MCP Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 531 614
Rank change year-on-year +144 +83 +119
Permanent jobs citing MCP 30 53 63
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.20% 0.16% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.63% 0.56% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 19 49 63
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,557 £16,000
25th Percentile £32,500 - £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £38,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +16.92% -18.75%
75th Percentile £55,000 £41,000 £51,125
90th Percentile £57,750 £50,000 £60,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,756 9,486 10,838
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.35% 28.04% 25.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3,076 5,934 6,627
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% +0.45%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -8.47% +7.27%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing MCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MCP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing MCP.

MCP salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing MCP over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

MCP salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 13 (43.33%) AWS
1 13 (43.33%) Azure
1 13 (43.33%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (26.67%) SaaS
3 6 (20.00%) PaaS
4 2 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (23.33%) DNS
2 5 (16.67%) DHCP
2 5 (16.67%) Firewall
3 3 (10.00%) VLAN
3 3 (10.00%) VoIP
3 3 (10.00%) VPN
4 2 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (6.67%) SAN
4 2 (6.67%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (23.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Finance
3 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) IT Support
2 5 (16.67%) Help Desk Support
2 5 (16.67%) Lead
2 5 (16.67%) Support Team Leader
2 5 (16.67%) Team Leader
3 4 (13.33%) IT Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Senior
3 4 (13.33%) Senior IT Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Senior IT Support
3 4 (13.33%) Senior Support Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Functional Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Service Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Support Specialist
5 2 (6.67%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Technical Specialist
5 2 (6.67%) Technical Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 11 (36.67%) Driving Licence
2 9 (30.00%) Management Information System
3 7 (23.33%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (10.00%) Onboarding
5 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
5 2 (6.67%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (6.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (70.00%) Windows
2 15 (50.00%) Linux
3 13 (43.33%) Windows Server
4 10 (33.33%) Mac OS
5 6 (20.00%) Windows 10
6 5 (16.67%) Android
7 3 (10.00%) Windows 7
7 3 (10.00%) Windows 8
7 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (6.67%) Apple iOS
8 2 (6.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (36.67%) ITIL
3 7 (23.33%) Document Management
3 7 (23.33%) Workflow
4 6 (20.00%) Coaching
4 6 (20.00%) ITSM
4 6 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 5 (16.67%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 4 (13.33%) ERP
7 3 (10.00%) Change Management
7 3 (10.00%) Data Privacy
7 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (10.00%) Project Delivery
7 3 (10.00%) Software Deployment
7 3 (10.00%) User Experience
8 2 (6.67%) Customer Service
8 2 (6.67%) Order to Cash
8 2 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (6.67%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 11 (36.67%) SQL
2 5 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 3 (10.00%) VB
4 2 (6.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (93.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (66.67%) MCSA
2 20 (66.67%) MCSE
3 8 (26.67%) CCNA
3 8 (26.67%) CCNP
3 8 (26.67%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (26.67%) Degree
4 5 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 3 (10.00%) DBS Check
6 2 (6.67%) CCA
6 2 (6.67%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
6 2 (6.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 13 (43.33%) Active Directory
2 12 (40.00%) Hyper-V
3 9 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (6.67%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (6.67%) Firmware
4 2 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (6.67%) VMware NSX
4 2 (6.67%) vSphere
4 2 (6.67%) XenApp
4 2 (6.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (23.33%) PaperCut
2 4 (13.33%) vCenter Server
3 3 (10.00%) SCCM
3 3 (10.00%) WMI
3 3 (10.00%) WSUS
4 2 (6.67%) Backup Exec
4 2 (6.67%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (6.67%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (6.67%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 2 (6.67%) vRealize
4 2 (6.67%) VxRail
5 1 (3.33%) Nessus
Vendors
1 20 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (33.33%) VMware
3 4 (13.33%) Dell
4 3 (10.00%) Apple
4 3 (10.00%) Remedy
4 3 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 3 (10.00%) SonicWALL
5 2 (6.67%) arcserve
5 2 (6.67%) Citrix
5 2 (6.67%) EMC
5 2 (6.67%) Fortinet
5 2 (6.67%) Isilon
5 2 (6.67%) McAfee
5 2 (6.67%) N-able
5 2 (6.67%) Red Hat
5 2 (6.67%) SolarWinds
5 2 (6.67%) Symantec
5 2 (6.67%) Veeam
5 2 (6.67%) Veritas
6 1 (3.33%) Netskope