MCP Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 179 167
Rank change year-on-year +45 -12 +111
Permanent jobs citing MCP 6 5 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.25% 0.15% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.99% 0.48% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 8
10th Percentile £40,625 - £47,250
25th Percentile £54,688 £31,250 £53,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £37,250 £62,750
Median % change year-on-year +77.85% -40.64% +58.86%
75th Percentile £77,188 £45,875 £72,875
90th Percentile £87,875 £52,850 £74,600
London median annual salary £66,250 £42,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year +57.74% +13.51% -11.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central 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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Central London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 604 1,046 735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 25.64% 32.14% 23.77%
Number of salaries quoted 447 517 616
10th Percentile £30,950 £42,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £49,875 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £118,000 £121,250 £119,375
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +1.12%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

MCP job vacancy trend in Central London

MCP
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing MCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing MCP

MCP
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCP in Central London over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for MCP in Central London

MCP
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +44 6 £66,250 +77.85% 9
MCP
London

MCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Figma
2 2 (33.33%) Lucidchart
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) PaaS
2 2 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure AI
3 1 (16.67%) n8n
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Balsamiq
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) IT Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) IT Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Network Support
2 1 (16.67%) Network Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Network Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Python Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) React
2 1 (16.67%) LangChain
2 1 (16.67%) Node.js
2 1 (16.67%) PyTorch
2 1 (16.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) AI Agents
1 2 (33.33%) Public Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) AI
1 4 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 3 (50.00%) LLM
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
3 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) Minimum Viable Product
3 2 (33.33%) Natural Language Processing
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 2 (33.33%) UML
3 2 (33.33%) User Experience
3 2 (33.33%) UX Design
4 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
4 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Python
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) A+ Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) MCSA
2 1 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) OpenAI