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 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 518 642 933
Rank change year-on-year +124 +291 -159
Permanent jobs citing MCP 273 122 233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.13% 0.63% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 78 102 216
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,825 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,813 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,375 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +7.14% +6.06%
75th Percentile £42,000 £53,438 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £68,000 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% +12.00%

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 24,053 19,473 40,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.79% 32.75% 28.78%
Number of salaries quoted 8,835 11,703 17,713
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,738 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.37% +5.00% +4.17%

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 23 October 2024.

Salary histogram for MCP in the UK

MCP
Top 15 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 23 October 2024. 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 +114 270 £40,000 +6.67% 29
UK excluding London +103 237 £30,000 -20.00% 29
Midlands +94 147 £40,000 +6.67% 6
West Midlands +68 116 £40,000 +11.90% 4
London +9 36 £42,000 +18.31% 3
Work from Home +27 34 £32,000 -32.63% 19
East Midlands 0 31 £40,000 -23.81% 2
South West -1 28 £30,000 -25.00% 3
North of England -19 28 £40,000 +26.98% 5
South East -5 24 £27,500 -50.01% 11
North West -12 18 £40,000 +16.79% 4
Yorkshire +28 10 - - 1
East of England -40 7 £60,000 +55.84% 1
Scotland -7 2 £21,978 -22.88% 3
Wales +35 1 - -

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 20 (7.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (5.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 29 (10.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.73%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 72 (26.37%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (16.48%) Azure
3 8 (2.93%) AWS
3 8 (2.93%) GCP
4 7 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
4 7 (2.56%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.10%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.73%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.37%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.37%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.37%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.37%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.37%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.37%) SaaS
7 1 (0.37%) Serverless
7 1 (0.37%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 148 (54.21%) WLAN
2 144 (52.75%) Internet
3 137 (50.18%) Network Security
4 31 (11.36%) Firewall
5 24 (8.79%) DNS
6 23 (8.42%) DHCP
7 19 (6.96%) VPN
8 18 (6.59%) LAN
8 18 (6.59%) WAN
9 16 (5.86%) Remote Desktop
9 16 (5.86%) TCP/IP
10 12 (4.40%) SAN
11 11 (4.03%) Wireless
12 7 (2.56%) VLAN
13 5 (1.83%) VoIP
14 4 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
15 3 (1.10%) Unified Communications
16 2 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
16 2 (0.73%) NAS
17 1 (0.37%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.10%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.37%) Power BI
2 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 78 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 34 (12.45%) Finance
3 20 (7.33%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (3.30%) Banking
5 6 (2.20%) Public Sector
6 5 (1.83%) Legal
7 4 (1.47%) Law
8 2 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.73%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.73%) Marketing
9 1 (0.37%) Aviation
9 1 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.37%) Electronics
9 1 (0.37%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 156 (57.14%) IT Support
2 152 (55.68%) IT Engineer
3 151 (55.31%) Support Engineer
4 146 (53.48%) IT Support Engineer
5 32 (11.72%) Analyst
6 24 (8.79%) Service Analyst
6 24 (8.79%) Service Desk Analyst
7 13 (4.76%) IT Technician
8 10 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (3.66%) Service Desk Engineer
9 9 (3.30%) IT Manager
9 9 (3.30%) Senior
10 8 (2.93%) Support Analyst
10 8 (2.93%) Support Technician
11 7 (2.56%) Hardware Engineer
11 7 (2.56%) Lead
12 6 (2.20%) 2nd Line Support
12 6 (2.20%) Service Delivery Engineer
12 6 (2.20%) Technical Analyst
12 6 (2.20%) Technical Services Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.37%) .NET
1 1 (0.37%) Middleware
1 1 (0.37%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 163 (59.71%) Driving Licence
2 91 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.66%) Replication
5 6 (2.20%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.10%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (0.73%) Handset
8 1 (0.37%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.37%) NHS
8 1 (0.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 227 (83.15%) Windows
2 136 (49.82%) Linux
3 30 (10.99%) Windows 10
4 17 (6.23%) Mac OS
5 14 (5.13%) Windows Server
6 13 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (4.40%) Android
8 10 (3.66%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.47%) Windows Vista
10 2 (0.73%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.37%) AIX
11 1 (0.37%) Unix
11 1 (0.37%) VMS
11 1 (0.37%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.37%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (73.26%) ITIL
2 195 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 146 (53.48%) Asset Management
4 145 (53.11%) Computer Science
5 136 (49.82%) IT Asset Management
5 136 (49.82%) Mentoring
6 134 (49.08%) Network Management
7 53 (19.41%) Customer Service
8 29 (10.62%) Service Delivery
9 17 (6.23%) ITSM
10 15 (5.49%) Proactive Monitoring
11 12 (4.40%) Disaster Recovery
12 11 (4.03%) Inventory Management
13 10 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 9 (3.30%) Business Continuity
14 9 (3.30%) Email Filtering
14 9 (3.30%) Kalman Filter
14 9 (3.30%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 9 (3.30%) Ticket Management
14 9 (3.30%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.13%) PowerShell
2 7 (2.56%) SQL
3 1 (0.37%) Bash
3 1 (0.37%) C#
3 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.37%) Korn
3 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 229 (83.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 177 (64.84%) Degree
3 166 (60.81%) MCSE
4 152 (55.68%) CCNA
4 152 (55.68%) Cisco Certification
5 145 (53.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 135 (49.45%) CCNP
6 135 (49.45%) LPIC
7 44 (16.12%) A+ Certification
8 13 (4.76%) MCSA
9 9 (3.30%) CCA
9 9 (3.30%) Citrix Certification
10 8 (2.93%) MCITP
11 7 (2.56%) MCTS
12 6 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.47%) DBS Check
14 3 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
15 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
15 1 (0.37%) IBM Certification
15 1 (0.37%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.23%) SLA
2 6 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.20%) QA
3 5 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.37%) GDPR
System Software
1 58 (21.25%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.13%) Virtual Desktop
2 14 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.76%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.30%) XenApp
4 9 (3.30%) XenDesktop
5 4 (1.47%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (9.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (4.03%) SCCM
3 9 (3.30%) Backup Exec
3 9 (3.30%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.37%) WMI
Vendors
1 241 (88.28%) Microsoft
2 147 (53.85%) Cisco
3 15 (5.49%) VMware
4 9 (3.30%) Citrix
4 9 (3.30%) Dell
4 9 (3.30%) Fortinet
4 9 (3.30%) Google
4 9 (3.30%) N-able
4 9 (3.30%) Symantec
4 9 (3.30%) Veeam
4 9 (3.30%) Veritas
5 6 (2.20%) arcserve
5 6 (2.20%) Sophos
6 5 (1.83%) Apple
7 3 (1.10%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.73%) Adobe
8 2 (0.73%) Meraki
8 2 (0.73%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.73%) SAP
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle