Microsoft Certified Professional 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 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 251 266 298
Rank change year-on-year +15 +32 +70
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 22 31 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.20% 0.35% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.68% 0.77% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 22 19 28
10th Percentile - - £29,175
25th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £27,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -26.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £34,250 £29,250 £41,000
90th Percentile £38,000 £29,600 £56,525
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £34,245
% change year-on-year -7.14% +2.20% +0.72%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,236 4,016 4,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.97% 45.85% 36.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,400 1,678 2,746
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +11.90% +0.96%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional in the South East over the 6 months to 30 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certified Professional in the South East

Microsoft Certified Professional
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 Microsoft Certified Professional within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 January 2026. 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 -9 10 £28,500 +3.64% 7
Oxfordshire +6 7 £28,500 +3.64% 1
East Sussex - 7 £29,000 - 1
Surrey - 4 £38,000 - 1
Berkshire - 3 £33,500 - 4
Hampshire +24 1 £26,750 -3.94% 2
Microsoft Certified Professional
England

Microsoft Certified Professional
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 (9.09%) IIS
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (40.91%) Azure
3 7 (31.82%) AWS
3 7 (31.82%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (50.00%) DNS
2 10 (45.45%) DHCP
3 7 (31.82%) TCP/IP
4 3 (13.64%) Firewall
5 2 (9.09%) VLAN
5 2 (9.09%) VPN
5 2 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (4.55%) SD-WAN
6 1 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Manufacturing
3 4 (18.18%) Finance
3 4 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (95.45%) IT Support
2 9 (40.91%) IT Engineer
2 9 (40.91%) IT Support Engineer
2 9 (40.91%) Support Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Coordinator
4 2 (9.09%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) Senior IT Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior IT Support
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 18 (81.82%) Windows
2 8 (36.36%) Android
3 7 (31.82%) Mac OS
4 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
4 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (86.36%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (27.27%) Service Delivery
3 4 (18.18%) Business Continuity
3 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
3 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (18.18%) Cost Optimisation
3 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (18.18%) ERP
3 4 (18.18%) IT Strategy
3 4 (18.18%) Time Management
4 2 (9.09%) Data Privacy
4 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
5 1 (4.55%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (4.55%) Data Protection
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (4.55%) Proactive Maintenance
5 1 (4.55%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (81.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (50.00%) A+ Certification
3 8 (36.36%) Degree
4 4 (18.18%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (13.64%) MCSA
6 2 (9.09%) DBS Check
6 2 (9.09%) MCSE
7 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
7 1 (4.55%) CCNA
7 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (4.55%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.64%) Hyper-V
3 2 (9.09%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
2 8 (36.36%) Apple
3 7 (31.82%) Google
4 2 (9.09%) VMware
5 1 (4.55%) Mitel