Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends in Somerset

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 60 44 48
Rank change year-on-year -16 +4 -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 2 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.34% 0.48% 1.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.88% 1.83% 4.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,750 - £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £30,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -25.93% -
75th Percentile £33,250 - £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £34,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -28.42% +5.56% +30.43%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 227 109 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 38.15% 25.95% 25.36%
Number of salaries quoted 52 47 95
10th Percentile £25,353 - £28,000
25th Percentile £27,344 - £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £10,258 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +314.31% -75.86% -15.00%
75th Percentile £66,875 £49,250 £61,875
90th Percentile £87,320 £61,000 £70,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.56% +5.20% -2.91%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Somerset

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Ticket Management
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft