MCP Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 - 128
Rank change year-on-year - - +36
Permanent jobs citing MCP 3 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.15% - 0.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.53% - 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,750 - £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 - £56,525
Median % change year-on-year - - +135.52%
75th Percentile £46,500 - -
90th Percentile £53,850 - -
South East median annual salary £29,000 £27,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +5.45% -26.67% +7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

MCP 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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 569 826 1,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.39% 48.59% 53.23%
Number of salaries quoted 161 326 789
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,875 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +22.73% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £72,250
90th Percentile £77,250 £95,000 £91,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £53,260
% change year-on-year -12.50% +12.65% +1.74%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MCP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

MCP job vacancy trend in Berkshire

MCP
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing MCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing MCP

MCP
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCP in Berkshire over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for MCP in Berkshire

MCP
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 7 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 1 £57,500 -
MCP
South East

MCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) IIS
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) VLAN
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior IT Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior IT Support
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Privacy
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) MCSA
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) DBS Check
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) HND
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) VMware