServiceNow
7 12 (5.61%) HP
8 11 (5.14%) Datto
8 11 (5.14%) Dell
9 9 (4.21%) Sophos
10 7 (3.27%) WatchGuard
11 6 (2.80%) Dell Compellent
11 6 (2.80%) Draytek
12 5 (2.34%) Veeam
13 4 (1.87%) iManage
14 3 (1.40%) ConnectWise
14 3 (1.40%) Kaseya
14 3 (1.40%) Meraki
14 3 (1.40%) Ubiquiti