Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for Microsoft Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 85 109
Rank change year-on-year -16 +24 +22
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 1 1 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.042% 0.12% 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.28% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,750 £26,250 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £27,500 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year +72.73% -6.78% -74.35%
75th Percentile £51,250 £28,750 £30,750
90th Percentile - - £50,000
East of England median annual salary £27,000 £41,250 £29,500
% change year-on-year -34.55% +39.83% -50.83%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 641 354 650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 27.09% 43.22% 33.05%
Number of salaries quoted 242 159 416
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £45,188 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £70,750
East of England median annual salary £52,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.45% +15.79% -5.00%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Watford -3 1 £47,500 +72.73% 1
Microsoft Certified Professional
East of England

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (100.00%) Thin Client
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA