MCITP Job Trends

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 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 626 731 724
Rank change year-on-year +105 -7 +384
Permanent jobs citing MCITP 47 61 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.095% 0.078% 0.081%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.29% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 45 36 47
10th Percentile - £25,125 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £34,625 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -14.44% +18.42%
75th Percentile £33,250 £45,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £33,750 £53,750 £57,200
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £37,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -14.86% -12.94% +11.84%

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 16,918 20,801 19,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.34% 26.75% 31.31%
Number of salaries quoted 7,430 9,715 12,425
10th Percentile £29,738 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -4.31% +5.45%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +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

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 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram 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 16 September 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 +97 46 £31,500 -14.86% 6
UK excluding London +96 43 £31,500 -14.86% 6
South West +88 36 £31,500 -7.35%
Work from Home +70 24 £31,500 -13.70% 2
East of England -1 5 £32,500 - 1
London +46 3 £55,000 +37.50% 4
North of England +49 1 - -
South East +39 1 £38,000 +10.14% 4
Yorkshire +18 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 15 (31.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.13%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 21 (44.68%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (42.55%) Azure
3 19 (40.43%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.13%) Asana
4 1 (2.13%) AWS
4 1 (2.13%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.13%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (31.91%) Firewall
2 14 (29.79%) DNS
3 6 (12.77%) LAN
3 6 (12.77%) WAN
4 5 (10.64%) Remote Desktop
4 5 (10.64%) WLAN
5 2 (4.26%) DHCP
5 2 (4.26%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.13%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (2.13%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (2.13%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (2.13%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (2.13%) iSCSI
6 1 (2.13%) Network Security
6 1 (2.13%) SAN
6 1 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
General
1 28 (59.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.38%) Finance
3 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.13%) Banking
4 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (78.72%) 2nd Line Support
2 12 (25.53%) IT Support
3 5 (10.64%) Support Technician
4 1 (2.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (2.13%) Analyst
4 1 (2.13%) Application Support Team Leader
4 1 (2.13%) Applications Support
4 1 (2.13%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (2.13%) Desktop Support
4 1 (2.13%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (2.13%) IT Engineer
4 1 (2.13%) IT Manager
4 1 (2.13%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (2.13%) Security Engineer
4 1 (2.13%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (2.13%) Support Analyst
4 1 (2.13%) Support Engineer
4 1 (2.13%) Support Manager
4 1 (2.13%) Support Team Leader
4 1 (2.13%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) .NET
1 1 (2.13%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (2.13%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.13%) CCTV
2 1 (2.13%) Clustering
2 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.13%) Eurex
2 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.02%) Windows
2 3 (6.38%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.26%) Linux
4 1 (2.13%) Solaris
4 1 (2.13%) Ubuntu
4 1 (2.13%) Unix
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (65.96%) ITIL
2 28 (59.57%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (51.06%) Customer Service
4 20 (42.55%) Service Delivery
5 19 (40.43%) Mentoring
6 7 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (14.89%) ITSM
7 6 (12.77%) Client Onboarding
8 5 (10.64%) Case Management
8 5 (10.64%) Change Management
8 5 (10.64%) Service Management
9 3 (6.38%) Computer Science
10 2 (4.26%) Cybersecurity
10 2 (4.26%) Information Security
11 1 (2.13%) Asset Management
11 1 (2.13%) Information Security Management
11 1 (2.13%) Network Load Balancing
11 1 (2.13%) Programme Management
11 1 (2.13%) Strategic Planning
11 1 (2.13%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.26%) PowerShell
1 2 (4.26%) SQL
2 1 (2.13%) C#
2 1 (2.13%) Python
2 1 (2.13%) VB.NET
2 1 (2.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 47 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 41 (87.23%) Network+ Certification
3 7 (14.89%) A+ Certification
4 6 (12.77%) MCP
5 5 (10.64%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (10.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (6.38%) Degree
6 3 (6.38%) MCSA
6 3 (6.38%) MCSE
7 1 (2.13%) CCNA
7 1 (2.13%) CCNP
7 1 (2.13%) CCSP
7 1 (2.13%) CISA
7 1 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.13%) CISM
7 1 (2.13%) CISSP
7 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (2.13%) MCDST
7 1 (2.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (51.06%) SLA
2 1 (2.13%) GDPR
2 1 (2.13%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (42.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.13%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 10 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) Aruba
2 5 (10.64%) HP
3 3 (6.38%) VMware
4 2 (4.26%) Cisco
5 1 (2.13%) Bloomberg
5 1 (2.13%) CQG
5 1 (2.13%) Datto
5 1 (2.13%) EMC
5 1 (2.13%) Google
5 1 (2.13%) ION Trading
5 1 (2.13%) Patsystems
5 1 (2.13%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.13%) Reuters
5 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.13%) SAP
5 1 (2.13%) Trayport