Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MCITP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 737 677 1004
Rank change year-on-year -60 +327 -27
Permanent jobs citing MCITP 29 53 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.10% 0.057%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 0.31% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 11 49 66
10th Percentile £21,250 - £25,563
25th Percentile £32,250 £21,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £22,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +64.44% -30.77% -13.33%
75th Percentile £41,500 £32,000 £47,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £53,050 £56,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,000 £22,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +64.44% -35.71% -6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

MCITP 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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,484 17,262 36,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.74% 32.58% 29.49%
Number of salaries quoted 8,985 10,822 16,973
10th Percentile £34,404 £31,212 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,714 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.22% +5.00% -

MCITP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MCITP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MCITP in the UK

MCITP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCITP.

Salary trend for MCITP in the UK

MCITP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCITP over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for MCITP in the UK

MCITP
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCITP within the UK over the 6 months to 8 December 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
England -77 27 £37,000 +64.44% 8
UK excluding London -90 21 £37,000 +64.44% 6
Work from Home -27 9 £22,500 - 2
London -16 8 £37,000 +15.63% 2
South East -68 6 £34,250 +52.22% 2
South West +7 5 £29,250 -2.50% 2
North West - 5 £70,000 - 1
North of England - 5 £70,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £70,000 -
Wales - 2 £42,500 -
East of England - 2 - - 1
Midlands -50 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -

MCITP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (17.24%) SharePoint
2 5 (17.24%) SharePoint 2010
2 5 (17.24%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (65.52%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (44.83%) Azure
3 9 (31.03%) AWS
4 5 (17.24%) GCP
5 3 (10.34%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) DNS
2 5 (17.24%) DHCP
2 5 (17.24%) LAN
2 5 (17.24%) VPN
2 5 (17.24%) WAN
3 4 (13.79%) Firewall
4 2 (6.90%) Internet
4 2 (6.90%) iSCSI
5 1 (3.45%) Network Security
5 1 (3.45%) SAN
5 1 (3.45%) VLAN
5 1 (3.45%) VoIP
5 1 (3.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.90%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
General
1 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Law
3 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Legal
4 2 (6.90%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.45%) Finance
5 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (20.69%) Support Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 4 (13.79%) IT Support
4 4 (13.79%) Support Technician
5 3 (10.34%) Administrator
5 3 (10.34%) DBA
5 3 (10.34%) IT Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) IT Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) IT Support Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Support Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (6.90%) Head of IT
6 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Service Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (10.34%) Driving Licence
3 2 (6.90%) Clustering
3 2 (6.90%) CMDB
3 2 (6.90%) Smartphone
4 1 (3.45%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 25 (86.21%) Windows
2 14 (48.28%) Windows Server
3 7 (24.14%) Windows 10
4 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (6.90%) Linux
6 2 (6.90%) Mac OS
6 2 (6.90%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Customer Service
2 10 (34.48%) ITIL
3 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.24%) Mobile Device Management
4 5 (17.24%) Server Virtualisation
5 4 (13.79%) Agile
5 4 (13.79%) PRINCE2
6 3 (10.34%) Business Transformation
6 3 (10.34%) Change Management
6 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
6 3 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (10.34%) High Availability
6 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
6 3 (10.34%) Performance Tuning
7 2 (6.90%) Knowledge Transfer
7 2 (6.90%) Roadmaps
7 2 (6.90%) Ticket Management
7 2 (6.90%) Vendor Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) SQL
2 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (62.07%) MCSE
3 15 (51.72%) Degree
4 11 (37.93%) MCTS
5 8 (27.59%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (24.14%) CCNA
6 7 (24.14%) MCP
7 6 (20.69%) A+ Certification
8 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
8 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
9 3 (10.34%) CCNP
10 2 (6.90%) MCSA
10 2 (6.90%) MOS
11 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (3.45%) CCSE
11 1 (3.45%) CCSP
11 1 (3.45%) CISSP
11 1 (3.45%) DBS Check
11 1 (3.45%) ISSAP
11 1 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (24.14%) SLA
2 6 (20.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (20.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (58.62%) Active Directory
2 9 (31.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (27.59%) Hyper-V
4 5 (17.24%) XenApp
4 5 (17.24%) XenDesktop
5 1 (3.45%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (34.48%) SCCM
2 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 2 (6.90%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 21 (72.41%) Microsoft
2 10 (34.48%) VMware
3 8 (27.59%) Cisco
3 8 (27.59%) Google
4 7 (24.14%) Citrix
4 7 (24.14%) HP
5 5 (17.24%) arcserve
5 5 (17.24%) Dell
5 5 (17.24%) Sophos
5 5 (17.24%) Symantec
6 4 (13.79%) Veeam
7 3 (10.34%) Meraki
8 2 (6.90%) SolarWinds
9 1 (3.45%) Apple
9 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
9 1 (3.45%) Commvault
9 1 (3.45%) IBM
9 1 (3.45%) Nimble Storage