MCP Contract Job Trends in West London

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West 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 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - 54
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MCP 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in West London 0.37% - 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.01% - 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - -
75th Percentile £288 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £520 £213 £233
% change year-on-year +144.71% -8.60% -55.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate - - £25.00

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West 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 West London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 99 64 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 36.26% 23.62% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 44 109
10th Percentile £204 £213 £315
25th Percentile £294 £350 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £463 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% -22.92% +20.00%
75th Percentile £438 £553 £664
90th Percentile £512 £650 £838
London median daily rate £538 £538 £550
% change year-on-year - -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 6 7
10th Percentile £21.19 £18.13 £39.75
25th Percentile £25.09 £26.60 £53.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £61.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.77% -6.15% +116.67%
75th Percentile - £73.25 £81.00
90th Percentile - £87.50 £90.00
London median hourly rate £25.15 £36.65 £53.25
% change year-on-year -31.38% -31.17% +14.52%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MCP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West London.

MCP job vacancy trend in West London

MCP
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing MCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing MCP

MCP
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing MCP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing MCP

MCP
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 13 October 2025. 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
Hounslow - 1 £275 -
MCP
London

MCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Support
1 1 (100.00%) Network Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft