Hybrid/Remote Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work 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 326 420 481
Rank change year-on-year +94 +61 +188
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 49 25 43
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.31% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.97% 0.54% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 44 17 33
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,900 £29,850
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £35,640
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +6.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £40,625 £48,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £53,951 £57,500 £69,750
UK median annual salary £32,500 £33,750 £33,990
% change year-on-year -3.70% -0.71% +2.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,066 4,634 7,074
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.08% 28.55% 27.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,570 2,411 5,169
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,453 £75,000 £74,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK 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 for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certified Professional and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Certified Professional over the 6 months to 30 January 2026.

Microsoft Certified Professional salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (20.41%) SharePoint
2 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.04%) Palantir Foundry
Cloud Services
1 26 (53.06%) Azure
2 18 (36.73%) AWS
2 18 (36.73%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (24.49%) Entra ID
4 4 (8.16%) Mimecast
5 3 (6.12%) IBM Cloud
6 1 (2.04%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (2.04%) Azure AI
6 1 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.04%) GCP
6 1 (2.04%) GitHub
6 1 (2.04%) Google Gemini
6 1 (2.04%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.04%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (20.41%) Firewall
2 7 (14.29%) IP Telephony
3 5 (10.20%) VPN
4 4 (8.16%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (6.12%) VLAN
6 2 (4.08%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.04%) DHCP
7 1 (2.04%) DNS
7 1 (2.04%) LAN
7 1 (2.04%) WAN
Development Applications
1 7 (14.29%) Burp Suite
1 7 (14.29%) Metasploit
General
1 27 (55.10%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 7 (14.29%) Retail
2 7 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 4 (8.16%) Law
3 4 (8.16%) Legal
4 3 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (40.82%) IT Support
2 12 (24.49%) Support Engineer
3 10 (20.41%) Analyst
4 9 (18.37%) 2nd Line Support
5 8 (16.33%) IT Analyst
6 7 (14.29%) IT Engineer
6 7 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (14.29%) Security Specialist
6 7 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 6 (12.24%) Support Analyst
8 4 (8.16%) IT Support Analyst
8 4 (8.16%) Senior
8 4 (8.16%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (8.16%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
8 4 (8.16%) Service Analyst
8 4 (8.16%) Service Desk Analyst
8 4 (8.16%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (8.16%) Technical Support
8 4 (8.16%) Technical Support Engineer
9 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 15 (30.61%) Driving Licence
2 7 (14.29%) CCTV
2 7 (14.29%) Insider Threat
2 7 (14.29%) Security Posture
3 4 (8.16%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.16%) Onboarding
4 3 (6.12%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (6.12%) PKI
5 2 (4.08%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.04%) Low-Code
6 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (67.35%) Windows
2 12 (24.49%) Windows Server
3 11 (22.45%) Mac OS
4 8 (16.33%) Linux
5 7 (14.29%) Android
6 4 (8.16%) Windows 10
7 2 (4.08%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.04%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.82%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (32.65%) ITIL
3 11 (22.45%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (20.41%) Mentoring
4 10 (20.41%) Penetration Testing
5 9 (18.37%) Change Control
5 9 (18.37%) Project Delivery
5 9 (18.37%) Server Management
6 8 (16.33%) Decision-Making
6 8 (16.33%) Document Management
6 8 (16.33%) Incident Management
7 7 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
7 7 (14.29%) Anomaly Detection
7 7 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
7 7 (14.29%) Information Security
7 7 (14.29%) ITSM
7 7 (14.29%) Offensive Security
7 7 (14.29%) Open Source
7 7 (14.29%) Red Team
7 7 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 47 (95.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (59.18%) MCSE
3 24 (48.98%) CCNA
3 24 (48.98%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (40.82%) MCSA
5 17 (34.69%) Degree
6 9 (18.37%) CCA
6 9 (18.37%) Citrix Certification
7 8 (16.33%) Security Cleared
8 7 (14.29%) CCNP
8 7 (14.29%) CEH
8 7 (14.29%) CISMP
8 7 (14.29%) CISSP
8 7 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (14.29%) CREST Certified
8 7 (14.29%) GIAC
8 7 (14.29%) GPEN
8 7 (14.29%) OSCP
8 7 (14.29%) SC Cleared
9 5 (10.20%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.37%) SLA
2 7 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
2 7 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (6.12%) GDPR
3 3 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.04%) QA
System Software
1 10 (20.41%) Active Directory
2 8 (16.33%) Hyper-V
3 4 (8.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (6.12%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (14.29%) Nmap
3 4 (8.16%) SCCM
4 3 (6.12%) Nessus
4 3 (6.12%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 38 (77.55%) Microsoft
2 20 (40.82%) VMware
3 16 (32.65%) Cisco
4 13 (26.53%) Citrix
5 7 (14.29%) Apple
5 7 (14.29%) Draytek
5 7 (14.29%) Mitel
5 7 (14.29%) WatchGuard
6 4 (8.16%) ServiceNow
7 3 (6.12%) IBM
8 1 (2.04%) Adobe
8 1 (2.04%) Foundry
8 1 (2.04%) Google
8 1 (2.04%) OpenAI
8 1 (2.04%) Palantir
8 1 (2.04%) Salesforce