MCP Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 556 631
Rank change year-on-year +77 +75 +24
Permanent jobs citing MCP 100 210 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.28% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 1.06% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 62 192 95
10th Percentile £25,800 £22,900 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £27,750 £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +3.17% -11.27%
75th Percentile £40,438 £38,750 £48,125
90th Percentile £51,125 £47,250 £58,550
UK median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,361 19,849 21,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.83% 26.51% 37.41%
Number of salaries quoted 8,719 12,283 7,957
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,900 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MCP in the UK excluding London

MCP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCP in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for MCP in the UK excluding London

MCP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MCP in the UK excluding London

MCP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Midlands +75 53 £35,000 +27.27% 7
West Midlands +72 38 £35,000 -0.32% 4
South East +49 27 £30,000 -21.05% 6
East Midlands +37 15 £35,000 +40.00% 3
South West +87 14 £40,000 +23.08% 6
North of England -11 5 - - 7
Yorkshire +37 4 - - 3
East of England +40 2 £27,500 -6.78% 3
North West -24 1 - - 4
MCP
UK

MCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 18 (18.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (10.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (19.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (4.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 43 (43.00%) Azure
2 38 (38.00%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (28.00%) AWS
4 9 (9.00%) Entra ID
5 8 (8.00%) PaaS
5 8 (8.00%) SaaS
6 7 (7.00%) GCP
7 3 (3.00%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (2.00%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 31 (31.00%) Network Security
2 28 (28.00%) Internet
2 28 (28.00%) WLAN
3 22 (22.00%) DNS
4 21 (21.00%) DHCP
4 21 (21.00%) LAN
4 21 (21.00%) WAN
5 14 (14.00%) Firewall
6 13 (13.00%) VPN
7 10 (10.00%) TCP/IP
8 6 (6.00%) VLAN
9 3 (3.00%) DMZ
9 3 (3.00%) VoIP
9 3 (3.00%) Wireshark
10 1 (1.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.00%) Metabase
Development Applications
1 1 (1.00%) JIRA
General
1 34 (34.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.00%) Advertising
4 1 (1.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 58 (58.00%) Support Engineer
2 51 (51.00%) IT Support
3 39 (39.00%) IT Engineer
3 39 (39.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 16 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (15.00%) Infrastructure Support
5 15 (15.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 14 (14.00%) Analyst
6 14 (14.00%) Support Analyst
7 8 (8.00%) Senior
7 8 (8.00%) Senior Support Engineer
8 7 (7.00%) Lead
8 7 (7.00%) Support Team Leader
8 7 (7.00%) Team Leader
9 6 (6.00%) Software Analyst
9 6 (6.00%) Software Support Analyst
9 6 (6.00%) Technical Support
10 5 (5.00%) Help Desk Support
10 5 (5.00%) IT Analyst
10 5 (5.00%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.00%) .NET
1 6 (6.00%) ASP.NET
1 6 (6.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 40 (40.00%) Driving Licence
2 8 (8.00%) Management Information System
3 7 (7.00%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (5.00%) Onboarding
5 4 (4.00%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (3.00%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (78.00%) Windows
2 47 (47.00%) Linux
3 32 (32.00%) Windows Server
4 11 (11.00%) Mac OS
4 11 (11.00%) Windows 10
5 10 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (4.00%) Android
7 3 (3.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (3.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.00%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.00%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (66.00%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (37.00%) ITIL
3 36 (36.00%) Mentoring
4 29 (29.00%) Computer Science
5 28 (28.00%) Asset Management
5 28 (28.00%) IT Asset Management
5 28 (28.00%) Network Management
6 16 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (9.00%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (8.00%) Coaching
8 8 (8.00%) ITSM
9 7 (7.00%) Document Management
9 7 (7.00%) Workflow
10 6 (6.00%) Customer Service
10 6 (6.00%) Logistics
11 4 (4.00%) Migration
11 4 (4.00%) Project Delivery
12 3 (3.00%) Business Continuity
12 3 (3.00%) Network Architecture
12 3 (3.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (20.00%) SQL
2 6 (6.00%) C#
3 4 (4.00%) C++
3 4 (4.00%) Python
4 2 (2.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.00%) VB
5 1 (1.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 94 (94.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 64 (64.00%) MCSE
3 42 (42.00%) CCNA
3 42 (42.00%) Cisco Certification
4 41 (41.00%) Degree
4 41 (41.00%) MCSA
5 36 (36.00%) CCNP
6 31 (31.00%) A+ Certification
7 29 (29.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (28.00%) LPIC
9 6 (6.00%) Azure Certification
10 4 (4.00%) Dell Certification
10 4 (4.00%) Security Cleared
11 3 (3.00%) AWS Certification
11 3 (3.00%) DBS Check
11 3 (3.00%) DV Cleared
11 3 (3.00%) SC Cleared
12 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (1.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 34 (34.00%) Active Directory
2 16 (16.00%) Hyper-V
3 9 (9.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.00%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.00%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 7 (7.00%) PaperCut
2 6 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.00%) Iperf
4 2 (2.00%) SCCM
4 2 (2.00%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.00%) Nessus
5 1 (1.00%) WMI
5 1 (1.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 87 (87.00%) Microsoft
2 31 (31.00%) Cisco
3 13 (13.00%) VMware
4 7 (7.00%) Google
5 6 (6.00%) SonicWALL
6 4 (4.00%) Dell
7 3 (3.00%) Apple
7 3 (3.00%) Datto
7 3 (3.00%) Fortinet
7 3 (3.00%) Ruckus Wireless
7 3 (3.00%) Sophos
7 3 (3.00%) WatchGuard
8 2 (2.00%) arcserve
9 1 (1.00%) McAfee
9 1 (1.00%) Netskope
9 1 (1.00%) Remedy
9 1 (1.00%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.00%) Symantec