MCITP Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for MCITP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 443 366 388
Rank change year-on-year -77 +22 +60
Contract jobs citing MCITP 3 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.015% 0.022% 0.018%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.053% 0.085% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £351 £459 -
25th Percentile £353 £473 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £496 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.84% - -
75th Percentile £378 £496 -
90th Percentile £384 - -
England median daily rate £363 £473 £400
% change year-on-year -23.32% +18.19% -19.19%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,622 3,511 3,996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.00% 26.23% 24.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,037 2,371 2,685
10th Percentile £374 £350 £350
25th Percentile £456 £431 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.40% -1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £655 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 82 65
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £17.98
25th Percentile £25.44 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £52.75 £25.15 £32.29
Median % change year-on-year +109.74% -22.11% -41.29%
75th Percentile £73.00 £46.88 £48.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.00 £64.80
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £50.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -49.70% -8.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

MCITP job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing MCITP

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing MCITP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) Big Data
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) DBA
1 3 (100.00%) SQL DBA
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared DBA
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Big Data Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCTS
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft