MCP Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 295 324 413
Rank change year-on-year +29 +89 -31
Permanent jobs citing MCP 36 13 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.24% 0.13% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.93% 0.42% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 25 9 29
10th Percentile £25,200 £27,200 £21,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% - +4.62%
75th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £40,000 £44,350 £47,500
England median annual salary £38,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +1.33% +7.14% +2.19%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,864 3,095 4,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 25.98% 30.61% 25.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,515 1,456 2,297
10th Percentile £26,708 £31,125 £28,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £49,549
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +11.00% -0.90%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,502 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.99% +6.37% -

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing MCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for MCP in the North of England

MCP
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCP in the North of England.

Salary trend for MCP in the North of England

MCP
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCP in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 September 2024.

Salary histogram for MCP in the North of England

MCP
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the North of England region over the 6 months to 13 September 2024. 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
North West +4 20 £35,000 -6.67% 4
Yorkshire +47 14 £37,500 +20.97% 5
North East - 2 £29,500 - 1
MCP
England

MCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (30.56%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.78%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.22%) Internet
2 6 (16.67%) VLAN
2 6 (16.67%) VPN
3 5 (13.89%) DHCP
3 5 (13.89%) DNS
3 5 (13.89%) Firewall
3 5 (13.89%) TCP/IP
4 4 (11.11%) NAS
4 4 (11.11%) Remote Desktop
4 4 (11.11%) SAN
4 4 (11.11%) SSL
5 3 (8.33%) Network Security
6 2 (5.56%) IPv4
6 2 (5.56%) Unified Communications
6 2 (5.56%) VoIP
6 2 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.78%) LAN
7 1 (2.78%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 19 (52.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (22.22%) Analyst
2 5 (13.89%) IT Manager
3 4 (11.11%) Hardware Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Support Analyst
3 4 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Desktop Support
4 3 (8.33%) Lead
4 3 (8.33%) Senior
4 3 (8.33%) Service Transition Leader
5 2 (5.56%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (5.56%) Desktop Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Help Desk Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (5.56%) Help Desk Support Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) IT Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 4 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 4 (11.11%) Replication
2 4 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.33%) Private Cloud
4 2 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (58.33%) Windows
2 7 (19.44%) Windows 10
3 4 (11.11%) Linux
3 4 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 4 (11.11%) Windows Vista
4 3 (8.33%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (61.11%) ITIL
2 14 (38.89%) Customer Service
3 12 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 9 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (13.89%) Client Onboarding
6 5 (13.89%) QMS
6 5 (13.89%) Quality Management
7 4 (11.11%) Break/Fix
7 4 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (11.11%) Email Filtering
7 4 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
7 4 (11.11%) Line Management
7 4 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (11.11%) Security Hardening
7 4 (11.11%) Time Management
7 4 (11.11%) Virtual Environments
7 4 (11.11%) Web Filtering
8 3 (8.33%) Presales
8 3 (8.33%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (83.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (52.78%) Degree
3 15 (41.67%) A+ Certification
4 13 (36.11%) MCSA
4 13 (36.11%) MCSE
5 10 (27.78%) CCNA
5 10 (27.78%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (19.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (8.33%) DBS Check
9 2 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (22.22%) SLA
2 3 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 19 (52.78%) Active Directory
2 6 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (16.67%) vSphere
3 3 (8.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (5.56%) Firmware
4 2 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) SCCM
1 4 (11.11%) WSUS
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (19.44%) VMware
3 5 (13.89%) Apple
4 4 (11.11%) Veeam
5 3 (8.33%) Adobe
6 2 (5.56%) Acronis
6 2 (5.56%) Datto
6 2 (5.56%) Draytek
6 2 (5.56%) Google
6 2 (5.56%) SonicWALL
6 2 (5.56%) Sophos