MCP Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for MCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 158 200
Rank change year-on-year +26 +42 -
Contract jobs citing MCP 3 15 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.11% 0.43% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.33% 1.50% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 5
10th Percentile £134 - -
25th Percentile £147 £150 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £178 £188 £150
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £212 £275 £160
90th Percentile £227 £480 £361
England median daily rate £275 £260 £300
% change year-on-year +5.67% -13.25% +38.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £15.65 £20.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.75% - -
England median hourly rate £14.16 £13.66 £13.66
% change year-on-year +3.66% - -18.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

MCP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 902 997 1,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.97% 28.79% 19.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 633 679
10th Percentile £227 £250 £213
25th Percentile £325 £400 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 77 38
10th Percentile £13.25 £11.00 £11.10
25th Percentile £17.00 £14.50 £13.73
Median hourly rate £24.65 £18.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.47% -6.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £43.13 £26.48 £23.69
90th Percentile £56.25 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing MCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for MCP in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCP in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for MCP in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCP in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for MCP in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
West Midlands +23 2 £225 +33.33%
East Midlands +10 1 £130 -72.92% 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (33.33%) IT Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) Senior IT Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Support Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Support Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Mac OS
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Malware Detection/Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) A+ Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) MCDST
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe