Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends in Bristol

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 95 100 132
Rank change year-on-year +5 +32 +28
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 1 2 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.045% 0.15% 0.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.46% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 9
10th Percentile - £30,625 £27,338
25th Percentile £26,250 £31,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £33,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% -28.95% +95.88%
75th Percentile £28,750 £36,563 £48,750
90th Percentile - £37,875 £49,000
South West median annual salary £34,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -28.42% +5.56% +30.43%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 638 438 705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 28.88% 32.91% 31.35%
Number of salaries quoted 428 230 542
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,298 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.27% +12.86%
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,688 £70,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £88,750
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.56% +5.20% -2.91%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Bristol

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Microsoft Certified Professional

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware