Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 674 799 965
Rank change year-on-year +125 +166 -212
Permanent jobs citing MCP 223 153 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.81% 0.47% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 208 128 202
10th Percentile £22,900 £22,509 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £24,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £40,000 £47,813 £43,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £47,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £30,500 £35,500
% change year-on-year +6.56% -14.08% -0.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,546 32,627 44,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.29% 33.12% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 17,214 14,683 19,092
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,573 £42,210 £40,967
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MCP in the UK

MCP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for MCP in the UK

MCP
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for MCP in the UK

MCP
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the UK 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
England +189 218 £32,500 - 60
UK excluding London +87 204 £32,500 +6.56% 58
Work from Home +56 56 £38,000 +16.92% 17
South East +26 56 £38,000 +40.74% 10
North of England +71 52 £30,000 -7.69% 16
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% 5
West Midlands +14 22 £34,250 +31.73% 2
East Midlands +9 21 £25,000 -52.38%
London +115 19 £55,000 +46.67% 14
East of England +7 12 £29,500 -50.83% 2
Wales +11 4 £27,000 -28.00%
North East -3 4 £28,500 -66.47%
Scotland -68 1 £23,000 -24.59% 8

MCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 57 (25.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (12.56%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.45%) CMS
Applications
1 85 (38.12%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 136 (60.99%) Microsoft 365
2 63 (28.25%) Azure
3 27 (12.11%) Entra ID
4 13 (5.83%) AWS
5 12 (5.38%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.69%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (2.69%) IaaS
6 6 (2.69%) Twilio
7 5 (2.24%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.35%) Azure Stack
8 3 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (1.35%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.45%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 1 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.45%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (21.97%) Firewall
2 43 (19.28%) Network Security
3 27 (12.11%) DHCP
3 27 (12.11%) DNS
4 18 (8.07%) LAN
4 18 (8.07%) SAN
5 16 (7.17%) VPN
6 14 (6.28%) WAN
6 14 (6.28%) Wireless
7 12 (5.38%) Remote Desktop
8 11 (4.93%) Internet
8 11 (4.93%) TCP/IP
8 11 (4.93%) VLAN
9 8 (3.59%) VoIP
10 6 (2.69%) iSCSI
11 5 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (1.79%) NAS
12 4 (1.79%) SSL
12 4 (1.79%) WLAN
13 3 (1.35%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.07%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.14%) Power BI
3 3 (1.35%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.45%) QlikView
5 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.45%) JIRA
General
1 95 (42.60%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.31%) Finance
3 19 (8.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.38%) Legal
6 10 (4.48%) Banking
6 10 (4.48%) Games
7 6 (2.69%) Local Government
7 6 (2.69%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.24%) Retail
9 4 (1.79%) Electronics
9 4 (1.79%) Law
9 4 (1.79%) Marketing
10 3 (1.35%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.90%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.90%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.45%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (21.08%) Support Engineer
2 42 (18.83%) IT Support
3 29 (13.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 28 (12.56%) Analyst
5 27 (12.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 27 (12.11%) 2nd Line Support
6 24 (10.76%) Field Engineer
7 23 (10.31%) Desktop Support
7 23 (10.31%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 21 (9.42%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 21 (9.42%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
8 21 (9.42%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 21 (9.42%) Field Support Engineer
8 21 (9.42%) IT Engineer
9 18 (8.07%) Hardware Engineer
10 17 (7.62%) 1st Line Support
11 16 (7.17%) IT Support Engineer
12 13 (5.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (5.83%) Technical Engineer
13 12 (5.38%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.45%) EDI
1 1 (0.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 40 (17.94%) Data Centre
2 29 (13.00%) Onboarding
3 26 (11.66%) Private Cloud
4 23 (10.31%) Driving Licence
5 9 (4.04%) Replication
6 8 (3.59%) CCTV
6 8 (3.59%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.79%) Clustering
7 4 (1.79%) iPhone
8 3 (1.35%) EPoS
8 3 (1.35%) iPad
8 3 (1.35%) Media Streaming
9 2 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.45%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.45%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.45%) IoT
10 1 (0.45%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.45%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 157 (70.40%) Windows
2 54 (24.22%) Windows 10
3 38 (17.04%) Windows Server
4 30 (13.45%) Mac OS
5 11 (4.93%) Apple iOS
6 10 (4.48%) Linux
7 8 (3.59%) Android
8 6 (2.69%) Windows 8
9 4 (1.79%) Mac OS X
9 4 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.79%) Windows Vista
9 4 (1.79%) Windows XP
10 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.45%) AIX
11 1 (0.45%) Unix
11 1 (0.45%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (52.91%) Customer Service
2 76 (34.08%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (33.18%) ITIL
4 45 (20.18%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (17.04%) Computer Science
6 26 (11.66%) Presales
6 26 (11.66%) Software Licensing
7 20 (8.97%) ITSM
8 19 (8.52%) Asset Management
9 18 (8.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 17 (7.62%) Break/Fix
11 16 (7.17%) Service Delivery
12 15 (6.73%) Service Management
13 14 (6.28%) IT Asset Management
13 14 (6.28%) Mentoring
14 13 (5.83%) Active Listening
14 13 (5.83%) Collaborative Working
14 13 (5.83%) Impact Assessments
14 13 (5.83%) Line Management
15 11 (4.93%) Email Filtering
Programming Languages
1 25 (11.21%) PowerShell
2 14 (6.28%) SQL
3 6 (2.69%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.90%) Python
5 1 (0.45%) Bash
5 1 (0.45%) C
5 1 (0.45%) Go
5 1 (0.45%) Java
5 1 (0.45%) R
5 1 (0.45%) Swift
Qualifications
1 157 (70.40%) Microsoft Certification
2 115 (51.57%) Degree
3 67 (30.04%) A+ Certification
4 45 (20.18%) DBS Check
5 36 (16.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (14.35%) MCSE
7 26 (11.66%) MCSA
8 19 (8.52%) CCNA
8 19 (8.52%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (8.07%) Security Cleared
10 14 (6.28%) Network+ Certification
10 14 (6.28%) SC Cleared
11 13 (5.83%) DV Cleared
12 11 (4.93%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (2.69%) MCTS
14 5 (2.24%) Citrix Certification
15 4 (1.79%) CCA
15 4 (1.79%) HND
15 4 (1.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 3 (1.35%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (13.90%) SLA
2 6 (2.69%) GDPR
3 3 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 155 (69.51%) Active Directory
2 39 (17.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (16.59%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.14%) vSphere
5 6 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.69%) XenApp
5 6 (2.69%) XenDesktop
6 4 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.90%) Firmware
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 38 (17.04%) SCCM
2 13 (5.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.69%) FortiGate
3 6 (2.69%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 6 (2.69%) SCDPM
4 4 (1.79%) Backup Exec
4 4 (1.79%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 4 (1.79%) WSUS
5 3 (1.35%) Autotask
6 1 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 213 (95.52%) Microsoft
2 40 (17.94%) VMware
3 34 (15.25%) Apple
4 26 (11.66%) Adobe
5 15 (6.73%) Citrix
5 15 (6.73%) Dell
6 14 (6.28%) Cisco
7 13 (5.83%) ServiceNow
8 11 (4.93%) Datto
8 11 (4.93%) HP
9 9 (4.04%) Sophos
9 9 (4.04%) Veeam
10 7 (3.14%) WatchGuard
11 6 (2.69%) Dell Compellent
11 6 (2.69%) Draytek
12 4 (1.79%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.79%) iManage
12 4 (1.79%) Meraki
12 4 (1.79%) Symantec
12 4 (1.79%) Veritas