MCP Job Trends in Reading

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 95 96
Rank change year-on-year +40 +1 +31
Permanent jobs citing MCP 1 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.20% 0.083% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.50% 0.24% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £43,315
25th Percentile £56,250 £25,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £26,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +121.15% -54.00% +135.52%
75th Percentile £58,750 £26,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £33,500 £26,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year +28.85% -54.00% +135.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 201 424 541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 40.36% 35.30% 51.04%
Number of salaries quoted 96 152 326
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,400 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,438 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,525 £53,760
Median % change year-on-year +1.72% +5.14% -1.99%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £63,748
90th Percentile £92,500 £81,250 £78,125
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £61,500 £53,825
% change year-on-year -14.63% +14.26% -

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MCP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Reading.

MCP job vacancy trend in Reading

MCP
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing MCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing MCP

MCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft