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 10 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 647 707
Rank change year-on-year +43 +60 +201
Permanent jobs citing MCITP 12 18 47
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.021% 0.040% 0.071%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.067% 0.10% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 44
10th Percentile - £29,375 -
25th Percentile £29,750 £29,750 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £33,750 £22,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -37.93%
75th Percentile £37,688 £36,875 £28,750
90th Percentile £63,600 £38,125 £34,275
UK median annual salary £31,500 £33,750 £22,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -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 17,842 17,284 19,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 30.81% 38.37% 28.86%
Number of salaries quoted 7,209 6,839 13,617
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,670 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 10 February 2026.

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 10 February 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
Midlands +14 4 £31,000 - 1
South West -13 4 £31,500 -
West Midlands - 4 £31,000 - 1
London +33 2 £75,000 +102.70%
North of England -6 1 £50,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £50,000 -
East of England - 1 £27,500 -
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 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (16.67%) IIS
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 4 (33.33%) OneDrive
4 1 (8.33%) AWS
4 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (8.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Firewall
2 4 (33.33%) LAN
2 4 (33.33%) VPN
2 4 (33.33%) WAN
3 2 (16.67%) DHCP
3 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (8.33%) DNS
4 1 (8.33%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (8.33%) Internet
4 1 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (8.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) IT Support
2 4 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Application Support Team Leader
3 1 (8.33%) Applications Support
3 1 (8.33%) Information Officer
3 1 (8.33%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (8.33%) IT Security Officer
3 1 (8.33%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (8.33%) IT Technician
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Security Officer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Support Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (8.33%) Support Technician
3 1 (8.33%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
1 1 (8.33%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (8.33%) Eurex
1 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (8.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (8.33%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Solaris
2 1 (8.33%) Ubuntu
2 1 (8.33%) Unix
2 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (8.33%) Windows 2000
2 1 (8.33%) Windows 8
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (8.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) ITIL
3 4 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 4 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 1 (8.33%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (8.33%) Data Encryption
4 1 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (8.33%) Data Security
4 1 (8.33%) DevOps
4 1 (8.33%) Information Security Management
4 1 (8.33%) Internal Audit
4 1 (8.33%) Preventative Maintenance
4 1 (8.33%) Problem Management
4 1 (8.33%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (8.33%) SIEM
4 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (8.33%) C#
3 1 (8.33%) Python
3 1 (8.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (8.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (33.33%) A+ Certification
2 4 (33.33%) MCSE
2 4 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (25.00%) MCSA
4 2 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) MCDST
5 1 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (8.33%) CCNA
5 1 (8.33%) CCNP
5 1 (8.33%) CCSP
5 1 (8.33%) CISA
5 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (8.33%) CISM
5 1 (8.33%) CISSP
5 1 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (8.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) HIPAA
2 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (8.33%) Bloomberg
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) CQG
3 1 (8.33%) Google
3 1 (8.33%) ION Trading
3 1 (8.33%) Patsystems
3 1 (8.33%) Red Hat
3 1 (8.33%) Reuters
3 1 (8.33%) Trayport