Microsoft Certified Professional Contract Job Trends in Leicester

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicester 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 3 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leicester 1.35% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Leicestershire median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20 34 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 27.03% 42.50% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 30
10th Percentile - £250 £309
25th Percentile £313 £303 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -39.56% +2.43% +31.25%
75th Percentile £447 £638 £620
90th Percentile £540 £651 £651
Leicestershire median daily rate £421 £538 £361
% change year-on-year -21.66% +48.86% -18.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £19.20 - -
25th Percentile £21.00 - -
Median hourly rate £24.00 - -
75th Percentile £27.00 - -
90th Percentile £28.80 - -
Leicestershire median hourly rate £30.00 - -

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Leicester

Microsoft Certified Professional
Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft