Microsoft Certified Professional 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 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 141 169 173
Rank change year-on-year +28 +4 +75
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 7 5 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.25% 0.16% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.07% 0.49% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 7
10th Percentile £37,750 - £52,950
25th Percentile £47,500 £31,250 £53,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £37,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +81.21% -46.79% +105.88%
75th Percentile £83,125 £45,875 £73,250
90th Percentile £90,250 £52,850 £74,800
London median annual salary £43,250 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.98% -16.00% +33.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 653 1,024 815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 23.43% 32.74% 24.06%
Number of salaries quoted 463 483 659
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,700 £35,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,875 £92,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £117,250 £120,000 £105,000
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +2.94%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Central London

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional in Central London over the 6 months to 30 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certified Professional in Central London

Microsoft Certified Professional
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 Microsoft Certified Professional within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 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
City of London +22 7 £67,500 +81.21% 6
Microsoft Certified Professional
London

Microsoft Certified Professional
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
4 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Figma
4 2 (28.57%) Lucidchart
4 2 (28.57%) Mimecast
4 2 (28.57%) PaaS
4 2 (28.57%) SaaS
5 1 (14.29%) Azure AI
5 1 (14.29%) n8n
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Balsamiq
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) IT Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) IT Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Service Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Service Desk Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (14.29%) IT Technician
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Network Support
2 1 (14.29%) Network Support Technician
2 1 (14.29%) Network Technician
2 1 (14.29%) Python Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Model Context Protocol
2 2 (28.57%) React
3 1 (14.29%) LangChain
3 1 (14.29%) Node.js
3 1 (14.29%) PyTorch
3 1 (14.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
1 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) AI Agents
2 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) AI
1 3 (42.86%) Machine Learning
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Coaching
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Document Management
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) Minimum Viable Product
2 2 (28.57%) Natural Language Processing
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
2 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Ticket Management
2 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
2 2 (28.57%) UML
2 2 (28.57%) User Experience
2 2 (28.57%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Python
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) A+ Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) MCSE
2 2 (28.57%) MOS
3 1 (14.29%) MCSA
3 1 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Citrix
2 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
3 1 (14.29%) OpenAI