MCP Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for MCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 163 154
Rank change year-on-year +41 -9 -10
Contract jobs citing MCP 11 9 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.48% 0.31% 0.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.71% 1.52% 3.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 18
10th Percentile £131 £112 £109
25th Percentile £138 £115 £114
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £118 £118
Median % change year-on-year +26.80% +0.13% -7.57%
75th Percentile £194 £123 £159
90th Percentile £201 £139 £200
UK median daily rate £202 £250 £241
% change year-on-year -19.40% +3.84% +26.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 643 592 618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 28.21% 20.42% 17.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 416 380
10th Percentile £187 £163 £180
25th Percentile £370 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £550
90th Percentile £688 £628 £619
UK median daily rate £536 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 16 20
10th Percentile £12.95 £13.88 £19.75
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.93 £22.13
Median hourly rate £40.94 £21.47 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +90.73% -38.66% -4.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.52 £53.75
90th Percentile £64.70 £66.25 £56.01
UK median hourly rate £39.44 £53.68 £39.50
% change year-on-year -26.53% +35.89% -1.25%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for MCP in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for MCP in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for MCP in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 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
Glasgow +11 7 £149 +28.11% 1
Inverclyde - 2 £172 -
Aberdeen - 2 - -
MCP
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 11 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (81.82%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Financial Institution
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Analyst
2 9 (81.82%) Desktop Analyst
3 5 (45.45%) Support Analyst
4 4 (36.36%) Desktop Support
4 4 (36.36%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 3 (27.27%) Junior
5 3 (27.27%) Junior Analyst
6 2 (18.18%) Junior Desktop Support
6 2 (18.18%) Junior Desktop Support Analyst
6 2 (18.18%) Junior Support Analyst
7 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
7 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 1 (9.09%) Service Analyst
7 1 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Driving Licence
2 2 (18.18%) Biopharmaceutical
2 2 (18.18%) Hedge funds
2 2 (18.18%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (9.09%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Service Management
2 5 (45.45%) ITIL
2 5 (45.45%) ITSM
3 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
3 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) Dell
2 5 (45.45%) HP