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

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 667 855 893
Rank change year-on-year +188 +38 +232
Permanent jobs citing MCITP 33 47 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.047% 0.079%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.17% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 29 43 70
10th Percentile - £22,000 £28,125
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £33,500 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.97% -20.71% +5.63%
75th Percentile £33,250 £45,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £33,900 £48,750 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £33,250 £42,250
% change year-on-year -5.26% -21.30% +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 26,936 27,445 33,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.37% 27.69% 32.69%
Number of salaries quoted 11,529 17,289 14,907
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,385 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -9.24% +8.18%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £51,350
% change year-on-year +4.00% -2.63% +2.70%

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 10 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 10 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 +172 32 £31,500 -5.26% 8
England +135 32 £31,500 -5.97% 10
South West +125 26 £31,500 -5.97% 4
Work from Home +142 13 £31,500 +13.82% 7
North of England +58 3 £60,000 +49.07%
Yorkshire +62 2 - -
South East +91 1 £38,500 +71.11% 2
Midlands +59 1 - -
East Midlands +42 1 - -
East of England +42 1 £36,000 -
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 17 (51.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (12.12%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.03%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (3.03%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (60.61%) Azure
2 19 (57.58%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (45.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) GCP
4 1 (3.03%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (48.48%) Firewall
2 15 (45.45%) DNS
3 9 (27.27%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (6.06%) LAN
5 1 (3.03%) DHCP
5 1 (3.03%) Internet
5 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.03%) VLAN
5 1 (3.03%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Finance
3 1 (3.03%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (78.79%) 2nd Line Support
2 15 (45.45%) IT Support
3 2 (6.06%) Application Support Team Leader
3 2 (6.06%) Applications Support
3 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (6.06%) Lead
3 2 (6.06%) Senior
3 2 (6.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (6.06%) Support Engineer
3 2 (6.06%) Support Team Leader
3 2 (6.06%) Team Leader
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.03%) IT Engineer
4 1 (3.03%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (3.03%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 1 (3.03%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Windows
1 3 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (75.76%) Customer Service
2 16 (48.48%) ITIL
2 16 (48.48%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (30.30%) ITSM
4 9 (27.27%) Case Management
4 9 (27.27%) Change Management
4 9 (27.27%) Service Management
5 4 (12.12%) Mentoring
5 4 (12.12%) Service Delivery
6 2 (6.06%) Computer Science
6 2 (6.06%) CRM
6 2 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (6.06%) Line Management
6 2 (6.06%) Performance Monitoring
6 2 (6.06%) Preventative Maintenance
7 1 (3.03%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (3.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (3.03%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (78.79%) Network+ Certification
3 5 (15.15%) MCSE
4 3 (9.09%) Degree
5 2 (6.06%) MCSA
6 1 (3.03%) A+ Certification
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.03%) CCNA
6 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (36.36%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (51.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Firmware
2 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.03%) XenApp
2 1 (3.03%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.03%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) SAP
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco
3 1 (3.03%) Citrix
3 1 (3.03%) Dell
3 1 (3.03%) Facebook
3 1 (3.03%) Google
3 1 (3.03%) HP
3 1 (3.03%) Mitel
3 1 (3.03%) Symantec
3 1 (3.03%) VMware