Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 627 612 778
Rank change year-on-year -15 +166 +246
Permanent jobs citing MCP 92 318 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.29% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.36% 1.11% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 73 218 118
10th Percentile £26,400 £22,900 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £28,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £33,399
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -2.69% -4.58%
75th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £54,857 £52,500 £61,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +1.56% -9.86%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

MCP 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 25,891 28,737 31,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.16% 25.79% 34.01%
Number of salaries quoted 10,569 17,311 14,213
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,734 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +8.25%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MCP in the UK

MCP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCP.

Salary trend for MCP in the UK

MCP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCP over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

Salary histogram for MCP in the UK

MCP
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the UK over the 6 months to 19 June 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 -34 91 £35,000 +7.69% 273
UK excluding London -9 79 £35,000 +7.69% 222
South East +63 29 £30,250 -20.39% 53
Midlands +17 28 £35,000 +27.27% 37
Work from Home +89 25 £36,250 -4.61% 46
West Midlands +17 18 £35,000 -0.64% 19
South West +79 16 £34,000 +4.62% 27
London +85 12 £57,500 +4.55% 75
East Midlands +25 10 £35,000 +40.00% 18
North of England +18 6 £54,285 +73.71% 51
Yorkshire +40 4 - - 20
North West +6 2 £54,285 +80.95% 26
East of England +30 1 £27,500 -6.78% 26

MCP
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 23 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (14.13%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.17%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.09%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (21.74%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.17%) AutoCAD
2 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.17%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.17%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (5.43%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (4.35%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 51 (55.43%) Azure
2 49 (53.26%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (30.43%) AWS
4 15 (16.30%) Entra ID
5 10 (10.87%) SaaS
6 8 (8.70%) PaaS
7 7 (7.61%) GCP
8 5 (5.43%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (3.26%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (3.26%) OneDrive
9 3 (3.26%) Power Platform
10 2 (2.17%) Google Docs
11 1 (1.09%) Google Drive
11 1 (1.09%) Google Workspace
11 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (1.09%) Mimecast
11 1 (1.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (29.35%) LAN
1 27 (29.35%) WAN
2 24 (26.09%) DNS
3 21 (22.83%) DHCP
4 20 (21.74%) Firewall
5 13 (14.13%) TCP/IP
5 13 (14.13%) VPN
6 6 (6.52%) VLAN
6 6 (6.52%) VoIP
7 3 (3.26%) DMZ
7 3 (3.26%) Network Security
7 3 (3.26%) Wireshark
8 2 (2.17%) PBX
8 2 (2.17%) Skype
8 2 (2.17%) Unified Communications
9 1 (1.09%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (1.09%) Intranet
9 1 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.78%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.35%) Metabase
3 2 (2.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 39 (42.39%) Social Skills
2 14 (15.22%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.43%) Finance
3 5 (5.43%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (3.26%) German Language
5 2 (2.17%) Advertising
5 2 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.17%) Marketing
6 1 (1.09%) Back Office
6 1 (1.09%) Banking
6 1 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.09%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 32 (34.78%) Support Engineer
2 26 (28.26%) IT Support
3 18 (19.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 17 (18.48%) Analyst
4 17 (18.48%) Infrastructure Support
4 17 (18.48%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 16 (17.39%) Support Analyst
6 11 (11.96%) IT Engineer
6 11 (11.96%) IT Support Engineer
7 10 (10.87%) Lead
7 10 (10.87%) Support Team Leader
7 10 (10.87%) Team Leader
8 9 (9.78%) Senior
9 8 (8.70%) Senior Support Engineer
10 7 (7.61%) Consultant
11 6 (6.52%) Software Analyst
11 6 (6.52%) Software Support Analyst
11 6 (6.52%) Technical Support
12 5 (5.43%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
12 5 (5.43%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.52%) .NET
1 6 (6.52%) ASP.NET
1 6 (6.52%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 16 (17.39%) Driving Licence
2 14 (15.22%) Management Information System
3 7 (7.61%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (5.43%) Onboarding
5 4 (4.35%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (3.26%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.17%) Blog
7 2 (2.17%) Digital Signage
7 2 (2.17%) Home Automation
7 2 (2.17%) IoT
7 2 (2.17%) Social Media
7 2 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.09%) AI Agents
8 1 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (66.30%) Windows
2 40 (43.48%) Windows Server
3 20 (21.74%) Linux
4 11 (11.96%) Mac OS
4 11 (11.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (10.87%) Windows 10
6 4 (4.35%) Android
7 3 (3.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (3.26%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (19.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 14 (15.22%) Logistics
4 11 (11.96%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (11.96%) Mentoring
5 10 (10.87%) ITIL
6 9 (9.78%) Customer Service
7 8 (8.70%) Coaching
7 8 (8.70%) ITSM
7 8 (8.70%) Migration
8 7 (7.61%) Document Management
8 7 (7.61%) ERP
8 7 (7.61%) Workflow
9 6 (6.52%) GAP Analysis
10 5 (5.43%) Order to Cash
10 5 (5.43%) Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (5.43%) Requirements Gathering
10 5 (5.43%) Revenue Management
10 5 (5.43%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (4.35%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (26.09%) SQL
2 6 (6.52%) C#
3 4 (4.35%) C++
3 4 (4.35%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.35%) Python
4 2 (2.17%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.09%) VB
5 1 (1.09%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 78 (84.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 44 (47.83%) MCSA
3 40 (43.48%) MCSE
4 35 (38.04%) A+ Certification
5 25 (27.17%) Degree
6 14 (15.22%) CCNA
6 14 (15.22%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (8.70%) CCNP
8 6 (6.52%) Azure Certification
8 6 (6.52%) Security Cleared
9 4 (4.35%) Dell Certification
10 3 (3.26%) AWS Certification
10 3 (3.26%) DBS Check
10 3 (3.26%) SC Cleared
11 2 (2.17%) DV Cleared
12 1 (1.09%) CBAP
12 1 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (1.09%) Master's Degree
12 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.26%) QA
2 1 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.09%) NCSC
2 1 (1.09%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (42.39%) Active Directory
2 16 (17.39%) Hyper-V
3 9 (9.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.09%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.09%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 12 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (7.61%) PaperCut
3 3 (3.26%) Iperf
4 2 (2.17%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.09%) Nessus
5 1 (1.09%) SCCM
5 1 (1.09%) WSUS
Vendors
1 77 (83.70%) Microsoft
2 13 (14.13%) VMware
3 9 (9.78%) Google
4 7 (7.61%) Cisco
4 7 (7.61%) SonicWALL
5 6 (6.52%) Sophos
6 5 (5.43%) Datto
6 5 (5.43%) Dell
6 5 (5.43%) WatchGuard
7 4 (4.35%) Apple
7 4 (4.35%) SAP
8 3 (3.26%) Fortinet
8 3 (3.26%) Intel
8 3 (3.26%) Ruckus Wireless
9 2 (2.17%) Facebook
9 2 (2.17%) NEC
9 2 (2.17%) Panasonic
9 2 (2.17%) Polycom
9 2 (2.17%) Ribbon
9 2 (2.17%) Samsung