Model Context Protocol Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Model Context Protocol (MCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Model Context Protocol skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 515 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Model Context Protocol 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.12% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £66,500 - -
25th Percentile £68,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £76,250 - -
90th Percentile £78,500 - -
UK median annual salary £92,500 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

Model Context Protocol falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,016 6,896 10,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.95% 19.85% 22.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,053 3,803 8,231
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,700 £85,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

Model Context Protocol
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Model Context Protocol relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Model Context Protocol job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Model Context Protocol
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Model Context Protocol in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Model Context Protocol in the UK excluding London

Model Context Protocol
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 Model Context Protocol within the UK excluding London 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
North West - 3 £72,500 -
North of England - 3 £72,500 -
South West - 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -
Model Context Protocol
UK

Model Context Protocol
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure AI
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (40.00%) Power Automate
2 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (40.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (20.00%) Anthropic Claude
3 1 (20.00%) Azure AKS
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Functions
3 1 (20.00%) ChatGPT
3 1 (20.00%) GitHub
3 1 (20.00%) GitHub Copilot
3 1 (20.00%) Google Gemini
3 1 (20.00%) PaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) A2A Protocol
2 1 (20.00%) PyTorch
2 1 (20.00%) RESTful
2 1 (20.00%) Semantic Kernel
2 1 (20.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) AI Agents
2 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) AI
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (40.00%) LLM
3 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (40.00%) User Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
4 1 (20.00%) Deep Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Fintech
4 1 (20.00%) Rapid Prototyping
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) EU AI Act
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Foundry
2 1 (20.00%) OpenAI