Microsoft Certified Professional Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
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 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 123 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.053% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £185 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - -
75th Percentile £195 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £190 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 510 490 486
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.20% 26.05% 20.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 379 286 319
10th Percentile £371 £356 £348
25th Percentile £425 £458 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £536 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.50% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £754 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £532
% change year-on-year - -1.22% -10.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile £20.65 £24.78 £29.39
25th Percentile £25.77 £28.94 £45.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £72.25 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.25% -0.34% +72.62%
75th Percentile £52.16 £112.00 £75.63
90th Percentile £59.86 - £76.75
Central London median hourly rate £25.62 £72.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year -64.54% +20.42% +42.86%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in the City of London

Microsoft Certified Professional
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft