Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends 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 Microsoft Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 485 420 587
Rank change year-on-year -65 +167 +245
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 137 266 142
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.25% 0.57% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.78% 1.48% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 118 59 124
10th Percentile £27,250 - £22,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £27,338
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £34,245
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +2.20% +0.72%
75th Percentile £40,813 £42,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £55,391 £49,000 £56,525
UK median annual salary £32,500 £33,750 £33,990
% change year-on-year -3.70% -0.71% +2.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

Microsoft Certified Professional 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 17,568 17,934 17,875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.47% 38.12% 28.99%
Number of salaries quoted 7,171 6,990 12,731
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,290
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,500
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 £77,250 £73,750
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%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in England

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional in England over the 6 months to 30 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certified Professional in England

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional within the England region over the 6 months to 30 January 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
London +65 47 £43,250 +2.98% 26
Midlands -94 29 £32,500 -18.75% 10
East Midlands -18 25 £32,500 - 7
South East +15 22 £29,000 +5.45% 24
North of England +9 18 £32,000 -20.00% 14
South West +10 16 £34,000 -28.42% 7
North West +22 10 £31,000 -22.50% 7
Yorkshire -17 6 £40,000 - 6
East of England +24 5 £28,750 -39.47% 8
West Midlands -90 4 £28,500 -28.75% 2
North East - 2 £39,500 - 2
Microsoft Certified Professional
UK

Microsoft Certified Professional
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 19 (13.87%) Microsoft Exchange
1 19 (13.87%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.92%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.19%) IIS
4 1 (0.73%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 28 (20.44%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (5.84%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.46%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.73%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.73%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 61 (44.53%) Azure
2 58 (42.34%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (22.63%) AWS
4 28 (20.44%) Entra ID
5 12 (8.76%) Google Workspace
6 8 (5.84%) GCP
6 8 (5.84%) Google Docs
7 7 (5.11%) Serverless
8 6 (4.38%) Google Sheets
9 5 (3.65%) Mimecast
9 5 (3.65%) OneDrive
9 5 (3.65%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (2.92%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (2.92%) Amazon SageMaker
10 4 (2.92%) AWS Fargate
10 4 (2.92%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (2.92%) AWS Step Functions
10 4 (2.92%) Azure AI
10 4 (2.92%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 24 (17.52%) DNS
2 22 (16.06%) Firewall
3 18 (13.14%) DHCP
4 16 (11.68%) TCP/IP
5 14 (10.22%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (7.30%) LAN
7 9 (6.57%) WAN
8 8 (5.84%) VPN
9 7 (5.11%) IP Telephony
10 6 (4.38%) VoIP
11 5 (3.65%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (3.65%) VLAN
12 4 (2.92%) RFID
12 4 (2.92%) Wireless
13 3 (2.19%) Cisco IOS
13 3 (2.19%) Cisco ISE
14 2 (1.46%) WLAN
15 1 (0.73%) 3G
15 1 (0.73%) ADSL
15 1 (0.73%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.30%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.46%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.73%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (6.57%) JIRA
2 7 (5.11%) Burp Suite
2 7 (5.11%) Metasploit
3 4 (2.92%) LabVIEW
3 4 (2.92%) MLflow
4 2 (1.46%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.73%) Git
5 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
General
1 84 (61.31%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.14%) Finance
3 17 (12.41%) Manufacturing
4 12 (8.76%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (5.11%) Retail
5 7 (5.11%) Telecoms
6 6 (4.38%) Advertising
7 5 (3.65%) Legal
7 5 (3.65%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (2.92%) Dutch Language
8 4 (2.92%) French Language
8 4 (2.92%) Law
8 4 (2.92%) Spanish Language
9 3 (2.19%) Local Government
10 2 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.46%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.73%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.73%) Banking
11 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.73%) Military
Job Titles
1 64 (46.72%) IT Support
2 27 (19.71%) Support Engineer
3 23 (16.79%) 2nd Line Support
4 22 (16.06%) Analyst
5 21 (15.33%) IT Engineer
5 21 (15.33%) IT Support Engineer
6 20 (14.60%) Support Analyst
7 13 (9.49%) Support Technician
8 11 (8.03%) IT Analyst
8 11 (8.03%) Lead
8 11 (8.03%) Senior
9 10 (7.30%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 9 (6.57%) IT Support Analyst
11 8 (5.84%) Coordinator
12 7 (5.11%) Security Specialist
12 7 (5.11%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
13 6 (4.38%) IT Support Technician
13 6 (4.38%) IT Technician
13 6 (4.38%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (4.38%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.76%) Model Context Protocol
2 5 (3.65%) LangChain
3 4 (2.92%) AWS CDK
3 4 (2.92%) LangGraph
4 3 (2.19%) React
4 3 (2.19%) RESTful
5 2 (1.46%) A2A Protocol
5 2 (1.46%) PyTorch
5 2 (1.46%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.73%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.73%) Flask
6 1 (0.73%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.73%) Material-UI
6 1 (0.73%) Node.js
6 1 (0.73%) ONNX
6 1 (0.73%) Redux
6 1 (0.73%) REST
6 1 (0.73%) Semantic Kernel
6 1 (0.73%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (0.73%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 33 (24.09%) Driving Licence
2 16 (11.68%) Management Information System
3 7 (5.11%) CCTV
3 7 (5.11%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (5.11%) Insider Threat
3 7 (5.11%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.65%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.92%) e-Learning
6 3 (2.19%) AI Agents
6 3 (2.19%) PKI
7 2 (1.46%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.46%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.46%) EPoS
7 2 (1.46%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.46%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.73%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.73%) CMDB
8 1 (0.73%) Eurex
8 1 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.73%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 92 (67.15%) Windows
2 25 (18.25%) Mac OS
2 25 (18.25%) Windows 10
2 25 (18.25%) Windows Server
3 13 (9.49%) Android
3 13 (9.49%) Linux
4 5 (3.65%) Apple iOS
4 5 (3.65%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (2.19%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.73%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.73%) Solaris
6 1 (0.73%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.73%) Unix
6 1 (0.73%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (34.31%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (23.36%) ITIL
3 31 (22.63%) Customer Service
4 26 (18.98%) Computer Science
4 26 (18.98%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (16.79%) Service Delivery
6 20 (14.60%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (10.95%) Project Delivery
8 14 (10.22%) Decision-Making
8 14 (10.22%) Mentoring
9 12 (8.76%) AI
9 12 (8.76%) Cost Optimisation
9 12 (8.76%) Disaster Recovery
9 12 (8.76%) ERP
10 11 (8.03%) Business Continuity
10 11 (8.03%) ITSM
11 10 (7.30%) LLM
11 10 (7.30%) Mobile Device Management
11 10 (7.30%) Penetration Testing
11 10 (7.30%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.95%) SQL
2 11 (8.03%) PowerShell
3 7 (5.11%) Python
4 3 (2.19%) C#
4 3 (2.19%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.19%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.73%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 91 (66.42%) Microsoft Certification
2 50 (36.50%) Degree
3 38 (27.74%) A+ Certification
4 33 (24.09%) MCSE
5 32 (23.36%) MCSA
6 28 (20.44%) CCNA
6 28 (20.44%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (10.22%) Network+ Certification
8 13 (9.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (7.30%) HNC
10 9 (6.57%) CCA
10 9 (6.57%) Citrix Certification
10 9 (6.57%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (5.84%) AWS Certification
11 8 (5.84%) Security Cleared
12 7 (5.11%) CEH
12 7 (5.11%) CISMP
12 7 (5.11%) GPEN
12 7 (5.11%) OSCP
12 7 (5.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.22%) SLA
2 13 (9.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (8.03%) GDPR
4 7 (5.11%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.73%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.73%) NIST
6 1 (0.73%) QA
System Software
1 49 (35.77%) Active Directory
2 17 (12.41%) Hyper-V
3 13 (9.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.65%) Docker
5 3 (2.19%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (2.19%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (18.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.11%) Nmap
3 6 (4.38%) Terraform
4 5 (3.65%) Grafana
4 5 (3.65%) Kubernetes
4 5 (3.65%) Prometheus
4 5 (3.65%) SCCM
5 3 (2.19%) Nessus
5 3 (2.19%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 104 (75.91%) Microsoft
2 36 (26.28%) VMware
3 20 (14.60%) Cisco
4 17 (12.41%) Citrix
4 17 (12.41%) Google
5 8 (5.84%) Apple
5 8 (5.84%) Mitel
6 7 (5.11%) Draytek
6 7 (5.11%) WatchGuard
7 5 (3.65%) Databricks
7 5 (3.65%) Sophos
8 4 (2.92%) Bloomberg
8 4 (2.92%) OpenAI
8 4 (2.92%) Reuters
8 4 (2.92%) Veeam
9 3 (2.19%) Foundry
9 3 (2.19%) IBM
9 3 (2.19%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (2.19%) Okta
9 3 (2.19%) Zscaler