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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 760 963
Rank change year-on-year +198 +203 -212
Permanent jobs citing MCP 304 119 237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.19% 0.43% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 212 99 180
10th Percentile £22,960 £23,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,438 £25,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% -2.86% -1.41%
75th Percentile £40,000 £49,375 £43,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £48,750
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,649 £35,000
% change year-on-year -0.45% -6.72% -10.26%

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 25,469 27,896 38,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.04% 33.75% 26.88%
Number of salaries quoted 15,718 12,868 17,018
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £38,691 £42,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +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 9 June 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 9 June 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
Midlands +53 110 £27,500 +1.85% 4
West Midlands +47 73 £35,225 +35.48% 3
South East +18 57 £38,000 +38.18% 6
North of England +63 56 £30,000 -7.69% 6
South West +8 43 £32,500 -4.41% 16
East Midlands -3 37 £25,000 -52.38% 1
North West +8 28 £30,000 -14.29% 5
London +65 25 £55,000 +35.38% 8
Yorkshire +83 24 £32,500 +25.00% 1
East of England -11 13 £29,500 -50.83% 5
North East -12 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 58 (19.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (9.21%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.33%) CMS
Applications
1 84 (27.63%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 133 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (22.37%) Azure
3 27 (8.88%) Entra ID
4 13 (4.28%) AWS
4 13 (4.28%) Power Platform
5 6 (1.97%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (1.97%) IaaS
5 6 (1.97%) Twilio
6 4 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (1.32%) OneDrive
7 3 (0.99%) Azure Stack
7 3 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (0.99%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.33%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.33%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 1 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.33%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 112 (36.84%) Network Security
2 79 (25.99%) Internet
3 71 (23.36%) WLAN
4 49 (16.12%) Firewall
5 28 (9.21%) DHCP
5 28 (9.21%) DNS
6 19 (6.25%) LAN
7 18 (5.92%) SAN
8 17 (5.59%) VPN
9 15 (4.93%) WAN
10 14 (4.61%) Wireless
11 13 (4.28%) Remote Desktop
12 12 (3.95%) TCP/IP
13 10 (3.29%) VLAN
14 8 (2.63%) VoIP
15 6 (1.97%) iSCSI
16 5 (1.64%) NAS
16 5 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
17 4 (1.32%) SSL
18 3 (0.99%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.30%) Power BI
3 3 (0.99%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.33%) QlikView
5 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.33%) JIRA
General
1 104 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 26 (8.55%) Finance
3 19 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (4.93%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (3.95%) Legal
7 10 (3.29%) Banking
7 10 (3.29%) Games
8 6 (1.97%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.64%) Local Government
9 5 (1.64%) Retail
10 4 (1.32%) Electronics
10 4 (1.32%) Law
10 4 (1.32%) Marketing
11 3 (0.99%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.66%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 115 (37.83%) Support Engineer
2 109 (35.86%) IT Support
3 89 (29.28%) IT Engineer
4 82 (26.97%) IT Support Engineer
5 29 (9.54%) Desktop Engineer
6 28 (9.21%) 2nd Line Support
6 28 (9.21%) Analyst
7 27 (8.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 25 (8.22%) Field Engineer
9 23 (7.57%) Desktop Support
9 23 (7.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 21 (6.91%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
10 21 (6.91%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
10 21 (6.91%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 21 (6.91%) Field Support Engineer
11 19 (6.25%) Hardware Engineer
12 18 (5.92%) 1st Line Support
13 15 (4.93%) IT Manager
13 15 (4.93%) Senior
13 15 (4.93%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.66%) Middleware
2 1 (0.33%) .NET
2 1 (0.33%) EDI
2 1 (0.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 101 (33.22%) Onboarding
2 91 (29.93%) Driving Licence
3 39 (12.83%) Data Centre
4 26 (8.55%) Private Cloud
5 10 (3.29%) Replication
6 9 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.30%) CCTV
7 7 (2.30%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.32%) iPhone
9 3 (0.99%) Clustering
9 3 (0.99%) EPoS
9 3 (0.99%) iPad
9 3 (0.99%) Media Streaming
9 3 (0.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.33%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.33%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.33%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.33%) IoT
10 1 (0.33%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 227 (74.67%) Windows
2 76 (25.00%) Linux
3 50 (16.45%) Windows 10
4 36 (11.84%) Mac OS
4 36 (11.84%) Windows Server
5 11 (3.62%) Apple iOS
6 10 (3.29%) Android
7 6 (1.97%) Windows 8
8 5 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.32%) Mac OS X
9 4 (1.32%) Windows Vista
9 4 (1.32%) Windows XP
10 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.33%) AIX
11 1 (0.33%) Unix
11 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (48.68%) Problem-Solving
2 144 (47.37%) ITIL
3 121 (39.80%) Customer Service
4 109 (35.86%) Computer Science
5 90 (29.61%) Asset Management
6 82 (26.97%) IT Asset Management
7 81 (26.64%) Mentoring
8 67 (22.04%) Network Management
9 47 (15.46%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (8.55%) Presales
10 26 (8.55%) Software Licensing
11 19 (6.25%) ITSM
12 17 (5.59%) Break/Fix
12 17 (5.59%) Service Delivery
13 16 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 16 (5.26%) Line Management
13 16 (5.26%) Service Management
14 13 (4.28%) Active Listening
14 13 (4.28%) Collaborative Working
14 13 (4.28%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.22%) PowerShell
2 16 (5.26%) SQL
3 6 (1.97%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.66%) Python
5 1 (0.33%) Bash
5 1 (0.33%) C
5 1 (0.33%) C#
5 1 (0.33%) Go
5 1 (0.33%) Java
5 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.33%) R
Qualifications
1 230 (75.66%) Microsoft Certification
2 191 (62.83%) Degree
3 107 (35.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 99 (32.57%) MCSE
5 87 (28.62%) CCNA
5 87 (28.62%) Cisco Certification
6 75 (24.67%) A+ Certification
7 70 (23.03%) CCNP
8 68 (22.37%) LPIC
9 47 (15.46%) DBS Check
10 26 (8.55%) MCSA
11 18 (5.92%) Security Cleared
12 14 (4.61%) SC Cleared
13 13 (4.28%) DV Cleared
13 13 (4.28%) Network+ Certification
14 11 (3.62%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (1.97%) MCTS
16 5 (1.64%) CCA
16 5 (1.64%) Citrix Certification
17 4 (1.32%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.18%) SLA
2 6 (1.97%) GDPR
3 4 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.66%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 159 (52.30%) Active Directory
2 41 (13.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (12.83%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.30%) vSphere
4 7 (2.30%) XenApp
4 7 (2.30%) XenDesktop
5 6 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.66%) Firmware
8 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 40 (13.16%) SCCM
2 15 (4.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.97%) FortiGate
3 6 (1.97%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 6 (1.97%) SCDPM
4 5 (1.64%) Backup Exec
4 5 (1.64%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 4 (1.32%) WSUS
6 3 (0.99%) Autotask
Vendors
1 287 (94.41%) Microsoft
2 81 (26.64%) Cisco
3 42 (13.82%) VMware
4 34 (11.18%) Apple
5 27 (8.88%) Adobe
6 15 (4.93%) Citrix
6 15 (4.93%) Dell
7 14 (4.61%) ServiceNow
8 11 (3.62%) Datto
9 10 (3.29%) Sophos
10 9 (2.96%) HP
10 9 (2.96%) Veeam
11 7 (2.30%) WatchGuard
12 6 (1.97%) Dell Compellent
12 6 (1.97%) Draytek
13 5 (1.64%) Fortinet
13 5 (1.64%) N-able
13 5 (1.64%) Symantec
13 5 (1.64%) Veritas
14 4 (1.32%) iManage