Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends in Watford

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Watford with a requirement for Microsoft Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 31 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Watford 0.31% 0.68% -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.63% 1.52% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,750 £26,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £27,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +72.73% - -
75th Percentile £51,250 £28,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £47,500 £27,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year +72.73% -6.78% -74.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Watford

Microsoft Certified Professional 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 in Watford.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 38 66 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 11.66% 44.59% 23.84%
Number of salaries quoted 29 24 49
10th Percentile £25,250 - £24,450
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £43,250 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +50.29% +2.37% -32.40%
75th Percentile £75,000 £51,250 £58,750
90th Percentile - £57,500 £69,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.80% -1.90% -4.55%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certified Professional relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Watford.

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Watford

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (100.00%) Thin Client
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA