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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 580 627 783
Rank change year-on-year +47 +156 +128
Permanent jobs citing MCP 112 217 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.25% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.45% 0.89% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 65 200 112
10th Percentile £25,750 £22,900 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £28,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £32,797
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -0.91% -6.29%
75th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £58,625
UK median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -7.14%

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 24,918 24,393 29,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.64% 28.41% 32.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,162 15,737 13,221
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,500 £31,466
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,019
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £69,688 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,600
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.40% +8.36%

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 16 May 2025.

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 16 May 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
Midlands +74 52 £35,000 +40.00% 6
West Midlands +73 37 £35,000 +4.48% 3
South East +69 24 £30,000 -21.05% 10
South West +92 18 £40,000 +23.08% 4
East Midlands +26 15 £35,000 +40.00% 3
London +98 11 £57,500 +4.55% 22
North of England +3 5 - - 4
Yorkshire +49 4 - - 2
East of England +33 3 £26,750 -9.32% 5
North West -19 1 - - 1
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 21 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (8.04%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.89%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (16.96%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (4.46%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (3.57%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 42 (37.50%) Azure
1 42 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (25.00%) AWS
3 10 (8.93%) SaaS
4 8 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.14%) PaaS
5 7 (6.25%) GCP
6 5 (4.46%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.68%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.79%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.79%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.89%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 31 (27.68%) Network Security
2 28 (25.00%) Internet
2 28 (25.00%) WLAN
3 22 (19.64%) DNS
4 21 (18.75%) DHCP
5 19 (16.96%) LAN
5 19 (16.96%) WAN
6 16 (14.29%) Firewall
7 13 (11.61%) VPN
8 9 (8.04%) TCP/IP
9 6 (5.36%) VLAN
10 4 (3.57%) VoIP
11 3 (2.68%) DMZ
11 3 (2.68%) Wireshark
12 2 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.89%) Cisco IOS
13 1 (0.89%) Intranet
13 1 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
13 1 (0.89%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.57%) Metabase
3 2 (1.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 35 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 10 (8.93%) Public Sector
3 5 (4.46%) Finance
4 4 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (2.68%) German Language
6 2 (1.79%) Advertising
6 2 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.89%) Back Office
7 1 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.89%) Publishing
7 1 (0.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (50.89%) Support Engineer
2 50 (44.64%) IT Support
3 39 (34.82%) IT Engineer
3 39 (34.82%) IT Support Engineer
4 15 (13.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (12.50%) Analyst
5 14 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support
5 14 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 12 (10.71%) Support Analyst
7 9 (8.04%) Senior
8 8 (7.14%) Senior Support Engineer
9 7 (6.25%) Consultant
9 7 (6.25%) Lead
9 7 (6.25%) Support Team Leader
9 7 (6.25%) Team Leader
10 6 (5.36%) Software Analyst
10 6 (5.36%) Software Support Analyst
10 6 (5.36%) Technical Support
11 5 (4.46%) Functional Consultant
11 5 (4.46%) Help Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.36%) .NET
1 6 (5.36%) ASP.NET
1 6 (5.36%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 42 (37.50%) Driving Licence
2 14 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (4.46%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.57%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (2.68%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.89%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 81 (72.32%) Windows
2 48 (42.86%) Linux
3 32 (28.57%) Windows Server
4 13 (11.61%) Windows 10
5 11 (9.82%) Mac OS
5 11 (9.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (4.46%) Android
7 3 (2.68%) Windows 7
7 3 (2.68%) Windows 8
7 3 (2.68%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (59.82%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (35.71%) ITIL
3 36 (32.14%) Mentoring
4 29 (25.89%) Computer Science
5 28 (25.00%) Asset Management
5 28 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
5 28 (25.00%) Network Management
6 15 (13.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (9.82%) Logistics
8 9 (8.04%) ITSM
9 8 (7.14%) Coaching
9 8 (7.14%) Customer Service
10 7 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (6.25%) Document Management
10 7 (6.25%) ERP
10 7 (6.25%) Migration
10 7 (6.25%) Workflow
11 6 (5.36%) GAP Analysis
12 5 (4.46%) Procure-to-Pay
12 5 (4.46%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (19.64%) SQL
2 6 (5.36%) C#
3 5 (4.46%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.57%) C++
4 4 (3.57%) Python
4 4 (3.57%) VB
5 2 (1.79%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.89%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 107 (95.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 69 (61.61%) MCSE
3 47 (41.96%) Degree
4 43 (38.39%) CCNA
4 43 (38.39%) Cisco Certification
5 41 (36.61%) MCSA
6 36 (32.14%) CCNP
7 30 (26.79%) A+ Certification
8 29 (25.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (25.00%) LPIC
10 9 (8.04%) Security Cleared
11 6 (5.36%) Azure Certification
12 5 (4.46%) DV Cleared
13 4 (3.57%) Dell Certification
14 3 (2.68%) AWS Certification
14 3 (2.68%) DBS Check
14 3 (2.68%) SC Cleared
15 1 (0.89%) CCA
15 1 (0.89%) Citrix Certification
15 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.79%) SLA
2 1 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (0.89%) NCSC
2 1 (0.89%) QA
System Software
1 39 (34.82%) Active Directory
2 18 (16.07%) Hyper-V
3 10 (8.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.89%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.89%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.89%) XenApp
6 1 (0.89%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (6.25%) PaperCut
2 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.46%) SCCM
3 3 (2.68%) Iperf
3 3 (2.68%) WMI
4 2 (1.79%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.89%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.89%) Nessus
5 1 (0.89%) SmoothWall
5 1 (0.89%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (0.89%) WSUS
Vendors
1 96 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 34 (30.36%) Cisco
3 14 (12.50%) VMware
4 7 (6.25%) Google
4 7 (6.25%) SonicWALL
5 6 (5.36%) Dell
6 4 (3.57%) Apple
6 4 (3.57%) Fortinet
6 4 (3.57%) SAP
7 3 (2.68%) Intel
7 3 (2.68%) Remedy
7 3 (2.68%) Ruckus Wireless
7 3 (2.68%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.79%) arcserve
8 2 (1.79%) Citrix
8 2 (1.79%) Sophos
8 2 (1.79%) Symantec
9 1 (0.89%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.89%) Reuters
9 1 (0.89%) Veritas