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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 686 833 825
Rank change year-on-year +147 -8 +358
Permanent jobs citing MCITP 49 66 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.064% 0.084%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 0.24% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 45 53 68
10th Percentile - £26,250 £27,875
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £37,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% -15.43% +9.38%
75th Percentile £33,250 £45,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £35,400 £52,750 £57,150
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £36,250 £42,375
% change year-on-year -13.10% -14.45% +11.51%

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 24,938 27,285 28,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 41.50% 26.35% 33.22%
Number of salaries quoted 10,580 16,325 14,293
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,000 £42,444
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,500 £77,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +8.25%

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 12 July 2025.

Salary histogram for MCITP in the UK

MCITP
Top 12 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 12 July 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 +136 48 £31,500 -14.86% 13
UK excluding London +151 46 £31,500 -13.10% 10
South West +121 39 £31,500 -5.97% 1
Work from Home +90 22 £31,500 -17.65% 6
North of England +37 3 £60,000 +36.36% 1
London +79 2 £45,500 +13.75% 7
Yorkshire +40 2 - - 1
East of England +35 2 £34,250 - 3
South East +72 1 £38,000 +4.11% 5
Midlands +63 1 - -
East Midlands +34 1 - -
North West +9 1 £60,000 -2.04%

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 22 (44.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (8.16%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.04%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 26 (53.06%) Azure
1 26 (53.06%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (44.90%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.04%) Asana
3 1 (2.04%) AWS
3 1 (2.04%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.04%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (42.86%) DNS
1 21 (42.86%) Firewall
2 9 (18.37%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (6.12%) DHCP
3 3 (6.12%) LAN
3 3 (6.12%) TCP/IP
4 2 (4.08%) WAN
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (2.04%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (2.04%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (2.04%) Internet
5 1 (2.04%) iSCSI
5 1 (2.04%) SAN
5 1 (2.04%) VLAN
5 1 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.04%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (4.08%) Finance
2 2 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (2.04%) Banking
3 1 (2.04%) Legal
Job Titles
1 40 (81.63%) 2nd Line Support
2 19 (38.78%) IT Support
3 2 (4.08%) Application Support Team Leader
3 2 (4.08%) Applications Support
3 2 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (4.08%) Lead
3 2 (4.08%) Senior
3 2 (4.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (4.08%) Support Engineer
3 2 (4.08%) Support Team Leader
3 2 (4.08%) Team Leader
4 1 (2.04%) Analyst
4 1 (2.04%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (2.04%) Desktop Support
4 1 (2.04%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (2.04%) IT Manager
4 1 (2.04%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (2.04%) Support Analyst
4 1 (2.04%) Support Manager
4 1 (2.04%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) WSH
2 1 (2.04%) .NET
2 1 (2.04%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.12%) Onboarding
1 3 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.04%) CCTV
2 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.04%) Clustering
2 1 (2.04%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.04%) Eurex
2 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Windows
2 4 (8.16%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.04%) Linux
3 1 (2.04%) Solaris
3 1 (2.04%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.04%) Unix
3 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (63.27%) Customer Service
2 27 (55.10%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (53.06%) ITIL
4 13 (26.53%) Mentoring
4 13 (26.53%) Service Delivery
5 11 (22.45%) ITSM
6 9 (18.37%) Case Management
6 9 (18.37%) Change Management
6 9 (18.37%) Service Management
7 3 (6.12%) Computer Science
7 3 (6.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (4.08%) Client Onboarding
8 2 (4.08%) CRM
8 2 (4.08%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (4.08%) Line Management
8 2 (4.08%) Performance Monitoring
8 2 (4.08%) Preventative Maintenance
9 1 (2.04%) Cost Optimisation
9 1 (2.04%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
1 3 (6.12%) SQL
2 2 (4.08%) VBScript
3 1 (2.04%) C#
3 1 (2.04%) Python
3 1 (2.04%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 49 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 40 (81.63%) Network+ Certification
3 5 (10.20%) MCSE
4 4 (8.16%) Degree
4 4 (8.16%) MCSA
5 3 (6.12%) A+ Certification
6 2 (4.08%) MCP
7 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.04%) CCNA
7 1 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (2.04%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (42.86%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (48.98%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.04%) Firmware
3 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.04%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 8 (16.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.08%) Cisco
2 2 (4.08%) SAP
2 2 (4.08%) VMware
3 1 (2.04%) Aruba
3 1 (2.04%) Bloomberg
3 1 (2.04%) CQG
3 1 (2.04%) Datto
3 1 (2.04%) EMC
3 1 (2.04%) Facebook
3 1 (2.04%) Google
3 1 (2.04%) HP
3 1 (2.04%) ION Trading
3 1 (2.04%) Mitel
3 1 (2.04%) Patsystems
3 1 (2.04%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.04%) Reuters
3 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.04%) Trayport