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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 484 575 693
Rank change year-on-year +91 +118 -100
Permanent jobs citing MCP 232 103 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.21% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.37% 0.56% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 135 85 171
10th Percentile £26,600 £23,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
75th Percentile £39,688 £48,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £47,250 £57,250 £53,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £37,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year +0.67% +6.43% -6.67%

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 16,873 18,275 26,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.85% 37.96% 33.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,460 7,807 11,272
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £28,109
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +2.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +53 91 £35,000 -26.32% 1
West Midlands +52 65 £38,000 +43.40% 1
North of England +40 50 £32,500 -2.26% 6
South East +19 39 £40,000 +40.35% 4
South West +18 39 £30,000 -18.92% 5
Yorkshire +73 26 £32,500 +4.84% 2
East Midlands -8 26 £32,500 -38.10%
North West +4 20 £38,000 +1.33% 2
East of England -7 9 £37,500 -52.38%
North East - 4 £28,500 - 2
Wales +29 2 £42,500 +13.33%
Scotland -43 2 £23,000 -9.80% 1
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 54 (23.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (6.90%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.43%) CMS
Applications
1 55 (23.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 92 (39.66%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (16.38%) Azure
3 16 (6.90%) Entra ID
4 12 (5.17%) AWS
5 6 (2.59%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (2.59%) IaaS
5 6 (2.59%) OneDrive
5 6 (2.59%) Twilio
6 1 (0.43%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 107 (46.12%) Network Security
2 78 (33.62%) Internet
3 69 (29.74%) WLAN
4 37 (15.95%) Firewall
5 21 (9.05%) DHCP
5 21 (9.05%) DNS
5 21 (9.05%) SAN
6 18 (7.76%) VPN
7 13 (5.60%) Wireless
8 11 (4.74%) Remote Desktop
8 11 (4.74%) TCP/IP
9 10 (4.31%) LAN
10 8 (3.45%) VLAN
10 8 (3.45%) VoIP
10 8 (3.45%) WAN
11 6 (2.59%) iSCSI
11 6 (2.59%) NAS
12 4 (1.72%) SSL
12 4 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (1.29%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.59%) SQL Server
General
1 73 (31.47%) Social Skills
2 13 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (4.74%) Finance
4 7 (3.02%) Legal
5 6 (2.59%) Games
6 5 (2.16%) Banking
6 5 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.72%) Local Government
7 4 (1.72%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.29%) Retail
9 2 (0.86%) Law
9 2 (0.86%) Marketing
9 2 (0.86%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 100 (43.10%) Support Engineer
2 88 (37.93%) IT Support
3 79 (34.05%) IT Engineer
4 72 (31.03%) IT Support Engineer
5 27 (11.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 27 (11.64%) Desktop Engineer
6 25 (10.78%) Field Engineer
7 22 (9.48%) 2nd Line Support
8 21 (9.05%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 21 (9.05%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
8 21 (9.05%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 21 (9.05%) Desktop Support
8 21 (9.05%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 21 (9.05%) Field Support Engineer
9 18 (7.76%) Analyst
10 12 (5.17%) Support Technician
11 11 (4.74%) IT Technician
11 11 (4.74%) Senior
12 10 (4.31%) Hardware Engineer
13 9 (3.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.43%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 98 (42.24%) Onboarding
2 87 (37.50%) Driving Licence
3 28 (12.07%) Data Centre
4 26 (11.21%) Private Cloud
5 12 (5.17%) Replication
6 6 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.16%) CCTV
8 4 (1.72%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.86%) EPoS
9 2 (0.86%) iPad
9 2 (0.86%) iPhone
9 2 (0.86%) Media Streaming
10 1 (0.43%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.43%) Clustering
10 1 (0.43%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.43%) IoT
10 1 (0.43%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 189 (81.47%) Windows
2 75 (32.33%) Linux
3 45 (19.40%) Windows 10
4 30 (12.93%) Mac OS
5 29 (12.50%) Windows Server
6 12 (5.17%) Android
7 11 (4.74%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.72%) Windows 8
8 4 (1.72%) Windows Vista
9 3 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.86%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.86%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.43%) VMS
11 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (54.31%) Problem-Solving
2 125 (53.88%) ITIL
3 102 (43.97%) Computer Science
4 79 (34.05%) Asset Management
5 72 (31.03%) Customer Service
5 72 (31.03%) IT Asset Management
6 70 (30.17%) Mentoring
7 67 (28.88%) Network Management
8 41 (17.67%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (11.21%) Presales
9 26 (11.21%) Software Licensing
10 18 (7.76%) Service Delivery
11 14 (6.03%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 13 (5.60%) Email Filtering
12 13 (5.60%) Kalman Filter
12 13 (5.60%) Web Filtering
13 11 (4.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 9 (3.88%) Customer Experience
14 9 (3.88%) Line Management
15 8 (3.45%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.21%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.43%) C
2 1 (0.43%) Go
2 1 (0.43%) Java
2 1 (0.43%) Python
2 1 (0.43%) SQL
2 1 (0.43%) Swift
Qualifications
1 182 (78.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 148 (63.79%) Degree
3 99 (42.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 91 (39.22%) MCSE
5 86 (37.07%) CCNA
5 86 (37.07%) Cisco Certification
6 70 (30.17%) CCNP
7 67 (28.88%) LPIC
8 54 (23.28%) A+ Certification
9 31 (13.36%) DBS Check
10 24 (10.34%) MCSA
11 12 (5.17%) Network+ Certification
12 9 (3.88%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (3.45%) CCA
13 8 (3.45%) Citrix Certification
14 4 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (1.72%) Security Cleared
15 3 (1.29%) AWS Certification
15 3 (1.29%) Azure Certification
15 3 (1.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.88%) SLA
2 6 (2.59%) GDPR
3 3 (1.29%) QA
4 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 116 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 30 (12.93%) Hyper-V
3 26 (11.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.45%) XenApp
4 8 (3.45%) XenDesktop
5 7 (3.02%) vSphere
6 6 (2.59%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.86%) Firmware
9 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (9.48%) SCCM
2 11 (4.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.45%) Backup Exec
3 8 (3.45%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 6 (2.59%) SCDPM
5 4 (1.72%) WSUS
6 3 (1.29%) Autotask
7 2 (0.86%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 217 (93.53%) Microsoft
2 83 (35.78%) Cisco
3 29 (12.50%) Apple
4 28 (12.07%) Adobe
5 27 (11.64%) VMware
6 17 (7.33%) Dell
7 13 (5.60%) Veeam
8 12 (5.17%) Citrix
9 8 (3.45%) Datto
9 8 (3.45%) Fortinet
9 8 (3.45%) N-able
9 8 (3.45%) Symantec
9 8 (3.45%) Veritas
10 6 (2.59%) Dell Compellent
11 5 (2.16%) HP
11 5 (2.16%) Sophos
12 4 (1.72%) Meraki
12 4 (1.72%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.72%) WatchGuard
13 3 (1.29%) Kaseya