MCP Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 86 58
Rank change year-on-year +1 -28 +8
Contract jobs citing MCP 16 7 61
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.18% 0.48% 3.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.56% 1.62% 9.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 0
10th Percentile £313 £100 -
25th Percentile £438 £181 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - -
75th Percentile £573 £480 -
90th Percentile £601 £531 -
England median daily rate £440 £250 £270
% change year-on-year +76.00% -7.41% -43.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 59
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.41
Median hourly rate £6.00 £50.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -88.00% +244.83% +6.15%
75th Percentile - - £20.56
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.44 £50.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year -65.12% +244.83% +6.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

MCP 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 East of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 449 432 638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 33.16% 29.43% 34.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 169 318
10th Percentile £200 £200 £273
25th Percentile £387 £313 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.63% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £675
90th Percentile £661 £600 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 110 153
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.63 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.00 £15.33
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +95.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £55.38 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £83.75 £69.20 £72.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.67
% change year-on-year -52.10% -2.17% +19.26%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MCP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

MCP job vacancy trend in the East of England

MCP
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MCP

MCP
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCP in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MCP in the East of England

MCP
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MCP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MCP

MCP
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 October 2025. 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
Cambridgeshire - 9 £550 - 2
Norfolk - 7 - - 1
MCP
England

MCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 9 (56.25%) Azure
2 8 (50.00%) Azure AKS
2 8 (50.00%) GitHub
2 8 (50.00%) GitHub Copilot
3 7 (43.75%) Azure Functions
3 7 (43.75%) PaaS
3 7 (43.75%) Serverless
4 1 (6.25%) Azure API Management
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) LAN
1 6 (37.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.25%) RS-232
2 1 (6.25%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 5 (31.25%) Oracle Database
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
1 7 (43.75%) Support Analyst
1 7 (43.75%) Technical Analyst
1 7 (43.75%) Technical Support
1 7 (43.75%) Technical Support Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Senior
3 3 (18.75%) Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Data Scientist
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Software Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Software Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence Software Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Data Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Data Science Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (56.25%) PyTorch
1 9 (56.25%) TensorFlow
2 8 (50.00%) RESTful
2 8 (50.00%) Semantic Kernel
3 7 (43.75%) .NET
4 2 (12.50%) Pandas
4 2 (12.50%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Algorithms
1 9 (56.25%) Cloud Native
2 7 (43.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (56.25%) AI
2 9 (56.25%) Data Privacy
2 9 (56.25%) LLM
2 9 (56.25%) Machine Learning
2 9 (56.25%) Prompt Engineering
2 9 (56.25%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
3 8 (50.00%) Agile
3 8 (50.00%) API Management
3 8 (50.00%) Deep Learning
3 8 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 7 (43.75%) API Design
4 7 (43.75%) Data Pipeline
5 6 (37.50%) Scrum
5 6 (37.50%) Software Engineering
6 5 (31.25%) Capacity Planning
6 5 (31.25%) Security Patching
7 4 (25.00%) Data Science
8 3 (18.75%) Prototyping
8 3 (18.75%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Degree
2 7 (43.75%) HNC
2 7 (43.75%) HND
2 7 (43.75%) MCSE
2 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) EU AI Act
2 7 (43.75%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) Microsoft
2 8 (50.00%) Foundry
3 5 (31.25%) Citrix
3 5 (31.25%) Oracle