MCP Job Trends 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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 280 254
Rank change year-on-year +19 -26 +102
Permanent jobs citing MCP 15 27 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.14% 0.29% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.45% 0.68% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 15 15 13
10th Percentile - - £29,200
25th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £27,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -48.60% +52.86%
75th Percentile £31,500 £29,250 £56,525
90th Percentile £34,250 £30,300 -
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% +7.14%

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 3,313 3,989 3,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.94% 42.96% 39.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,416 1,804 1,955
10th Percentile £27,767 £35,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £53,260
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +12.65% +2.42%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

MCP job vacancy trend in the South East

MCP
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MCP

MCP
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCP in the South East over the 6 months to 31 December 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 31 December 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 +6 10 £28,500 +3.64% 9
Oxfordshire +13 7 £28,500 +3.64%
East Sussex - 4 £29,000 - 1
Berkshire - 3 £33,500 - 9
Hampshire +41 1 £26,750 -3.94% 1
MCP
England

MCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (13.33%) IIS
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (60.00%) Azure
3 7 (46.67%) AWS
3 7 (46.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (73.33%) DNS
2 10 (66.67%) DHCP
3 7 (46.67%) TCP/IP
4 3 (20.00%) Firewall
5 2 (13.33%) VLAN
5 2 (13.33%) VPN
5 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
6 1 (6.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (93.33%) IT Support
2 9 (60.00%) IT Engineer
2 9 (60.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 9 (60.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Senior
3 2 (13.33%) Senior IT Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Senior IT Support
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 15 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (33.33%) Android
3 4 (26.67%) Mac OS
4 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (13.33%) Data Privacy
2 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (6.67%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (6.67%) Proactive Maintenance
3 1 (6.67%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (46.67%) A+ Certification
3 4 (26.67%) Degree
4 3 (20.00%) MCSA
5 2 (13.33%) DBS Check
5 2 (13.33%) MCSE
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
6 1 (6.67%) CCNA
6 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (6.67%) HND
System Software
1 11 (73.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (20.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (13.33%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (46.67%) Google
3 5 (33.33%) Apple
4 2 (13.33%) VMware
5 1 (6.67%) Mitel