MCITP Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for MCITP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 122 144
Rank change year-on-year -2 +22 -
Contract jobs citing MCITP 2 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.12% 0.19% 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.46% 0.76% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £305
25th Percentile £495 - £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 - £700
75th Percentile £496 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £496 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +75.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

MCITP 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 434 525 588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.17% 24.67% 20.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 309 352
10th Percentile £348 £363 £351
25th Percentile £460 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £561
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +0.22% -4.47%
75th Percentile £675 £663 £689
90th Percentile £738 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 2
10th Percentile £20.55 £23.75 £23.45
25th Percentile £25.75 £27.00 £31.63
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.75 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% -36.02% -0.79%
75th Percentile £28.91 £92.44 £62.63
90th Percentile £50.91 £112.00 £71.55
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £29.75 £18.00
% change year-on-year -5.38% +65.28% -61.60%

MCITP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MCITP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

MCITP job vacancy trend in the City of London

MCITP
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MCITP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MCITP

MCITP
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MCITP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MCITP

MCITP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Service Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle