MCP Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 168 143
Rank change year-on-year 0 -25 +127
Permanent jobs citing MCP 8 6 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.24% 0.14% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.63% 0.56% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 3
10th Percentile £25,000 £38,500 £34,350
25th Percentile £25,938 £45,625 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -45.83% +41.18% +21.43%
75th Percentile £33,750 £62,500 £80,625
90th Percentile - - £101,250
England median annual salary £34,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -9.21% +1.33% +7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,277 1,078 1,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 37.79% 24.32% 39.09%
Number of salaries quoted 490 446 465
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £37,500 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,526 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.95% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,188 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,090 £76,875 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,762 £58,627
% change year-on-year -1.37% -4.89% +6.59%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing MCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for MCP in the East of England

MCP
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MCP

MCP
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the East of England region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Bedfordshire 0 5 £32,500 -45.83%
Essex -8 2 £25,000 - 1
Hertfordshire +14 1 £27,500 -54.17% 1
MCP
England

MCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Azure
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (62.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) WAN
2 5 (62.50%) LAN
2 5 (62.50%) WLAN
3 2 (25.00%) Firewall
3 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (12.50%) Intranet
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Support Technician
2 2 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (25.00%) 1st Line Technical Support
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Support
3 1 (12.50%) IT Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (37.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Customer Service
1 7 (87.50%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Client Onboarding
2 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Logistics
4 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (62.50%) A+ Certification
2 5 (62.50%) CompTIA Security+
2 5 (62.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 5 (62.50%) MCITP
2 5 (62.50%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (25.00%) CCNA
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (25.00%) DBS Check
3 2 (25.00%) MCDST
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Aruba
2 5 (62.50%) HP
3 2 (25.00%) Meraki
3 2 (25.00%) Sophos