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 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 509 572
Rank change year-on-year -4 +63 +179
Contract jobs citing MCITP 5 21 12
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.018% 0.066% 0.029%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.055% 0.22% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 7
10th Percentile £398 £341 £192
25th Percentile £431 £383 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year +18.19% +14.29% +53.01%
75th Percentile £496 - £598
90th Percentile - £409 £700
UK median daily rate £473 £400 £423
% change year-on-year +18.19% -5.33% +84.70%

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 9,076 9,462 11,926
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.26% 29.72% 29.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,771 5,760 7,723
10th Percentile £300 £313 £316
25th Percentile £413 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% -4.32% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 767 472 701
10th Percentile £17.69 £19.00 £17.13
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.00 £25.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.87
Median % change year-on-year -52.10% -2.54% +19.71%
75th Percentile £42.63 £68.75 £69.62
90th Percentile £72.20 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £53.79
% change year-on-year -47.05% -11.69% +19.52%

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
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 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
London +20 3 £496 - 3
South West - 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 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