Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 135 157 164
Rank change year-on-year +22 +7 +72
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 7 5 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.28% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.31% 0.62% 0.98%
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
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £37,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +81.21% -46.79% +105.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 534 813 716
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 21.02% 31.44% 23.22%
Number of salaries quoted 378 445 601
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,750 £105,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in the City of London

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Histogram in the City of London

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certified Professional in the City of London

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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