Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for Microsoft Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 62 -
Rank change year-on-year +28 - -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 0.60% 0.47% -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.70% 0.80% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £26,500 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% - -
75th Percentile £33,750 £36,750 -
90th Percentile - £38,700 -
East of England median annual salary £28,750 £47,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year -39.47% +61.02% +13.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bedfordshire

Microsoft Certified Professional falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 74 251 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 22.22% 59.34% 33.77%
Number of salaries quoted 29 66 70
10th Percentile £27,250 - £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £43,750 £39,264
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £50,484 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.66% -12.20% +44.11%
75th Percentile £60,750 £54,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £73,750 £81,250
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certified Professional relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Aruba
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft