MCP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for MCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 331 333 354
Rank change year-on-year +2 +21 +22
Contract jobs citing MCP 64 133 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.55% 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.83% 1.64% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 62 62
10th Percentile £133 £123 £114
25th Percentile £146 £152 £123
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £240 £161
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +48.84% +0.78%
75th Percentile £300 £460 £254
90th Percentile £503 £506 £391
UK median daily rate £203 £250 £237
% change year-on-year -18.80% +5.71% +23.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 61 87
10th Percentile - £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £14.16 £13.66 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% - -19.65%
75th Percentile £14.92 £19.25 £18.75
90th Percentile £21.46 £20.56 £20.25
UK median hourly rate £14.16 £13.66 £13.66
% change year-on-year +3.66% - -19.65%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,726 8,098 8,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 37.16% 33.22% 26.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,464 5,448 5,328
10th Percentile £263 £270 £240
25th Percentile £425 £415 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £499
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.21% +10.89%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £594
90th Percentile £720 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.36% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 902 691 549
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £16.12
Median hourly rate £40.00 £49.88 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.80% +60.89% -13.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £78.00 £65.51
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £39.73
% change year-on-year -25.93% +35.92% -0.25%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MCP in the UK excluding London

MCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for MCP in the UK excluding London

MCP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MCP in the UK excluding London

MCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for MCP in the UK excluding London

MCP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
East of England -5 38 £540 +188.00% 4
Scotland +42 11 £150 +26.80% 4
South West +18 8 £300 -25.00% 8
North of England +38 4 £685 +302.94% 10
Midlands +23 3 £178 -5.33% 1
North West +22 3 £685 +302.94% 6
West Midlands +18 2 £225 +33.33%
East Midlands +11 1 £130 -72.92% 1
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
MCP
UK

MCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 17 (26.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (7.81%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.69%) Exchange Server 2000
3 3 (4.69%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (4.69%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (4.69%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (4.69%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (4.69%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.56%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 18 (28.13%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (10.94%) Azure
3 3 (4.69%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.69%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (3.13%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.81%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (6.25%) LAN
2 4 (6.25%) WAN
3 3 (4.69%) Firewall
3 3 (4.69%) Skype
4 2 (3.13%) SMTP
4 2 (3.13%) VPN
5 1 (1.56%) DHCP
5 1 (1.56%) DNS
General
1 45 (70.31%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.88%) Public Sector
3 7 (10.94%) Retail
4 3 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.13%) Finance
5 2 (3.13%) Financial Institution
5 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.56%) Local Government
6 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (79.69%) Analyst
2 39 (60.94%) Service Analyst
2 39 (60.94%) Service Desk Analyst
3 16 (25.00%) Call Centre Analyst
3 16 (25.00%) Customer Analyst
3 16 (25.00%) Customer Service Analyst
4 11 (17.19%) Technical Analyst
5 9 (14.06%) Desktop Analyst
5 9 (14.06%) Technical Services Analyst
6 8 (12.50%) Support Analyst
7 4 (6.25%) Desktop Support
7 4 (6.25%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 4 (6.25%) IT Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) IT Support
7 4 (6.25%) Support Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
8 3 (4.69%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) Junior
8 3 (4.69%) Junior Analyst
8 3 (4.69%) Messaging Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.75%) Driving Licence
2 3 (4.69%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.13%) Biopharmaceutical
3 2 (3.13%) Hedge funds
3 2 (3.13%) NHS
3 2 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 28 (43.75%) Windows
2 4 (6.25%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.69%) Mac OS
3 3 (4.69%) Windows 2000
3 3 (4.69%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (3.13%) Android
5 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (79.69%) ITIL
2 46 (71.88%) Customer Service
3 28 (43.75%) Incident Management
4 23 (35.94%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (34.38%) Service Delivery
6 20 (31.25%) Mathematics
7 19 (29.69%) Problem Management
8 18 (28.13%) ITSM
9 12 (18.75%) Service Management
10 4 (6.25%) Asset Management
11 3 (4.69%) Decision-Making
11 3 (4.69%) Mobile Device Management
11 3 (4.69%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 3 (4.69%) Time Management
11 3 (4.69%) Virtual Infrastructure
12 2 (3.13%) Hardware Maintenance
12 2 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 2 (3.13%) Server Management
12 2 (3.13%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
12 2 (3.13%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 22 (34.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (21.88%) Degree
2 14 (21.88%) Security Cleared
3 12 (18.75%) CCNA
3 12 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (17.19%) SC Cleared
5 7 (10.94%) A+ Certification
6 6 (9.38%) MCSA
7 5 (7.81%) MCSE
8 3 (4.69%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (3.13%) MOS
10 1 (1.56%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (1.56%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.81%) SLA
2 2 (3.13%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 16 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.56%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 14 (21.88%) SCCM
2 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.13%) MAILsweeper
4 1 (1.56%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 29 (45.31%) Microsoft
2 19 (29.69%) Citrix
3 7 (10.94%) Cisco
4 6 (9.38%) ServiceNow
5 5 (7.81%) Dell
5 5 (7.81%) HP
5 5 (7.81%) VMware
6 4 (6.25%) NetApp
6 4 (6.25%) Sophos
7 2 (3.13%) IronPort
7 2 (3.13%) SolarWinds
7 2 (3.13%) Sun
7 2 (3.13%) Trend Micro
7 2 (3.13%) Veeam
8 1 (1.56%) Adobe