Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 191 97 241
Rank change year-on-year -94 +144 +74
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 29 172 31
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.35% 2.77% 0.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.06% 7.29% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 29 3 29
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,500 £21,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £22,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +60.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £34,250
90th Percentile £53,951 £48,500 £42,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £34,245
% change year-on-year -7.14% +2.20% +0.72%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,725 2,358 1,890
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 33.29% 38.00% 24.58%
Number of salaries quoted 738 708 1,487
10th Percentile £27,694 £32,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £31,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,688 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.18% +10.70% -3.00%
75th Percentile £63,000 £66,013 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
England 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 the Midlands

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certified Professional in the Midlands

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
East Midlands -18 25 £32,500 - 7
West Midlands -90 4 £28,500 -28.75% 2
Microsoft Certified Professional
England

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (51.72%) AWS
1 15 (51.72%) Azure
2 8 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (24.14%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) Firewall
1 7 (24.14%) IP Telephony
2 5 (17.24%) DHCP
2 5 (17.24%) DNS
3 4 (13.79%) RFID
4 2 (6.90%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (24.14%) Burp Suite
1 7 (24.14%) Metasploit
2 4 (13.79%) LabVIEW
General
1 18 (62.07%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Retail
2 7 (24.14%) Telecoms
3 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) 2nd Line Support
1 9 (31.03%) Support Engineer
2 7 (24.14%) IT Engineer
2 7 (24.14%) IT Support
2 7 (24.14%) IT Support Engineer
2 7 (24.14%) Security Specialist
2 7 (24.14%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 5 (17.24%) Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Support Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Help Desk Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Help Desk Support
4 4 (13.79%) Help Desk Support Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Applications Support
5 1 (3.45%) Applications Support Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Applications Support Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Driving Licence
2 7 (24.14%) CCTV
2 7 (24.14%) Insider Threat
2 7 (24.14%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (31.03%) Windows
2 8 (27.59%) Linux
3 7 (24.14%) Windows Server
4 2 (6.90%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.45%) Mac OS X
5 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) ITIL
2 10 (34.48%) Mentoring
3 9 (31.03%) Change Control
3 9 (31.03%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (31.03%) Project Delivery
3 9 (31.03%) Server Management
4 7 (24.14%) Actionable Insight
4 7 (24.14%) Anomaly Detection
4 7 (24.14%) Decision-Making
4 7 (24.14%) Ethical Hacking
4 7 (24.14%) Information Security
4 7 (24.14%) ITSM
4 7 (24.14%) Offensive Security
4 7 (24.14%) Open Source
4 7 (24.14%) Penetration Testing
4 7 (24.14%) Red Team
4 7 (24.14%) Threat Intelligence
5 6 (20.69%) Computer Science
6 4 (13.79%) Server Building
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (82.76%) MCSE
3 23 (79.31%) CCNA
3 23 (79.31%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (72.41%) MCSA
5 9 (31.03%) CCA
5 9 (31.03%) Citrix Certification
5 9 (31.03%) Degree
6 8 (27.59%) Security Cleared
7 7 (24.14%) CCNP
7 7 (24.14%) CEH
7 7 (24.14%) CISMP
7 7 (24.14%) CISSP
7 7 (24.14%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (24.14%) CREST Certified
7 7 (24.14%) GIAC
7 7 (24.14%) GPEN
7 7 (24.14%) OSCP
7 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
8 4 (13.79%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (31.03%) SLA
2 8 (27.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (24.14%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) Hyper-V
2 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (24.14%) Nmap
Vendors
1 22 (75.86%) Microsoft
2 21 (72.41%) VMware
3 16 (55.17%) Cisco
4 9 (31.03%) Citrix
5 7 (24.14%) Draytek
5 7 (24.14%) Mitel
5 7 (24.14%) WatchGuard
6 4 (13.79%) Veeam