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 19 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 609 691 702
Rank change year-on-year +82 +11 +370
Permanent jobs citing MCITP 39 56 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.080% 0.081% 0.080%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.28% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 39 32 42
10th Percentile - £22,025 £22,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £34,625 £25,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £37,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% -7.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £33,250 £45,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £34,600 £53,750 £57,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £36,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year -13.70% +17.74% -11.43%

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 16,658 19,669 17,321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.09% 28.32% 30.76%
Number of salaries quoted 7,351 8,351 11,784
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +5.00%

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 19 October 2025.

Salary histogram for MCITP in the UK

MCITP
Top 7 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 19 October 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 +81 39 £31,500 -14.86% 9
UK excluding London +70 36 £31,500 -13.70% 5
South West +65 29 £31,500 -10.00%
Work from Home +59 22 £31,500 -13.70% 6
East of England +9 6 £32,500 -
London +63 3 £55,000 +37.50% 3
South East +24 1 £38,000 +10.14% 1

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 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.56%) IIS
2 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 16 (41.03%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (38.46%) Azure
3 14 (35.90%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.56%) Asana
4 1 (2.56%) AWS
4 1 (2.56%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (28.21%) Firewall
2 9 (23.08%) DNS
3 6 (15.38%) LAN
3 6 (15.38%) WAN
4 5 (12.82%) WLAN
5 3 (7.69%) DHCP
5 3 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (7.69%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.56%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (2.56%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (2.56%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (2.56%) Internet
6 1 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (2.56%) iSCSI
6 1 (2.56%) Network Security
6 1 (2.56%) SAN
6 1 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 28 (71.79%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (5.13%) Finance
3 1 (2.56%) Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (76.92%) 2nd Line Support
2 8 (20.51%) IT Support
3 6 (15.38%) Support Technician
4 1 (2.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (2.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (2.56%) Analyst
4 1 (2.56%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (2.56%) Desktop Support
4 1 (2.56%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (2.56%) IT Engineer
4 1 (2.56%) IT Manager
4 1 (2.56%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (2.56%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (2.56%) IT Technician
4 1 (2.56%) Security Engineer
4 1 (2.56%) Senior
4 1 (2.56%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (2.56%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (2.56%) Support Analyst
4 1 (2.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) .NET
1 1 (2.56%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (2.56%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.56%) CCTV
2 1 (2.56%) Clustering
2 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.56%) Eurex
2 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (23.08%) Windows
2 4 (10.26%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.13%) Linux
4 1 (2.56%) Solaris
4 1 (2.56%) Ubuntu
4 1 (2.56%) Unix
4 1 (2.56%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.56%) Windows 2000
4 1 (2.56%) Windows 8
4 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (2.56%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (69.23%) ITIL
2 25 (64.10%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (48.72%) Mentoring
3 19 (48.72%) Service Delivery
4 17 (43.59%) Customer Service
5 6 (15.38%) Client Onboarding
5 6 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (10.26%) ITSM
7 3 (7.69%) Case Management
7 3 (7.69%) Change Management
7 3 (7.69%) Service Management
8 2 (5.13%) Computer Science
8 2 (5.13%) Cybersecurity
9 1 (2.56%) Data Protection
9 1 (2.56%) Data Security
9 1 (2.56%) Information Security
9 1 (2.56%) Information Security Management
9 1 (2.56%) Security Management
9 1 (2.56%) SIEM
9 1 (2.56%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.13%) SQL
3 1 (2.56%) C#
3 1 (2.56%) Python
3 1 (2.56%) VB.NET
3 1 (2.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 39 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (87.18%) Network+ Certification
3 6 (15.38%) A+ Certification
3 6 (15.38%) MCP
4 5 (12.82%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (12.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (10.26%) MCSA
6 3 (7.69%) Degree
6 3 (7.69%) MCSE
7 2 (5.13%) MCDST
8 1 (2.56%) CCNA
8 1 (2.56%) CCNP
8 1 (2.56%) CCSP
8 1 (2.56%) CISA
8 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.56%) CISM
8 1 (2.56%) CISSP
8 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (2.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (56.41%) SLA
2 1 (2.56%) GDPR
2 1 (2.56%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (41.03%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.13%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.56%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 9 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.82%) Aruba
2 5 (12.82%) HP
3 4 (10.26%) VMware
4 2 (5.13%) Cisco
5 1 (2.56%) Bloomberg
5 1 (2.56%) CQG
5 1 (2.56%) Datto
5 1 (2.56%) EMC
5 1 (2.56%) Google
5 1 (2.56%) ION Trading
5 1 (2.56%) Patsystems
5 1 (2.56%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.56%) Reuters
5 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.56%) Trayport