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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 639 784 946
Rank change year-on-year +145 +162 -196
Permanent jobs citing MCP 227 117 243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.91% 0.41% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 208 98 178
10th Percentile £22,900 £23,500 £25,525
25th Percentile £28,250 £25,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -1.41%
75th Percentile £40,250 £48,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,875 £48,750
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year - -7.14% -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 24,881 28,320 37,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.35% 33.66% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 15,751 12,947 16,894
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,875
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,750
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 £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +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 1 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 1 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
South East +14 56 £38,000 +43.40% 8
North of England +69 54 £30,000 -7.69% 15
Midlands +8 43 £27,500 +3.77% 4
South West +7 40 £32,500 -4.41% 14
North West +11 27 £30,000 -14.29% 11
Yorkshire +81 23 £32,500 +25.00% 4
London +115 22 £55,000 +35.38% 13
West Midlands -8 22 £35,113 +35.05% 3
East Midlands -3 21 £25,000 -52.38% 1
East of England -2 12 £29,500 -50.83% 4
North East -7 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 57 (25.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (12.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.44%) CMS
Applications
1 82 (36.12%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 131 (57.71%) Microsoft 365
2 67 (29.52%) Azure
3 27 (11.89%) Entra ID
4 13 (5.73%) AWS
4 13 (5.73%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.64%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (2.64%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (2.64%) IaaS
5 6 (2.64%) Twilio
6 4 (1.76%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.32%) Azure Stack
7 3 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (1.32%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.44%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 1 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.44%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.44%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.44%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 49 (21.59%) Firewall
2 44 (19.38%) Network Security
3 27 (11.89%) DHCP
3 27 (11.89%) DNS
4 18 (7.93%) LAN
4 18 (7.93%) SAN
5 17 (7.49%) VPN
6 14 (6.17%) WAN
7 13 (5.73%) Remote Desktop
7 13 (5.73%) Wireless
8 12 (5.29%) TCP/IP
9 11 (4.85%) Internet
9 11 (4.85%) VLAN
10 7 (3.08%) VoIP
11 6 (2.64%) iSCSI
12 5 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (1.76%) NAS
13 4 (1.76%) SSL
13 4 (1.76%) WLAN
14 3 (1.32%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.37%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.08%) Power BI
3 3 (1.32%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.44%) QlikView
5 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 96 (42.29%) Social Skills
2 24 (10.57%) Finance
3 19 (8.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.61%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (5.29%) Legal
6 10 (4.41%) Banking
6 10 (4.41%) Games
7 6 (2.64%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.20%) Local Government
8 5 (2.20%) Retail
9 4 (1.76%) Electronics
9 4 (1.76%) Law
9 4 (1.76%) Marketing
10 3 (1.32%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.88%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.44%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 48 (21.15%) Support Engineer
2 42 (18.50%) IT Support
3 29 (12.78%) Desktop Engineer
4 27 (11.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 27 (11.89%) 2nd Line Support
4 27 (11.89%) Analyst
5 24 (10.57%) Field Engineer
6 23 (10.13%) Desktop Support
6 23 (10.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 23 (10.13%) IT Engineer
7 21 (9.25%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 21 (9.25%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
7 21 (9.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 21 (9.25%) Field Support Engineer
8 19 (8.37%) Hardware Engineer
9 17 (7.49%) 1st Line Support
10 16 (7.05%) IT Support Engineer
11 15 (6.61%) Senior
12 14 (6.17%) Technical Engineer
13 13 (5.73%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.88%) Middleware
2 1 (0.44%) .NET
2 1 (0.44%) EDI
2 1 (0.44%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 39 (17.18%) Data Centre
2 31 (13.66%) Onboarding
3 26 (11.45%) Private Cloud
4 24 (10.57%) Driving Licence
5 10 (4.41%) Replication
6 7 (3.08%) CCTV
6 7 (3.08%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.76%) iPhone
8 3 (1.32%) Clustering
8 3 (1.32%) EPoS
8 3 (1.32%) iPad
8 3 (1.32%) Media Streaming
9 2 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.44%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.44%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.44%) IoT
10 1 (0.44%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 155 (68.28%) Windows
2 49 (21.59%) Windows 10
3 37 (16.30%) Windows Server
4 33 (14.54%) Mac OS
5 11 (4.85%) Apple iOS
6 9 (3.96%) Android
6 9 (3.96%) Linux
7 6 (2.64%) Windows 8
8 4 (1.76%) Mac OS X
8 4 (1.76%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.76%) Windows Vista
8 4 (1.76%) Windows XP
9 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.44%) AIX
10 1 (0.44%) Unix
10 1 (0.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (51.54%) Customer Service
2 77 (33.92%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (32.16%) ITIL
4 46 (20.26%) Cybersecurity
5 40 (17.62%) Computer Science
6 26 (11.45%) Presales
6 26 (11.45%) Software Licensing
7 21 (9.25%) Asset Management
8 18 (7.93%) ITSM
9 17 (7.49%) Break/Fix
9 17 (7.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 16 (7.05%) Service Delivery
11 15 (6.61%) IT Asset Management
11 15 (6.61%) Line Management
11 15 (6.61%) Service Management
12 14 (6.17%) Mentoring
13 13 (5.73%) Active Listening
13 13 (5.73%) Collaborative Working
13 13 (5.73%) Impact Assessments
14 11 (4.85%) Email Filtering
Programming Languages
1 25 (11.01%) PowerShell
2 15 (6.61%) SQL
3 6 (2.64%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.88%) Python
5 1 (0.44%) Bash
5 1 (0.44%) C
5 1 (0.44%) C#
5 1 (0.44%) Go
5 1 (0.44%) Java
5 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 157 (69.16%) Microsoft Certification
2 120 (52.86%) Degree
3 69 (30.40%) A+ Certification
4 46 (20.26%) DBS Check
5 38 (16.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (13.66%) MCSE
7 26 (11.45%) MCSA
8 20 (8.81%) CCNA
8 20 (8.81%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (7.93%) Security Cleared
10 14 (6.17%) SC Cleared
11 13 (5.73%) DV Cleared
11 13 (5.73%) Network+ Certification
12 10 (4.41%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (2.64%) Citrix Certification
13 6 (2.64%) MCTS
14 5 (2.20%) CCA
15 4 (1.76%) HND
15 4 (1.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 3 (1.32%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (14.54%) SLA
2 6 (2.64%) GDPR
3 3 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.44%) QA
System Software
1 156 (68.72%) Active Directory
2 40 (17.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (16.74%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.08%) vSphere
4 7 (3.08%) XenApp
4 7 (3.08%) XenDesktop
5 6 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.76%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.88%) Firmware
8 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 38 (16.74%) SCCM
2 14 (6.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.64%) FortiGate
3 6 (2.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 6 (2.64%) SCDPM
4 5 (2.20%) Backup Exec
4 5 (2.20%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 4 (1.76%) WSUS
6 3 (1.32%) Autotask
Vendors
1 212 (93.39%) Microsoft
2 42 (18.50%) VMware
3 34 (14.98%) Apple
4 26 (11.45%) Adobe
5 16 (7.05%) Citrix
6 15 (6.61%) Dell
7 14 (6.17%) Cisco
8 13 (5.73%) ServiceNow
9 11 (4.85%) Datto
10 10 (4.41%) HP
11 9 (3.96%) Sophos
11 9 (3.96%) Veeam
12 7 (3.08%) WatchGuard
13 6 (2.64%) Dell Compellent
13 6 (2.64%) Draytek
14 5 (2.20%) Fortinet
14 5 (2.20%) N-able
14 5 (2.20%) Symantec
14 5 (2.20%) Veritas
15 4 (1.76%) iManage