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

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 447 500 549
Rank change year-on-year +53 +49 +286
Permanent jobs citing MCP 27 59 52
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.19% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.35% 0.67% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 16 54 50
10th Percentile - £31,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £32,500 - £23,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +1.33% -11.76%
75th Percentile £51,250 £41,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £56,875 £45,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £34,250 £36,250
% change year-on-year +2.19% -5.52% +3.57%

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 7,659 8,866 9,328
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.34% 27.96% 27.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,081 5,264 5,799
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £35,001
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +2.64%
75th Percentile £71,000 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,408 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.09% -9.32% +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 17 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 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 17 (62.96%) AWS
1 17 (62.96%) Azure
2 13 (48.15%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (37.04%) SaaS
4 8 (29.63%) PaaS
5 2 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
6 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) DHCP
1 5 (18.52%) DNS
1 5 (18.52%) VPN
2 3 (11.11%) Firewall
2 3 (11.11%) VLAN
2 3 (11.11%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.93%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.41%) Power BI
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Finance
2 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.70%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) IT Support
2 7 (25.93%) Lead
2 7 (25.93%) Support Team Leader
2 7 (25.93%) Team Leader
3 6 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Help Desk Support
5 4 (14.81%) IT Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Senior
5 4 (14.81%) Senior IT Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Senior IT Support
5 4 (14.81%) Senior Support Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Technical Support
6 2 (7.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Head of IT
6 2 (7.41%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Technical Specialist
6 2 (7.41%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Technical Support Specialist
6 2 (7.41%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (48.15%) Driving Licence
2 9 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 9 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (66.67%) Windows
2 17 (62.96%) Linux
3 13 (48.15%) Windows Server
4 10 (37.04%) Mac OS
5 3 (11.11%) Android
5 3 (11.11%) Windows 10
5 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (7.41%) Mac OS X
6 2 (7.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (40.74%) ITIL
3 10 (37.04%) Mentoring
4 8 (29.63%) Coaching
4 8 (29.63%) ITSM
5 7 (25.93%) Document Management
5 7 (25.93%) Workflow
6 4 (14.81%) ERP
7 3 (11.11%) Data Privacy
7 3 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (11.11%) Project Delivery
7 3 (11.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 2 (7.41%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (7.41%) Logistics
8 2 (7.41%) Order to Cash
8 2 (7.41%) Organisational Awareness
8 2 (7.41%) Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (7.41%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (7.41%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (7.41%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (81.48%) MCSA
3 21 (77.78%) MCSE
4 12 (44.44%) Degree
5 8 (29.63%) CCNA
5 8 (29.63%) CCNP
5 8 (29.63%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
7 3 (11.11%) DBS Check
8 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared
8 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
9 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 10 (37.04%) Hyper-V
2 7 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (22.22%) Active Directory
4 2 (7.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (7.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) PaperCut
2 2 (7.41%) vCenter Server
3 1 (3.70%) Nessus
3 1 (3.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 8 (29.63%) VMware
3 3 (11.11%) Apple
3 3 (11.11%) SonicWALL
4 2 (7.41%) arcserve
5 1 (3.70%) Netskope
5 1 (3.70%) SAP