MCITP Job Trends in England

Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCITP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 583 682 633
Rank change year-on-year +99 -49 +341
Permanent jobs citing MCITP 29 40 49
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.063% 0.067% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.22% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 29 18 48
10th Percentile - £21,250 -
25th Percentile £29,750 £35,500 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £37,000 £22,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% +64.44% -35.71%
75th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £30,500
90th Percentile £38,200 £60,125 £52,500
UK median annual salary £31,500 £37,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year -14.86% +64.44% -35.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

MCITP 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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 15,317 18,172 14,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.32% 30.23% 31.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7,111 7,286 9,962
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,738 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,800 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% +2.26% +3.44%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £92,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +1.77%

MCITP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MCITP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

MCITP job vacancy trend in England

MCITP
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing MCITP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing MCITP

MCITP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCITP in England over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Salary histogram for MCITP in England

MCITP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCITP within the England region over the 6 months to 19 November 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
South West +42 19 £31,500 +7.69%
East of England +23 6 £32,500 - 1
London +51 3 £55,000 +37.50% 6
South East +33 1 £38,000 +4.11% 4
MCITP
UK

MCITP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.45%) IIS
2 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (41.38%) Azure
3 11 (37.93%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.45%) Asana
4 1 (3.45%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (27.59%) Firewall
2 6 (20.69%) DNS
2 6 (20.69%) LAN
2 6 (20.69%) WAN
3 5 (17.24%) WLAN
4 3 (10.34%) DHCP
4 3 (10.34%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.45%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (3.45%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (3.45%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (3.45%) Internet
5 1 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (3.45%) iSCSI
5 1 (3.45%) Network Security
5 1 (3.45%) SAN
5 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (82.76%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Finance
3 1 (3.45%) Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (68.97%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (20.69%) Support Technician
3 5 (17.24%) IT Support
4 1 (3.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Desktop Support
4 1 (3.45%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) IT Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) IT Manager
4 1 (3.45%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (3.45%) IT Technician
4 1 (3.45%) Security Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Senior
4 1 (3.45%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Support Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) .NET
1 1 (3.45%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (3.45%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.45%) CCTV
2 1 (3.45%) Clustering
2 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.45%) Eurex
2 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (31.03%) Windows
2 4 (13.79%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.90%) Linux
4 1 (3.45%) Solaris
4 1 (3.45%) Ubuntu
4 1 (3.45%) Unix
4 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.45%) Windows 2000
4 1 (3.45%) Windows 8
4 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (3.45%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (68.97%) ITIL
2 18 (62.07%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (51.72%) Mentoring
3 15 (51.72%) Service Delivery
4 11 (37.93%) Customer Service
5 6 (20.69%) Client Onboarding
5 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.90%) Computer Science
6 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (3.45%) API Integration
7 1 (3.45%) Data Protection
7 1 (3.45%) Information Security
7 1 (3.45%) Network Load Balancing
7 1 (3.45%) Process Improvement
7 1 (3.45%) SIEM
7 1 (3.45%) Software Licensing
7 1 (3.45%) Strategic Planning
7 1 (3.45%) User Experience
7 1 (3.45%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 1 (3.45%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.90%) SQL
3 1 (3.45%) C#
3 1 (3.45%) Python
3 1 (3.45%) VB.NET
3 1 (3.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (82.76%) Network+ Certification
3 6 (20.69%) A+ Certification
3 6 (20.69%) MCP
4 5 (17.24%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (17.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (13.79%) MCSA
6 3 (10.34%) Degree
6 3 (10.34%) MCSE
7 2 (6.90%) MCDST
8 1 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (3.45%) CCNA
8 1 (3.45%) CCNP
8 1 (3.45%) CCSP
8 1 (3.45%) CISA
8 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (3.45%) CISM
8 1 (3.45%) CISSP
8 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (51.72%) SLA
2 1 (3.45%) GDPR
2 1 (3.45%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (44.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.90%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.45%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Aruba
2 5 (17.24%) HP
3 4 (13.79%) VMware
4 2 (6.90%) Cisco
5 1 (3.45%) Bloomberg
5 1 (3.45%) CQG
5 1 (3.45%) Datto
5 1 (3.45%) EMC
5 1 (3.45%) Google
5 1 (3.45%) ION Trading
5 1 (3.45%) Patsystems
5 1 (3.45%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.45%) Reuters
5 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.45%) Trayport