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 18 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 724 625 857
Rank change year-on-year -99 +232 -25
Permanent jobs citing MCITP 10 41 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.011% 0.092% 0.056%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.055% 0.24% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 6 37 48
10th Percentile - - £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,750 £30,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £31,500 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -14.86% -12.94%
75th Percentile £31,500 £33,250 £45,000
90th Percentile £60,750 - £50,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,000 £31,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -1.59% -10.00% -17.16%

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 18,205 17,271 27,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.44% 38.62% 25.21%
Number of salaries quoted 9,583 7,324 17,293
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £38,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £70,613
90th Percentile £93,250 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,584 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.73% +1.17% -4.76%

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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCITP over the 6 months to 18 June 2026.

Salary histogram for MCITP in the UK

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 18 June 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 -92 10 £31,000 -1.59%
Midlands -22 5 £31,000 -
UK excluding London -97 5 £31,000 -1.59%
West Midlands - 5 £31,000 -
London - 5 £90,000 -

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 5 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
1 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) LAN
1 9 (90.00%) WAN
2 6 (60.00%) Firewall
3 5 (50.00%) VPN
4 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (10.00%) Network Security
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) IT Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) IT Support
2 5 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (40.00%) Technical Engineer
3 4 (40.00%) Technical Support
3 4 (40.00%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Information Officer
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Officer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Security Officer
4 1 (10.00%) Security Officer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Information Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (40.00%) Fintech
3 4 (40.00%) ITIL
3 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 4 (40.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (10.00%) Data Encryption
4 1 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (10.00%) Data Security
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Management
4 1 (10.00%) Internal Audit
4 1 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (10.00%) Security Management
4 1 (10.00%) SIEM
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (50.00%) A+ Certification
2 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) MCSA
3 4 (40.00%) MCDST
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (10.00%) CCNA
4 1 (10.00%) CCNP
4 1 (10.00%) CCSP
4 1 (10.00%) CISA
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (10.00%) CISM
4 1 (10.00%) CISSP
4 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (10.00%) MCSE
4 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco CUCM
1 4 (40.00%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Apple
2 4 (40.00%) Bloomberg
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco
2 4 (40.00%) Dell
2 4 (40.00%) HP
2 4 (40.00%) Remedy
2 4 (40.00%) Reuters
3 1 (10.00%) VMware