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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 338 372
Rank change year-on-year +3 +34 +66
Permanent jobs citing MCP 7 59 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.053% 0.31% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 1.48% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2 45 12
10th Percentile - £23,500 £23,011
25th Percentile - £26,750 £27,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,285 £32,500 £32,250
Median % change year-on-year +67.03% +0.78% -5.15%
75th Percentile - £38,000 £39,875
90th Percentile - £38,750 £48,200
England median annual salary £35,000 £34,250 £35,625
% change year-on-year +2.19% -3.86% +1.79%

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 6,016 3,998 4,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 45.28% 21.32% 31.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,399 2,503 1,666
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £54,711
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -8.61% +16.41%
75th Percentile £59,652 £62,750 £67,978
90th Percentile £72,750 £79,600 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,125 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.62% -9.79% +9.09%

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
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 16 July 2025. 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
Yorkshire +24 4 - - 3
North West -14 3 £54,285 +80.95% 4
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 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) AWS
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (28.57%) Google Docs
4 2 (28.57%) Google Drive
4 2 (28.57%) Google Workspace
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (28.57%) OneDrive
4 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
5 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Help Desk Support
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Business Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Support Specialist
1 2 (28.57%) Technical Specialist
1 2 (28.57%) Technical Support
1 2 (28.57%) Technical Support Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Wintel Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Wintel Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Management Information System
2 4 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (28.57%) AI Agents
4 1 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (14.29%) Low-Code
4 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Mac OS
2 4 (57.14%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Android
3 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
3 1 (14.29%) Windows
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Document Management
2 4 (57.14%) Workflow
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Analytics
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
5 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (14.29%) Intelligent Automation
5 1 (14.29%) Line Management
5 1 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) VB
2 1 (14.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (71.43%) MCSA
2 5 (71.43%) MCSE
3 3 (42.86%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) CBAP
5 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Hyper-V
2 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) BitLocker
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) PaperCut
2 1 (14.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Google
3 1 (14.29%) McAfee
3 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 1 (14.29%) Symantec
3 1 (14.29%) VMware