MCP Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > South East

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

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 341 350
Rank change year-on-year +64 +9 +97
Permanent jobs citing MCP 29 57 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.30% 0.30% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.54% 0.95% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 24 52 29
10th Percentile - £29,175 -
25th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,250 £38,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.39% +33.33% -18.57%
75th Percentile £37,563 £47,250 £38,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £57,750 £57,250
England median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £33,399
% change year-on-year +7.69% -2.69% -4.58%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,371 6,022 5,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 55.84% 32.14% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,490 3,646 2,427
10th Percentile £34,988 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £44,704 £38,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,350 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.85% -0.29% +1.29%
75th Percentile £70,600 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,273 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.34% -9.55% +9.09%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing MCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for MCP in the South East

MCP
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCP in the South East.

Salary trend for MCP in the South East

MCP
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCP in the South East over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.

Salary histogram for MCP in the South East

MCP
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
Thames Valley +53 24 £30,500 -18.67% 14
Oxfordshire +47 15 £27,500 -31.25% 5
Berkshire +27 7 £50,000 +58.73% 7
Kent - 5 £30,000 -
Buckinghamshire +24 2 £45,000 +18.42% 2
MCP
England

MCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (34.48%) SharePoint
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 21 (72.41%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (58.62%) Azure
3 10 (34.48%) AWS
4 7 (24.14%) Entra ID
4 7 (24.14%) GCP
5 2 (6.90%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (41.38%) TCP/IP
2 10 (34.48%) DHCP
2 10 (34.48%) DNS
3 7 (24.14%) VPN
4 5 (17.24%) Firewall
4 5 (17.24%) LAN
4 5 (17.24%) WAN
5 3 (10.34%) VLAN
5 3 (10.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) Metabase
2 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
General
1 24 (82.76%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) IT Support
2 14 (48.28%) Support Engineer
3 10 (34.48%) Analyst
3 10 (34.48%) IT Engineer
3 10 (34.48%) IT Support Engineer
3 10 (34.48%) Support Analyst
4 7 (24.14%) Senior
4 7 (24.14%) Senior Support Engineer
5 5 (17.24%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (17.24%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 5 (17.24%) IT Analyst
5 5 (17.24%) IT Support Analyst
6 4 (13.79%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 4 (13.79%) Senior Technical Support
6 4 (13.79%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
6 4 (13.79%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (13.79%) Technical Support
6 4 (13.79%) Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (10.34%) Help Desk Support
7 3 (10.34%) Senior IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (10.34%) Driving Licence
2 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
2 3 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (68.97%) Windows
2 7 (24.14%) Linux
3 6 (20.69%) Mac OS
4 3 (10.34%) Android
4 3 (10.34%) Windows 10
4 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
4 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (93.10%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (24.14%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (10.34%) Data Privacy
3 3 (10.34%) Document Management
3 3 (10.34%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (10.34%) Project Delivery
3 3 (10.34%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 3 (10.34%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) SQL
2 4 (13.79%) C++
2 4 (13.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (82.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (55.17%) A+ Certification
3 8 (27.59%) MCSA
4 5 (17.24%) MCSE
5 4 (13.79%) Dell Certification
6 3 (10.34%) DBS Check
6 3 (10.34%) Degree
System Software
1 10 (34.48%) Active Directory
2 6 (20.69%) Hyper-V
3 3 (10.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.34%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (24.14%) Google
3 5 (17.24%) Datto
3 5 (17.24%) Sophos
3 5 (17.24%) WatchGuard
4 4 (13.79%) Dell
5 3 (10.34%) Apple
5 3 (10.34%) SonicWALL
5 3 (10.34%) VMware