Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MCITP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 853 914 1124
Rank change year-on-year +61 +210 -320
Permanent jobs citing MCITP 51 79 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.076% 0.067%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.23% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 46 69 102
10th Percentile £21,250 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £22,188 £31,250 £31,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,250 £42,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.04% +5.63% -11.11%
75th Percentile £40,438 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £45,000 £60,000 £79,725
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,588 £42,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year -34.70% +5.63% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

MCITP 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,433 33,803 42,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.82% 32.57% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 17,326 15,201 19,033
10th Percentile £28,290 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -

MCITP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MCITP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MCITP in the UK

MCITP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCITP.

Salary trend for MCITP in the UK

MCITP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCITP over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MCITP in the UK

MCITP
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCITP within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +68 48 £28,838 -29.66% 18
UK excluding London +17 43 £27,588 -34.70% 12
Work from Home +87 24 £22,500 -53.61% 4
South East +20 16 £22,500 -25.00% 5
South West -28 11 £33,500 -6.94% 4
Midlands +13 9 £27,500 -45.00% 2
London +102 6 £41,250 +13.79% 4
West Midlands +14 6 £27,500 -45.00%
North of England +53 4 £40,250 +13.38% 1
East Midlands -3 3 £45,000 +7.14% 2
North East - 3 £40,000 -
East of England +17 2 - -
Yorkshire +79 1 £47,500 +53.23% 1
Scotland -68 1 - -

MCITP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (43.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (27.45%) SharePoint
3 9 (17.65%) SharePoint 2010
3 9 (17.65%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 18 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 42 (82.35%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (52.94%) Azure
3 11 (21.57%) AWS
4 9 (17.65%) GCP
5 6 (11.76%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (5.88%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.92%) Mimecast
7 2 (3.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 22 (43.14%) LAN
1 22 (43.14%) WAN
2 15 (29.41%) Wireless
3 13 (25.49%) VLAN
4 12 (23.53%) ADSL
4 12 (23.53%) Broadband
4 12 (23.53%) Firewall
5 6 (11.76%) DHCP
5 6 (11.76%) DNS
6 5 (9.80%) Internet
6 5 (9.80%) TCP/IP
7 4 (7.84%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (5.88%) VoIP
9 2 (3.92%) SAN
10 1 (1.96%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (1.96%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Power BI
1 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
1 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 12 (23.53%) Telecoms
3 9 (17.65%) Finance
4 8 (15.69%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.88%) Social Housing
6 2 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.92%) Legal
6 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.92%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (45.10%) Support Engineer
2 13 (25.49%) 2nd Line Support
3 12 (23.53%) Network Support
4 11 (21.57%) Analyst
4 11 (21.57%) IT Support
5 10 (19.61%) IT Technician
6 9 (17.65%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 9 (17.65%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 9 (17.65%) Network Engineer
6 9 (17.65%) Network Support Engineer
7 7 (13.73%) Help Desk Engineer
7 7 (13.73%) Help Desk Support
7 7 (13.73%) Help Desk Support Engineer
7 7 (13.73%) IT Analyst
8 6 (11.76%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (11.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 6 (11.76%) Support Analyst
9 5 (9.80%) Network Support Analyst
9 5 (9.80%) Senior
9 5 (9.80%) Senior Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.88%) Clustering
1 3 (5.88%) Driving Licence
1 3 (5.88%) Housing Association
1 3 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.92%) CMDB
2 2 (3.92%) NHS
2 2 (3.92%) Replication
3 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 40 (78.43%) Windows
2 23 (45.10%) Windows 10
3 18 (35.29%) Windows Server
4 4 (7.84%) Windows 8
5 3 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (3.92%) Apple iOS
6 2 (3.92%) Windows 2000
6 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (3.92%) Windows XP
7 1 (1.96%) Android
7 1 (1.96%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (45.10%) Customer Service
2 13 (25.49%) ITIL
3 10 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (17.65%) Mobile Device Management
4 9 (17.65%) Server Virtualisation
5 7 (13.73%) Computer Science
6 6 (11.76%) Change Management
6 6 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (9.80%) ITSM
7 5 (9.80%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (7.84%) Asset Management
8 4 (7.84%) Service Desk Management
9 3 (5.88%) Data Privacy
9 3 (5.88%) Project Management
9 3 (5.88%) Regulatory Compliance
9 3 (5.88%) Tech Ops
10 2 (3.92%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (3.92%) Document Management
10 2 (3.92%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.84%) PowerShell
1 4 (7.84%) SQL
2 2 (3.92%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (31.37%) A+ Certification
2 16 (31.37%) CCNA
2 16 (31.37%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (31.37%) MCSE
3 14 (27.45%) Network+ Certification
4 12 (23.53%) Degree
5 6 (11.76%) SC Cleared
5 6 (11.76%) Security Cleared
6 5 (9.80%) Azure Certification
6 5 (9.80%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (5.88%) MCP
8 2 (3.92%) DBS Check
8 2 (3.92%) MCDST
8 2 (3.92%) MCSA
9 1 (1.96%) MCTS
9 1 (1.96%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (9.80%) GDPR
3 3 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (5.88%) ISO 9001
3 3 (5.88%) SLA
4 2 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 30 (58.82%) Active Directory
2 16 (31.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (23.53%) Hyper-V
4 11 (21.57%) XenDesktop
5 8 (15.69%) XenApp
6 2 (3.92%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (23.53%) SCCM
2 11 (21.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (86.27%) Microsoft
2 27 (52.94%) Cisco
3 21 (41.18%) VMware
4 11 (21.57%) Citrix
5 9 (17.65%) Dell
5 9 (17.65%) Google
5 9 (17.65%) HP
5 9 (17.65%) Symantec
6 6 (11.76%) Sophos
7 5 (9.80%) Meraki
8 4 (7.84%) SolarWinds
9 2 (3.92%) Commvault
9 2 (3.92%) ConnectWise
9 2 (3.92%) IBM
9 2 (3.92%) N-able
9 2 (3.92%) RedGate
9 2 (3.92%) Veeam
10 1 (1.96%) arcserve