Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Microsoft Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 83 199
Rank change year-on-year -90 +116 +81
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 4 137 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.073% 3.37% 0.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 8.61% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 15
10th Percentile - £33,500 £21,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £35,000 £22,946
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £40,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.75% +45.45% +5.77%
75th Percentile £29,250 £46,250 £36,152
90th Percentile - £48,500 £38,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £34,245
% change year-on-year -7.14% +2.20% +0.72%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,072 1,592 1,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 37.64% 39.14% 26.72%
Number of salaries quoted 504 500 1,094
10th Percentile £27,694 £32,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £43,219 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,042 £57,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.93% +18.56% -3.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,125 £80,125 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 January 2026. 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
Staffordshire -12 4 £28,500 -32.94%
Microsoft Certified Professional
England

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Help Desk Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Help Desk Support
1 4 (100.00%) Help Desk Support Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) ERP
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Server Building
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) HNC
1 4 (100.00%) MCSA
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Veeam
1 4 (100.00%) VMware