MCP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 353 332 358
Rank change year-on-year -21 +26 +28
Contract jobs citing MCP 48 98 147
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.43% 0.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.63% 1.33% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 40 52
10th Percentile £236 £122 £123
25th Percentile £340 £172 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £240 £169
Median % change year-on-year +54.17% +42.22% -23.30%
75th Percentile £486 £350 £306
90th Percentile £520 £508 £480
UK median daily rate £340 £241 £350
% change year-on-year +41.37% -31.29% +59.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 52 80
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% - -17.21%
75th Percentile £18.75 £18.94 £20.25
90th Percentile £21.46 £20.56 £20.56
UK median hourly rate £14.16 £13.66 £13.66
% change year-on-year +3.66% - -17.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

MCP 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,648 7,386 8,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.86% 32.55% 26.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,425 4,873 5,318
10th Percentile £275 £305 £263
25th Percentile £425 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +10.50%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £713 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 967 571 539
10th Percentile £13.69 £13.88 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.90 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £41.27 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.40% +50.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.25 £56.14
90th Percentile £77.50 £79.19 £67.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -22 26 £505 +258.16% 4
South West +8 8 £400 +220.00% 15
Scotland +50 6 £340 +193.74% 10
North of England +16 5 £466 +43.46% 7
Midlands +15 3 £130 -36.97% 4
North West +14 3 £466 +90.31% 5
West Midlands +15 2 - - 3
Yorkshire - 2 - - 2
East Midlands - 1 £130 - 1
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 11 (22.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2000
2 4 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (4.17%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.08%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.08%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.92%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.25%) Azure
3 1 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.08%) Mimecast
3 1 (2.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.42%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (6.25%) SMTP
3 2 (4.17%) VPN
4 1 (2.08%) Firewall
4 1 (2.08%) Internet
4 1 (2.08%) LAN
4 1 (2.08%) Skype
4 1 (2.08%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.08%) WAN
General
1 25 (52.08%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Retail
3 3 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.08%) Local Government
4 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (54.17%) Analyst
2 24 (50.00%) Service Analyst
2 24 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 9 (18.75%) Call Centre Analyst
3 9 (18.75%) Customer Analyst
3 9 (18.75%) Customer Service Analyst
4 6 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
5 5 (10.42%) Infrastructure Support
5 5 (10.42%) Software Asset Manager
5 5 (10.42%) Software Manager
5 5 (10.42%) Technical Services Analyst
6 4 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) Messaging Engineer
7 3 (6.25%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
7 3 (6.25%) Support Analyst
7 3 (6.25%) Support Engineer
7 3 (6.25%) Support Specialist
8 2 (4.17%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.17%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.08%) NHS
2 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 4 (8.33%) Windows 2000
3 4 (8.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (4.17%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.08%) Android
5 1 (2.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (85.42%) ITIL
2 32 (66.67%) Customer Service
3 18 (37.50%) Incident Management
4 15 (31.25%) Service Delivery
5 14 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (25.00%) Mathematics
7 11 (22.92%) Problem Management
8 7 (14.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (14.58%) ITSM
9 6 (12.50%) Asset Management
9 6 (12.50%) Network Management
9 6 (12.50%) Software Asset Management
10 4 (8.33%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
11 3 (6.25%) Hardware Maintenance
11 3 (6.25%) Mobile Device Management
11 3 (6.25%) Service Management
11 3 (6.25%) Supplier Management
12 2 (4.17%) Business Continuity
13 1 (2.08%) Information Security
13 1 (2.08%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (45.83%) Security Cleared
2 21 (43.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 9 (18.75%) Degree
5 8 (16.67%) MCSE
6 7 (14.58%) A+ Certification
6 7 (14.58%) CCNA
6 7 (14.58%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (8.33%) MCSA
8 2 (4.17%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.08%) DBS Check
9 1 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (2.08%) MCDST
9 1 (2.08%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.08%) Firmware
2 1 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (31.25%) SCCM
2 7 (14.58%) WSUS
3 3 (6.25%) MAILsweeper
3 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.08%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (2.08%) Nessus
Vendors
1 24 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (33.33%) Citrix
3 5 (10.42%) ServiceNow
4 4 (8.33%) Sophos
5 3 (6.25%) Cisco
5 3 (6.25%) IronPort
5 3 (6.25%) Trend Micro
6 2 (4.17%) NetApp
6 2 (4.17%) Sun
6 2 (4.17%) VMware
7 1 (2.08%) Adobe
7 1 (2.08%) Apple
7 1 (2.08%) Netskope