MCP Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 85 -
Rank change year-on-year +30 - -
Permanent jobs citing MCP 1 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.19% 0.42% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.45% 0.79% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £50,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £34,000 £30,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +13.33% -20.00% +7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 224 505 558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 41.95% 53.27% 61.12%
Number of salaries quoted 154 237 306
10th Percentile £37,783 £41,250 £29,440
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,560 £55,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% +4.18% +0.45%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £98,875 £82,500 £80,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

MCP job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

MCP
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing MCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing MCP

MCP
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 30 October 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
Stroud - 1 £45,000 - 1
MCP
South West

MCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Support
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft