Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends in Stroud

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Gloucestershire > Stroud

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Stroud 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 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Stroud 5.88% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 100.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £50,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median annual salary £45,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Stroud

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 Stroud.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1 4 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stroud 5.88% 57.14% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 16
10th Percentile - - £29,375
25th Percentile £40,000 £56,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +84.00% +9.52%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,750 £48,750
90th Percentile - - £52,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £62,500 £57,560 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.58% +15.12% -9.09%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Stroud

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Stroud

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in Stroud

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stroud citing Microsoft Certified Professional

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Support
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft