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 13 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 784 646 758
Rank change year-on-year -138 +112 +9
Permanent jobs citing MCITP 6 52 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.006% 0.10% 0.070%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.030% 0.30% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2 50 44
10th Percentile - - £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,750 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £31,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -18.18% -8.88%
75th Percentile £31,500 £33,250 £45,000
90th Percentile - £36,650 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,000 £31,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year -1.59% -14.86% +2.78%

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 19,825 17,429 21,583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.66% 34.90% 25.87%
Number of salaries quoted 10,571 7,847 11,767
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,150 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,500 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +11.00% -1.96% -2.86%

MCITP
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MCITP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

MCITP job vacancy trend in the UK

MCITP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MCITP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MCITP

MCITP
Top 5 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 13 August 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
England -137 6 £31,000 -1.59% 2
London -54 4 - - 1
UK excluding London -143 2 £31,000 -1.59% 1
Midlands - 2 £31,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £31,000 -

MCITP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) LAN
1 6 (100.00%) WAN
2 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Technical Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Technical Support
2 4 (66.67%) Technical Support Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) IT Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) IT Support
3 2 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (66.67%) Fintech
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
1 4 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) MCDST
2 4 (66.67%) MCSA
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 2 (33.33%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco CUCM
1 4 (66.67%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Apple
1 4 (66.67%) Bloomberg
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
1 4 (66.67%) Dell
1 4 (66.67%) HP
1 4 (66.67%) Remedy
1 4 (66.67%) Reuters
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft