Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends in Staffordshire

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 66 54 52
Rank change year-on-year -12 -2 -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 4 10 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.41% 1.87% 1.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.83% 5.46% 5.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 9
10th Percentile - £34,250 -
25th Percentile £27,750 £36,875 £21,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £42,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.94% +37.10% -
75th Percentile £29,250 £46,875 £38,750
90th Percentile - £48,750 -
West Midlands median annual salary £28,500 £40,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year -28.75% +45.45% +5.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 482 183 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 49.33% 34.27% 27.44%
Number of salaries quoted 76 104 153
10th Percentile £26,375 - £21,500
25th Percentile £27,694 £32,500 £25,878
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £51,126 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.70% +26.24% -4.71%
75th Percentile £60,660 £54,625 £53,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £63,025 £59,750
West Midlands median annual salary £46,042 £57,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -19.93% +18.56% -3.00%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Help Desk Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Help Desk Support
1 4 (100.00%) Help Desk Support Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) ERP
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Server Building
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) HNC
1 4 (100.00%) MCSA
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Veeam
1 4 (100.00%) VMware