Microsoft Certified Professional 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 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 54 - 91
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 1 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.16% - 1.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.58% - 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 14
10th Percentile - - £29,175
25th Percentile £56,250 - £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £31,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +31.25%
75th Percentile £58,750 - £50,644
90th Percentile - - £56,525
Berkshire median annual salary £33,500 - £31,500
% change year-on-year - - +31.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 171 264 601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 26.93% 37.55% 48.78%
Number of salaries quoted 60 86 426
10th Percentile £40,999 £31,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £49,063 £53,703 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +22.73% +7.87%
75th Percentile £67,813 £85,000 £67,188
90th Percentile £82,750 £122,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £53,065 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.36% +18.18% +4.76%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Reading

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
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