MCITP Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCITP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 509 590
Rank change year-on-year -5 +81 +171
Contract jobs citing MCITP 5 17 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.018% 0.052% 0.031%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.057% 0.17% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 8
10th Percentile £398 £302 £133
25th Percentile £431 £383 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £400 £423
Median % change year-on-year +18.19% -5.33% +92.05%
75th Percentile £496 - £700
90th Percentile - £401 -
UK median daily rate £473 £400 £495
% change year-on-year +18.19% -19.19% +125.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,770 9,798 12,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.53% 29.74% 28.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,582 6,037 7,799
10th Percentile £301 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £715 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 691 572 672
10th Percentile £18.13 £17.51 £16.32
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £24.04
Median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.43% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £47.31 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £78.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £49.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -48.67% -9.26% +20.00%

MCITP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for MCITP in England

MCITP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MCITP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MCITP

MCITP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MCITP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MCITP

MCITP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCITP within the England region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
London +2 3 £496 - 3
South West - 1 - -
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UK

MCITP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) IaaS
2 2 (40.00%) PaaS
2 2 (40.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
1 2 (40.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Android
1 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Application Packaging
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) ITSM
2 2 (40.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (40.00%) MCP
3 2 (40.00%) MCSA
3 2 (40.00%) MCSE
3 2 (40.00%) MCTS
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certified Master
4 1 (20.00%) CCIE
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (40.00%) SCOM
2 2 (40.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco