Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends in Lancashire

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.057% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,750 - -
75th Percentile £27,125 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £26,750 - £28,500
% change year-on-year - - -12.31%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 891 619 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 51.15% 71.07% 22.94%
Number of salaries quoted 109 203 234
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +11.23% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £58,563
90th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £69,914
North West median annual salary £51,500 £50,055 £48,013
% change year-on-year +2.89% +4.25% -12.70%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Darwen - 1 £26,750 - 1
Microsoft Certified Professional
North West

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft