Microsoft Certified Professional Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Microsoft Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.19% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £185 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - -
75th Percentile £195 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £600 £238 £245
% change year-on-year +152.63% -3.06% -34.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.47 - -
London median hourly rate £25.47 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

Microsoft Certified Professional 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 579 541 532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 28.11% 25.28% 20.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 320 340
10th Percentile £363 £313 £333
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £532
Median % change year-on-year - -1.22% -10.67%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £674
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 7
10th Percentile £23.00 £24.78 £16.26
25th Percentile £25.47 £28.94 £21.95
Median hourly rate £25.62 £72.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.54% +20.42% +42.86%
75th Percentile £35.17 £112.00 £69.38
90th Percentile £56.01 - £75.25
London median hourly rate £28.00 £37.50 £35.63
% change year-on-year -25.33% +5.25% -1.33%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Certified Professional relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Central London

Microsoft Certified Professional
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 January 2026. 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
Camden - 3 - -
City of London - 1 £190 - 6
Microsoft Certified Professional
London

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (75.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Softphone
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Help Desk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MCSA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix