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 20 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 740 724 944
Rank change year-on-year -16 +220 +52
Permanent jobs citing MCITP 17 47 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.074% 0.063%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.060% 0.25% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4 41 59
10th Percentile £30,950 - £25,250
25th Percentile £33,875 £21,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £22,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +62.22% -30.77% -13.33%
75th Percentile £37,563 £25,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £38,575 £32,000 £57,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,000 £22,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +60.00% -30.77% -16.67%

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 28,160 18,756 31,634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 43.41% 29.59% 29.27%
Number of salaries quoted 9,764 11,988 15,652
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £31,458
25th Percentile £45,250 £41,000 £42,269
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +9.59% -1.96% +2.00%

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
Top 9 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 20 January 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
England -32 17 £36,500 +62.22% 9
UK excluding London -43 11 £36,000 +60.00% 7
London +10 6 £37,000 +29.82%
South East -38 6 £34,250 +52.22% 1
Work from Home +18 5 - - 11
North West - 3 - - 1
North of England - 3 - - 1
South West +18 1 £36,000 +30.08% 4
East of England - 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 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
2 3 (17.65%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (17.65%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (76.47%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (47.06%) Azure
3 6 (35.29%) AWS
4 3 (17.65%) GCP
4 3 (17.65%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) DHCP
1 4 (23.53%) DNS
1 4 (23.53%) VPN
2 3 (17.65%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) LAN
2 3 (17.65%) WAN
3 2 (11.76%) Internet
3 2 (11.76%) iSCSI
4 1 (5.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.76%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
3 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Law
3 2 (11.76%) Legal
4 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (23.53%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 4 (23.53%) Support Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Support Technician
3 3 (17.65%) Administrator
3 3 (17.65%) DBA
4 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (11.76%) Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Service Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Architect
5 1 (5.88%) IT Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) IT Support
5 1 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Security Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.76%) Clustering
2 2 (11.76%) Driving Licence
2 2 (11.76%) Smartphone
3 1 (5.88%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 16 (94.12%) Windows
2 10 (58.82%) Windows Server
3 6 (35.29%) Windows 10
4 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (11.76%) Linux
5 2 (11.76%) Mac OS
5 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Customer Service
2 5 (29.41%) ITIL
2 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (17.65%) Agile
3 3 (17.65%) Business Transformation
3 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (17.65%) Data Modelling
3 3 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (17.65%) High Availability
3 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
3 3 (17.65%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (17.65%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (17.65%) Server Virtualisation
4 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
4 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (11.76%) Service Management
4 2 (11.76%) Ticket Management
5 1 (5.88%) Change Management
5 1 (5.88%) ERP
5 1 (5.88%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (70.59%) Degree
3 11 (64.71%) MCSE
4 7 (41.18%) MCTS
5 5 (29.41%) MCP
6 4 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (17.65%) CCNA
7 3 (17.65%) CCNP
7 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
7 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
8 2 (11.76%) A+ Certification
8 2 (11.76%) MOS
9 1 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (5.88%) CCSE
9 1 (5.88%) CCSP
9 1 (5.88%) CISSP
9 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
9 1 (5.88%) ISSAP
9 1 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (35.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 6 (35.29%) SLA
2 3 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 5 (29.41%) Hyper-V
2 5 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (17.65%) XenApp
3 3 (17.65%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (41.18%) SCCM
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 2 (11.76%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) Google
2 6 (35.29%) VMware
3 5 (29.41%) Citrix
3 5 (29.41%) HP
4 4 (23.53%) arcserve
4 4 (23.53%) Cisco
4 4 (23.53%) Sophos
5 3 (17.65%) Dell
5 3 (17.65%) Symantec
5 3 (17.65%) Veeam
6 1 (5.88%) Apple
6 1 (5.88%) CheckPoint
6 1 (5.88%) Meraki
6 1 (5.88%) SolarWinds