MCP Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 153 191
Rank change year-on-year +15 +38 -25
Contract jobs citing MCP 3 5 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.10% 0.16% 0.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 0.58% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 9
10th Percentile - £156 £125
25th Percentile £125 £164 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £130 £206 £160
Median % change year-on-year -36.97% +28.91% -69.52%
75th Percentile £135 £256 £495
90th Percentile - £268 £550
England median daily rate £338 £245 £400
% change year-on-year +37.76% -38.75% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.63
Median hourly rate £15.65 - £16.25
75th Percentile - - £16.88
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £14.16 £13.66 £13.66
% change year-on-year +3.66% - -14.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

MCP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 951 869 1,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.26% 27.00% 20.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 596 563 702
10th Percentile £255 £313 £205
25th Percentile £337 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +16.67% +8.43%
75th Percentile £589 £625 £550
90th Percentile £688 £700 £638
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 49 33
10th Percentile £13.30 £10.77 £11.60
25th Percentile £17.00 £12.50 £13.75
Median hourly rate £24.65 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.25% - +23.08%
75th Percentile £42.50 £40.25 £25.25
90th Percentile £58.25 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for MCP in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MCP in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for MCP in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MCP in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for MCP in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +15 2 - - 3
East Midlands - 1 £130 - 1
MCP
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Acrobat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (33.33%) IT Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) Senior IT Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Support Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Malware Detection/Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) MCDST
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) Nessus
2 1 (33.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) Netskope
2 1 (33.33%) VMware