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 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 530 477 538
Rank change year-on-year -53 +61 +148
Contract jobs citing MCITP 5 15 12
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.016% 0.056% 0.033%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.047% 0.18% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 9
10th Percentile £258 £273 £160
25th Percentile £381 £383 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £400 £275
Median % change year-on-year +18.19% +45.45% -31.25%
75th Percentile £496 - £309
90th Percentile - £498 £369
UK median daily rate £473 £400 £275
% change year-on-year +18.19% +45.45% -31.25%

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 10,677 8,213 11,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.30% 30.49% 30.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,037 5,007 7,048
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £420 £419 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £734 £738
UK median daily rate £522 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.57% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 857 386 698
10th Percentile £16.17 £19.57 £15.09
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.32 £23.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.71 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.16% -6.58% +11.11%
75th Percentile £57.50 £68.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £82.38 £79.78
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -20.00% +11.11%

MCITP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

MCITP job vacancy trend 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
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCITP in England over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for MCITP in England

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 11 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
London -7 4 £473 - 2
South West -15 1 - -
MCITP
UK

MCITP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (40.00%) IaaS
2 2 (40.00%) PaaS
2 2 (40.00%) SaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
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 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Linux Support
2 1 (20.00%) Linux Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Mac Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (20.00%) Android
3 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Application Packaging
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (40.00%) MCSE
4 1 (20.00%) CCIE
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) MCP
4 1 (20.00%) MCSA
4 1 (20.00%) MCTS
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (40.00%) SCOM
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
3 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco