Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends in Yorkshire

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for Microsoft Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 153 165
Rank change year-on-year -26 +12 +22
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 11 3 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.15% 0.090% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.37% 0.21% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,427 - -
75th Percentile £94,375 - -
90th Percentile £97,750 - -
England median annual salary £42,500 £33,750 £40,000
% change year-on-year +25.93% -15.63% +6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 801 1,411 1,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 10.63% 42.21% 29.37%
Number of salaries quoted 453 311 250
10th Percentile £27,125 £27,000 £26,150
25th Percentile £39,250 £30,500 £38,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -16.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £69,688
90th Percentile £87,000 £75,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
South Yorkshire - 5 - - 2
West Yorkshire - 4 £85,427 - 2
North Yorkshire - 2 - - 3
Microsoft Certified Professional
England

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) AWS
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) Anthropic Claude
2 2 (18.18%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (18.18%) GitHub
2 2 (18.18%) GitHub Copilot
3 1 (9.09%) Copilot Studio
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Claude Code
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Network Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) IT Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) IT Support
2 2 (18.18%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Software Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) Model Context Protocol
2 2 (18.18%) A2A Protocol
3 1 (9.09%) Langfuse
3 1 (9.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) SIEM
2 4 (36.36%) AI
3 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
3 3 (27.27%) Clean Code
3 3 (27.27%) LLM
3 3 (27.27%) Observability
3 3 (27.27%) Open Source
3 3 (27.27%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
3 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
4 2 (18.18%) API Integration
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Experience
4 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (18.18%) Digital Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) ITSM
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Web Development
5 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Data Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) CCNA
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) McAfee
3 1 (9.09%) Google