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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 431 513 560
Rank change year-on-year +82 +47 +272
Permanent jobs citing MCP 26 62 52
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.18% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.35% 0.66% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 15 57 50
10th Percentile - £30,000 -
25th Percentile £32,500 - £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +2.70% -12.94%
75th Percentile £52,500 £41,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £57,250 £45,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £33,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% -2.94% -2.86%

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 7,526 9,421 9,627
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.57% 27.62% 26.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,061 5,676 5,944
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -5.00% +2.64%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

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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 5 July 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 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (11.54%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 16 (61.54%) AWS
1 16 (61.54%) Azure
2 13 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (38.46%) SaaS
4 8 (30.77%) PaaS
5 2 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
6 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) DHCP
1 5 (19.23%) DNS
2 4 (15.38%) VPN
3 3 (11.54%) Firewall
3 3 (11.54%) VLAN
3 3 (11.54%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Finance
2 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.85%) Advertising
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) IT Support
2 7 (26.92%) Lead
2 7 (26.92%) Support Team Leader
2 7 (26.92%) Team Leader
3 5 (19.23%) Help Desk Support
3 5 (19.23%) Support Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) IT Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Senior
4 4 (15.38%) Senior IT Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Senior IT Support
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Support Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Technical Support
6 2 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) Functional Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) Head of IT
6 2 (7.69%) Support Specialist
6 2 (7.69%) Technical Specialist
6 2 (7.69%) Technical Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 12 (46.15%) Driving Licence
2 9 (34.62%) Management Information System
3 8 (30.77%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (11.54%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (65.38%) Windows
2 16 (61.54%) Linux
3 13 (50.00%) Windows Server
4 10 (38.46%) Mac OS
5 3 (11.54%) Android
5 3 (11.54%) Windows 10
5 3 (11.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (3.85%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (38.46%) ITIL
3 9 (34.62%) Mentoring
4 8 (30.77%) Coaching
4 8 (30.77%) ITSM
5 7 (26.92%) Document Management
5 7 (26.92%) Workflow
6 4 (15.38%) ERP
7 3 (11.54%) Data Privacy
7 3 (11.54%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (11.54%) Project Delivery
7 3 (11.54%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (7.69%) GAP Analysis
8 2 (7.69%) Order to Cash
8 2 (7.69%) PRINCE2
8 2 (7.69%) Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (7.69%) Revenue Management
8 2 (7.69%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 9 (34.62%) SQL
2 2 (7.69%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (80.77%) MCSA
3 20 (76.92%) MCSE
4 11 (42.31%) Degree
5 8 (30.77%) CCNA
5 8 (30.77%) CCNP
5 8 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (11.54%) DBS Check
6 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
7 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
7 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
8 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 10 (38.46%) Hyper-V
2 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 6 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (26.92%) PaperCut
2 2 (7.69%) vCenter Server
3 1 (3.85%) Nessus
3 1 (3.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 7 (26.92%) VMware
3 3 (11.54%) Apple
3 3 (11.54%) SonicWALL
4 2 (7.69%) arcserve
5 1 (3.85%) Netskope
5 1 (3.85%) SAP