MCP Jobs in England

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 553 714 958
Rank change year-on-year +161 +244 -152
Permanent jobs citing MCP 259 120 233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.17% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.22% 0.51% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 161 98 203
10th Percentile £27,750 £23,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £36,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +5.00% -0.71%
75th Percentile £42,000 £48,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £52,665
UK median annual salary £37,500 £37,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year +0.67% +6.43% -6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,233 23,740 40,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.10% 33.40% 27.54%
Number of salaries quoted 12,087 12,302 17,912
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,770 £95,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for MCP in England

MCP
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCP in England.

Salary trend for MCP in England

MCP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCP in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for MCP in England

MCP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the England region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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 +53 91 £35,000 -26.32% 1
West Midlands +52 65 £38,000 +43.40% 1
North of England +40 50 £32,500 -2.26% 6
South East +19 39 £40,000 +40.35% 4
South West +18 39 £30,000 -18.92% 5
London +83 31 £55,000 +46.67% 1
Yorkshire +73 26 £32,500 +4.84% 2
East Midlands -8 26 £32,500 -38.10%
North West +4 20 £38,000 +1.33% 2
East of England -7 9 £37,500 -52.38%
North East - 4 £28,500 - 2
MCP
UK

MCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 52 (20.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (8.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.39%) CMS
Applications
1 67 (25.87%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.77%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 103 (39.77%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (21.24%) Azure
3 17 (6.56%) Entra ID
4 13 (5.02%) AWS
5 11 (4.25%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (2.32%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.32%) IaaS
7 6 (2.32%) Twilio
8 5 (1.93%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.16%) Azure Stack
9 3 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.16%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.39%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.39%) Azure Machine Learning
10 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 108 (41.70%) Network Security
2 78 (30.12%) Internet
3 69 (26.64%) WLAN
4 35 (13.51%) Firewall
5 23 (8.88%) DHCP
5 23 (8.88%) DNS
6 21 (8.11%) SAN
7 17 (6.56%) VPN
8 12 (4.63%) TCP/IP
8 12 (4.63%) Wireless
9 11 (4.25%) Remote Desktop
10 10 (3.86%) LAN
11 8 (3.09%) WAN
12 7 (2.70%) VLAN
13 6 (2.32%) iSCSI
13 6 (2.32%) NAS
13 6 (2.32%) VoIP
14 4 (1.54%) SSL
14 4 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
15 3 (1.16%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.25%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.70%) Power BI
3 3 (1.16%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.39%) QlikView
5 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.39%) JIRA
General
1 86 (33.20%) Social Skills
2 22 (8.49%) Finance
3 21 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (2.70%) Legal
5 6 (2.32%) Banking
5 6 (2.32%) Games
5 6 (2.32%) Public Sector
6 5 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.54%) Electronics
7 4 (1.54%) Local Government
8 2 (0.77%) Law
8 2 (0.77%) Marketing
8 2 (0.77%) Multimedia
8 2 (0.77%) Retail
9 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 109 (42.08%) Support Engineer
2 94 (36.29%) IT Support
3 80 (30.89%) IT Engineer
4 74 (28.57%) IT Support Engineer
5 29 (11.20%) Desktop Engineer
6 27 (10.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 25 (9.65%) 2nd Line Support
7 25 (9.65%) Desktop Support
7 25 (9.65%) Field Engineer
8 23 (8.88%) Analyst
8 23 (8.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 21 (8.11%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 21 (8.11%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
9 21 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 21 (8.11%) Field Support Engineer
10 14 (5.41%) Senior
11 12 (4.63%) Support Technician
12 11 (4.25%) IT Manager
13 10 (3.86%) Consultant
13 10 (3.86%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.77%) Middleware
2 1 (0.39%) .NET
2 1 (0.39%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 107 (41.31%) Onboarding
2 87 (33.59%) Driving Licence
3 28 (10.81%) Data Centre
4 26 (10.04%) Private Cloud
5 13 (5.02%) Replication
6 10 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.32%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.54%) CCTV
9 2 (0.77%) EPoS
9 2 (0.77%) iPad
9 2 (0.77%) iPhone
9 2 (0.77%) Media Streaming
10 1 (0.39%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.39%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.39%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.39%) IoT
10 1 (0.39%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.39%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.39%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 208 (80.31%) Windows
2 75 (28.96%) Linux
3 48 (18.53%) Windows 10
4 39 (15.06%) Mac OS
5 27 (10.42%) Windows Server
6 12 (4.63%) Android
7 10 (3.86%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.54%) Windows 8
8 4 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.54%) Windows Vista
9 2 (0.77%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.77%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.39%) AIX
10 1 (0.39%) Unix
10 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (54.83%) Problem-Solving
2 128 (49.42%) ITIL
3 112 (43.24%) Computer Science
4 85 (32.82%) Customer Service
5 80 (30.89%) Asset Management
6 72 (27.80%) IT Asset Management
7 70 (27.03%) Mentoring
8 67 (25.87%) Network Management
9 41 (15.83%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (10.04%) Presales
10 26 (10.04%) Software Licensing
11 20 (7.72%) Service Delivery
12 13 (5.02%) Email Filtering
12 13 (5.02%) Kalman Filter
12 13 (5.02%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 13 (5.02%) Web Filtering
13 10 (3.86%) Analytics
13 10 (3.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 9 (3.47%) Customer Experience
14 9 (3.47%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.04%) PowerShell
2 13 (5.02%) SQL
3 4 (1.54%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.77%) Python
5 1 (0.39%) Bash
5 1 (0.39%) C
5 1 (0.39%) C#
5 1 (0.39%) Go
5 1 (0.39%) Java
5 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 210 (81.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 169 (65.25%) Degree
3 110 (42.47%) Computer Science Degree
4 97 (37.45%) MCSE
5 85 (32.82%) CCNA
5 85 (32.82%) Cisco Certification
6 70 (27.03%) CCNP
7 68 (26.25%) LPIC
8 67 (25.87%) A+ Certification
9 33 (12.74%) DBS Check
10 24 (9.27%) MCSA
11 11 (4.25%) Network+ Certification
12 9 (3.47%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (3.09%) CCA
13 8 (3.09%) Citrix Certification
14 5 (1.93%) Security Cleared
15 4 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 4 (1.54%) SC Cleared
16 3 (1.16%) AWS Certification
16 3 (1.16%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.02%) SLA
2 6 (2.32%) GDPR
3 3 (1.16%) QA
4 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 121 (46.72%) Active Directory
2 28 (10.81%) Hyper-V
3 26 (10.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.09%) XenApp
4 8 (3.09%) XenDesktop
5 7 (2.70%) vSphere
6 6 (2.32%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.77%) Firmware
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (10.04%) SCCM
2 17 (6.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.09%) Backup Exec
3 8 (3.09%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 6 (2.32%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 6 (2.32%) SCDPM
5 4 (1.54%) WSUS
6 3 (1.16%) Autotask
7 2 (0.77%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 241 (93.05%) Microsoft
2 81 (31.27%) Cisco
3 30 (11.58%) Apple
4 28 (10.81%) Adobe
5 27 (10.42%) VMware
6 16 (6.18%) Dell
7 12 (4.63%) Citrix
7 12 (4.63%) Veeam
8 8 (3.09%) Datto
8 8 (3.09%) Fortinet
8 8 (3.09%) N-able
8 8 (3.09%) Sophos
8 8 (3.09%) Symantec
8 8 (3.09%) Veritas
9 6 (2.32%) Dell Compellent
10 4 (1.54%) HP
10 4 (1.54%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.54%) WatchGuard
11 3 (1.16%) arcserve
11 3 (1.16%) Google