MCITP Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for MCITP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 633 - 565
Rank change year-on-year - - +102
Contract jobs citing MCITP 4 0 15
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% - 0.034%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.025% - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 13
10th Percentile £351 - £221
25th Percentile £353 - £282
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.00%
75th Percentile £378 - -
90th Percentile £384 - £442
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £400
% change year-on-year - - +93.94%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 15,865 9,299 12,970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.24% 31.03% 29.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,601 5,774 8,010
10th Percentile £350 £275 £312
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £618 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £506 £500 £533
% change year-on-year +1.20% -6.19% +1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,166 618 1,129
10th Percentile £17.25 £17.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £20.24 £19.17
Median hourly rate £50.00 £29.26 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +70.88% -27.30% -26.82%
75th Percentile £72.54 £62.44 £64.25
90th Percentile £85.25 £76.25 £75.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.84 £27.94 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.80% -34.26% -20.80%

MCITP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

MCITP job vacancy trend in the UK

MCITP
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MCITP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MCITP

MCITP
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MCITP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MCITP

MCITP
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCITP within the UK over the 6 months to 23 June 2026. 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
London - 4 £363 -
England - 4 £363 -
Work from Home - 1 £375 -

MCITP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) Big Data
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) DBA
1 4 (100.00%) SQL DBA
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared DBA
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Time Management
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Big Data Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Task Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) MCTS
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft