MCP Jobs in England

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 613 802 931
Rank change year-on-year +189 +129 -200
Permanent jobs citing MCP 218 124 244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.89% 0.43% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 203 105 176
10th Percentile £22,900 £23,500 £25,375
25th Percentile £28,250 £25,150 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -
75th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £48,750
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year - -7.14% -6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

MCP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,542 28,874 36,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.09% 32.97% 26.65%
Number of salaries quoted 15,735 13,169 16,825
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,995 £30,875
25th Percentile £38,501 £42,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,995 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.34% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MCP in England

MCP
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCP in England.

Salary trend for MCP in England

MCP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCP in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MCP in England

MCP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the England region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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 East +26 56 £38,000 +40.74% 6
North of England +71 52 £30,000 -7.69% 15
Midlands +12 43 £25,000 -5.66% 2
South West +14 36 £32,500 -4.41% 21
North West +15 26 £30,000 -14.29% 11
Yorkshire +96 22 £32,500 +40.02% 4
West Midlands +14 22 £34,250 +31.73% 2
East Midlands +9 21 £25,000 -52.38%
London +115 19 £55,000 +46.67% 11
East of England +7 12 £29,500 -50.83% 2
North East -3 4 £28,500 -66.47%
MCP
UK

MCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 56 (25.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (12.39%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.46%) CMS
Applications
1 81 (37.16%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 131 (60.09%) Microsoft 365
2 63 (28.90%) Azure
3 27 (12.39%) Entra ID
4 13 (5.96%) AWS
5 12 (5.50%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.75%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (2.75%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (2.75%) IaaS
6 6 (2.75%) Twilio
7 4 (1.83%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.38%) Azure Stack
8 3 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (1.38%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (22.02%) Firewall
2 43 (19.72%) Network Security
3 26 (11.93%) DHCP
3 26 (11.93%) DNS
4 18 (8.26%) LAN
5 17 (7.80%) SAN
6 16 (7.34%) VPN
7 14 (6.42%) WAN
8 13 (5.96%) Wireless
9 12 (5.50%) Remote Desktop
10 11 (5.05%) Internet
10 11 (5.05%) TCP/IP
10 11 (5.05%) VLAN
11 7 (3.21%) VoIP
12 6 (2.75%) iSCSI
13 5 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (1.83%) NAS
14 4 (1.83%) SSL
14 4 (1.83%) WLAN
15 3 (1.38%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.26%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.21%) Power BI
3 3 (1.38%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.46%) QlikView
5 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.46%) JIRA
General
1 91 (41.74%) Social Skills
2 22 (10.09%) Finance
3 19 (8.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (6.88%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.50%) Legal
6 10 (4.59%) Banking
6 10 (4.59%) Games
7 6 (2.75%) Local Government
7 6 (2.75%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.29%) Retail
9 4 (1.83%) Electronics
9 4 (1.83%) Law
9 4 (1.83%) Marketing
10 3 (1.38%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.92%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.92%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.46%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 47 (21.56%) Support Engineer
2 42 (19.27%) IT Support
3 29 (13.30%) Desktop Engineer
4 27 (12.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 27 (12.39%) 2nd Line Support
5 25 (11.47%) Analyst
6 24 (11.01%) Field Engineer
7 23 (10.55%) Desktop Support
7 23 (10.55%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 21 (9.63%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 21 (9.63%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
8 21 (9.63%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 21 (9.63%) Field Support Engineer
8 21 (9.63%) IT Engineer
9 18 (8.26%) Hardware Engineer
10 17 (7.80%) 1st Line Support
11 16 (7.34%) IT Support Engineer
12 13 (5.96%) Technical Engineer
13 12 (5.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (5.50%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.46%) EDI
1 1 (0.46%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 40 (18.35%) Data Centre
2 29 (13.30%) Onboarding
3 26 (11.93%) Private Cloud
4 23 (10.55%) Driving Licence
5 9 (4.13%) Replication
6 8 (3.67%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.21%) CCTV
8 4 (1.83%) iPhone
9 3 (1.38%) Clustering
9 3 (1.38%) EPoS
9 3 (1.38%) iPad
9 3 (1.38%) Media Streaming
10 2 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.46%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.46%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.46%) IoT
11 1 (0.46%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.46%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 152 (69.72%) Windows
2 50 (22.94%) Windows 10
3 37 (16.97%) Windows Server
4 30 (13.76%) Mac OS
5 10 (4.59%) Apple iOS
6 9 (4.13%) Linux
7 8 (3.67%) Android
8 6 (2.75%) Windows 8
9 4 (1.83%) Mac OS X
9 4 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.83%) Windows Vista
9 4 (1.83%) Windows XP
10 2 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.46%) AIX
11 1 (0.46%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (52.29%) Customer Service
2 75 (34.40%) Problem-Solving
3 69 (31.65%) ITIL
4 45 (20.64%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (17.43%) Computer Science
6 26 (11.93%) Presales
6 26 (11.93%) Software Licensing
7 19 (8.72%) Asset Management
7 19 (8.72%) ITSM
8 17 (7.80%) Break/Fix
8 17 (7.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 16 (7.34%) Service Delivery
10 15 (6.88%) Service Management
11 14 (6.42%) IT Asset Management
11 14 (6.42%) Mentoring
12 13 (5.96%) Active Listening
12 13 (5.96%) Collaborative Working
12 13 (5.96%) Impact Assessments
12 13 (5.96%) Line Management
13 11 (5.05%) Email Filtering
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.01%) PowerShell
2 13 (5.96%) SQL
3 6 (2.75%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.92%) Python
5 1 (0.46%) Bash
5 1 (0.46%) C
5 1 (0.46%) Go
5 1 (0.46%) Java
5 1 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 153 (70.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 115 (52.75%) Degree
3 67 (30.73%) A+ Certification
4 45 (20.64%) DBS Check
5 36 (16.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (14.22%) MCSE
7 25 (11.47%) MCSA
8 19 (8.72%) CCNA
8 19 (8.72%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (8.26%) Security Cleared
10 14 (6.42%) Network+ Certification
10 14 (6.42%) SC Cleared
11 13 (5.96%) DV Cleared
12 8 (3.67%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (2.75%) MCTS
14 5 (2.29%) Citrix Certification
15 4 (1.83%) CCA
15 4 (1.83%) HND
15 4 (1.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 3 (1.38%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (14.22%) SLA
2 6 (2.75%) GDPR
3 3 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.92%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 154 (70.64%) Active Directory
2 39 (17.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (16.51%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.21%) vSphere
5 6 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.75%) XenApp
5 6 (2.75%) XenDesktop
6 4 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.92%) Firmware
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 38 (17.43%) SCCM
2 13 (5.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.75%) FortiGate
3 6 (2.75%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 6 (2.75%) SCDPM
4 4 (1.83%) Backup Exec
4 4 (1.83%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 4 (1.83%) WSUS
5 3 (1.38%) Autotask
Vendors
1 208 (95.41%) Microsoft
2 40 (18.35%) VMware
3 34 (15.60%) Apple
4 26 (11.93%) Adobe
5 15 (6.88%) Citrix
6 14 (6.42%) Dell
7 13 (5.96%) Cisco
7 13 (5.96%) ServiceNow
8 11 (5.05%) Datto
9 10 (4.59%) HP
10 9 (4.13%) Sophos
11 8 (3.67%) Veeam
12 7 (3.21%) WatchGuard
13 6 (2.75%) Dell Compellent
13 6 (2.75%) Draytek
14 4 (1.83%) Fortinet
14 4 (1.83%) iManage
14 4 (1.83%) N-able
14 4 (1.83%) Symantec
14 4 (1.83%) Veritas