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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 663 846 911
Rank change year-on-year +183 +65 +190
Permanent jobs citing MCITP 29 50 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.056% 0.051% 0.075%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 0.18% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 25 45 69
10th Percentile - - £28,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £21,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £27,675 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +13.82% -34.50% +3.05%
75th Percentile £33,250 £38,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £35,200 £45,000 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £27,500 £42,250
% change year-on-year +14.55% -34.91% +5.63%

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 25,404 27,420 33,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.81% 27.84% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,182 17,336 15,221
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCITP over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MCITP in the UK

MCITP
Top 11 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 1 May 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
UK excluding London +194 28 £31,500 +14.55% 10
England +155 28 £31,500 +13.82% 13
South West +119 22 £31,500 -5.97% 6
Work from Home +180 10 £31,500 +40.00% 5
North of England +84 3 £60,000 +49.07%
Yorkshire +77 2 - -
South East +93 1 £38,500 +71.11% 3
Midlands +74 1 - -
East of England +56 1 £36,000 -
East Midlands +48 1 - -
North West - 1 £60,000 -

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 16 (55.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.45%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (3.45%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (65.52%) Azure
2 18 (62.07%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (48.28%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.45%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) GCP
4 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (51.72%) Firewall
2 14 (48.28%) DNS
3 8 (27.59%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (6.90%) LAN
5 1 (3.45%) DHCP
5 1 (3.45%) Internet
5 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.45%) VLAN
5 1 (3.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Finance
3 1 (3.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (75.86%) 2nd Line Support
2 14 (48.28%) IT Support
3 2 (6.90%) Application Support Team Leader
3 2 (6.90%) Applications Support
3 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Lead
3 2 (6.90%) Senior
3 2 (6.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Support Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Support Team Leader
3 2 (6.90%) Team Leader
4 1 (3.45%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) IT Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
1 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (79.31%) Customer Service
2 13 (44.83%) ITIL
2 13 (44.83%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (31.03%) ITSM
4 8 (27.59%) Case Management
4 8 (27.59%) Change Management
4 8 (27.59%) Service Management
5 2 (6.90%) Computer Science
5 2 (6.90%) CRM
5 2 (6.90%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (6.90%) Line Management
5 2 (6.90%) Mentoring
5 2 (6.90%) Performance Monitoring
5 2 (6.90%) Preventative Maintenance
5 2 (6.90%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.45%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.45%) Information Security
6 1 (3.45%) Migration
6 1 (3.45%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (75.86%) Network+ Certification
3 5 (17.24%) MCSE
4 3 (10.34%) Degree
5 2 (6.90%) MCSA
6 1 (3.45%) A+ Certification
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.45%) CCNA
6 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (31.03%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (55.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Firmware
2 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.45%) XenApp
2 1 (3.45%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) SAP
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco
3 1 (3.45%) Citrix
3 1 (3.45%) Dell
3 1 (3.45%) Facebook
3 1 (3.45%) Google
3 1 (3.45%) HP
3 1 (3.45%) Mitel
3 1 (3.45%) Symantec
3 1 (3.45%) VMware