Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends in Northampton

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northampton 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 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 10 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 3.52% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 15.63% - -
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,750 - -
90th Percentile £34,125 - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £32,500 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 64 51 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 22.54% 22.08% 19.00%
Number of salaries quoted 30 29 55
10th Percentile - £28,500 £24,840
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £80,000 £63,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £65,000
Northamptonshire median annual salary £50,000 £61,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.37% +16.67% +16.67%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Northampton

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in Northampton

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) DHCP
1 1 (10.00%) DNS
1 1 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (10.00%) Applications Support Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Applications Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Change Control
1 9 (90.00%) Mentoring
1 9 (90.00%) Project Delivery
1 9 (90.00%) Server Management
2 1 (10.00%) Agile
2 1 (10.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (10.00%) CRM
2 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (10.00%) Scrum
2 1 (10.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (90.00%) CCA
2 9 (90.00%) CCNA
2 9 (90.00%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (90.00%) Citrix Certification
2 9 (90.00%) MCSA
2 9 (90.00%) MCSE
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (90.00%) SLA
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (90.00%) Cisco
2 9 (90.00%) Citrix
2 9 (90.00%) VMware