Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MCITP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 676 1002 992
Rank change year-on-year +326 -10 -309
Permanent jobs citing MCITP 54 72 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.058% 0.081%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 0.20% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 50 69 94
10th Percentile - £25,600 £28,250
25th Percentile £21,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £22,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% -13.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £32,000 £50,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £55,425 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £22,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -35.71% -6.67% -14.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

MCITP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,416 36,561 31,683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.49% 29.44% 24.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10,947 17,109 17,861
10th Percentile £31,233 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £73,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

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 6 December 2023.

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 6 December 2023. 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 +300 47 £22,500 -30.77% 14
Work from Home +302 44 £22,500 -57.14% 4
UK excluding London +247 39 £22,500 -35.71% 16
South East +186 33 £22,500 -40.79% 6
London +239 11 £32,000 -1.54% 1
Scotland +52 3 - -
Midlands - 2 £50,000 - 3
West Midlands - 2 £50,000 -
South West +74 1 £30,000 -38.78% 2

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 3 (5.56%) MS Exchange
2 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.70%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (3.70%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.85%) IIS
Applications
1 36 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 41 (75.93%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (22.22%) Mimecast
3 10 (18.52%) Azure
4 4 (7.41%) Amazon ECS
4 4 (7.41%) Amazon EKS
5 3 (5.56%) AWS
6 2 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (3.70%) GCP
7 1 (1.85%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 27 (50.00%) LAN
1 27 (50.00%) WAN
2 25 (46.30%) ADSL
2 25 (46.30%) Broadband
2 25 (46.30%) VLAN
2 25 (46.30%) Wireless
3 17 (31.48%) DHCP
4 14 (25.93%) TCP/IP
5 13 (24.07%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (9.26%) DNS
7 3 (5.56%) Firewall
8 1 (1.85%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (1.85%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (1.85%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (1.85%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.81%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.41%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (7.41%) MySQL
3 2 (3.70%) NoSQL
3 2 (3.70%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 35 (64.81%) Social Skills
2 25 (46.30%) Telecoms
3 4 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Banking
5 1 (1.85%) Finance
5 1 (1.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 34 (62.96%) Support Engineer
2 25 (46.30%) Network Support
3 22 (40.74%) Analyst
4 17 (31.48%) Network Engineer
4 17 (31.48%) Network Support Engineer
5 16 (29.63%) 1st Line Engineer
5 16 (29.63%) 1st Line Support
5 16 (29.63%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 16 (29.63%) Support Analyst
6 13 (24.07%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 13 (24.07%) 2nd Line Support
7 12 (22.22%) Help Desk Engineer
7 12 (22.22%) Help Desk Support
7 12 (22.22%) Help Desk Support Engineer
7 12 (22.22%) Network Analyst
7 12 (22.22%) Network Support Analyst
8 11 (20.37%) Service Analyst
8 11 (20.37%) Service Desk Analyst
8 11 (20.37%) Service Desk Support
8 11 (20.37%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) .NET
1 1 (1.85%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.85%) Clustering
3 1 (1.85%) Eurex
3 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 49 (90.74%) Windows
2 38 (70.37%) Windows 10
3 13 (24.07%) Windows 8
4 6 (11.11%) Linux
4 6 (11.11%) Windows Server
5 3 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (3.70%) Unix
6 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.85%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.85%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.85%) Solaris
7 1 (1.85%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.85%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (48.15%) Customer Service
2 4 (7.41%) CI/CD
2 4 (7.41%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (7.41%) Requirements Workshops
2 4 (7.41%) Service Delivery
2 4 (7.41%) Service Design
2 4 (7.41%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (5.56%) Computer Science
3 3 (5.56%) Data Protection
3 3 (5.56%) Data Security
3 3 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (5.56%) Energy Management
3 3 (5.56%) Operations Management
4 2 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (3.70%) High Availability
4 2 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (3.70%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (3.70%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (3.70%) Server Virtualisation
4 2 (3.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.11%) SQL
2 4 (7.41%) Bicep
3 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.85%) C#
4 1 (1.85%) Python
4 1 (1.85%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 54 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 25 (46.30%) CCNA
2 25 (46.30%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (46.30%) Network+ Certification
3 14 (25.93%) Degree
4 8 (14.81%) MCSE
5 6 (11.11%) MCSA
6 4 (7.41%) Azure Certification
7 3 (5.56%) A+ Certification
7 3 (5.56%) MCP
7 3 (5.56%) MCTS
8 1 (1.85%) CCENT
8 1 (1.85%) MCDST
8 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (22.22%) SLA
2 2 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 21 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 17 (31.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.56%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.70%) vSphere
4 2 (3.70%) XenApp
4 2 (3.70%) XenDesktop
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.85%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) Kubernetes
1 4 (7.41%) Terraform
2 3 (5.56%) SCCM
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 33 (61.11%) Microsoft
2 28 (51.85%) Cisco
3 21 (38.89%) VMware
4 12 (22.22%) ConnectWise
4 12 (22.22%) N-able
4 12 (22.22%) SolarWinds
5 9 (16.67%) Sophos
6 4 (7.41%) Oracle
7 3 (5.56%) Citrix
7 3 (5.56%) Dell
7 3 (5.56%) Google
8 2 (3.70%) HP
8 2 (3.70%) Symantec
9 1 (1.85%) Apple
9 1 (1.85%) Bloomberg
9 1 (1.85%) CQG
9 1 (1.85%) ION Trading
9 1 (1.85%) Patsystems
9 1 (1.85%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.85%) Reuters