MCP Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for MCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 206 245 273
Rank change year-on-year +39 +28 -69
Permanent jobs citing MCP 38 18 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.56% 0.29% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.48% 0.70% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 35 18 1
10th Percentile £29,175 - -
25th Percentile £30,000 £23,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £24,000 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -14.29% -22.22%
75th Percentile £39,875 £36,188 £29,000
90th Percentile £42,000 £55,625 -
South East median annual salary £38,000 £29,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year +29.91% -16.43% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,563 2,584 2,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 38.04% 42.14% 32.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,606 1,068 946
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,125 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -6.55% -6.36%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +5.00%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing MCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for MCP in the Thames Valley

MCP
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCP in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for MCP in the Thames Valley

MCP
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MCP in the Thames Valley

MCP
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the Thames Valley 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +29 18 £31,500 +31.25% 1
Buckinghamshire -9 11 £38,000 -15.56% 1
Oxfordshire +25 9 £40,000 +48.15% 1
MCP
South East

MCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.26%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (60.53%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (31.58%) Azure
3 5 (13.16%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.89%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.42%) LAN
1 7 (18.42%) WAN
2 5 (13.16%) Firewall
3 4 (10.53%) DHCP
3 4 (10.53%) DNS
4 3 (7.89%) Wireless
5 2 (5.26%) Network Security
General
1 23 (60.53%) Social Skills
2 15 (39.47%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (13.16%) Finance
3 5 (13.16%) Games
3 5 (13.16%) Retail
4 3 (7.89%) Banking
5 2 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.26%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (34.21%) Hardware Engineer
1 13 (34.21%) Technical Engineer
2 7 (18.42%) 3rd Line Support
3 5 (13.16%) IT Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) Banking Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) IT Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) IT Security Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) IT Support
4 3 (7.89%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Security Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Consultant
5 2 (5.26%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Field Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) Data Centre
1 9 (23.68%) Private Cloud
2 2 (5.26%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (65.79%) Windows
2 13 (34.21%) Windows 10
3 8 (21.05%) Windows Server
4 6 (15.79%) Windows 8
5 4 (10.53%) Android
5 4 (10.53%) Apple iOS
5 4 (10.53%) Mac OS X
5 4 (10.53%) Windows XP
6 2 (5.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (65.79%) Customer Service
2 18 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (44.74%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (34.21%) Asset Management
4 13 (34.21%) Break/Fix
4 13 (34.21%) IT Asset Management
5 9 (23.68%) Presales
5 9 (23.68%) Software Licensing
6 5 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (13.16%) IT Strategy
7 4 (10.53%) Email Migration
7 4 (10.53%) Migration
8 3 (7.89%) Information Security
8 3 (7.89%) Network Design
9 2 (5.26%) Agile
9 2 (5.26%) Commercial Awareness
9 2 (5.26%) Computer Science
9 2 (5.26%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 27 (71.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (44.74%) A+ Certification
3 16 (42.11%) Degree
4 13 (34.21%) DV Cleared
4 13 (34.21%) SC Cleared
4 13 (34.21%) Security Cleared
5 3 (7.89%) AWS Certification
5 3 (7.89%) Azure Certification
6 2 (5.26%) CCENT
6 2 (5.26%) CCNA
6 2 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (5.26%) DBS Check
6 2 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (5.26%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (39.47%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (78.95%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.53%) Hyper-V
2 4 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (44.74%) SCCM
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 38 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (23.68%) Adobe
2 9 (23.68%) Apple
3 5 (13.16%) Datto
3 5 (13.16%) Sophos
3 5 (13.16%) WatchGuard
4 4 (10.53%) Citrix
4 4 (10.53%) Dell
4 4 (10.53%) HP
4 4 (10.53%) VMware
5 2 (5.26%) Cisco