Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends in Leicestershire

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 54 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -26 - -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 1 30 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.16% 7.04% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.77% 18.87% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
75th Percentile £37,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 - £25,000
% change year-on-year - - -10.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 130 159 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 21.21% 37.32% 27.57%
Number of salaries quoted 50 33 109
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £50,500 £39,969
Median % change year-on-year -14.85% +26.35% -15.86%
75th Percentile £58,438 £57,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £62,300 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -2.56%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire 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
Lutterworth +2 1 £35,000 -
Microsoft Certified Professional
East Midlands

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware