MCP Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for MCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 121 174
Rank change year-on-year +8 +53 -
Contract jobs citing MCP 3 10 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.15% 0.44% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 1.68% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - - £225
25th Percentile £213 £150 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £188 £490
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -61.73% -
75th Percentile £238 £250 £523
90th Percentile - £265 £539
England median daily rate £325 £250 £363
% change year-on-year +30.00% -31.03% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.65 - -
England median hourly rate £14.16 £13.66 £13.66
% change year-on-year +3.66% - -14.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 640 596 734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.90% 26.50% 20.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 357 510
10th Percentile £296 £313 £268
25th Percentile £363 £413 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +13.68% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £630 £572
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 28 10
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.70 £11.18
25th Percentile £21.25 £13.31 £13.13
Median hourly rate £28.50 £19.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% +13.04% +7.81%
75th Percentile £43.75 £28.75 £20.38
90th Percentile £58.75 £60.05 £20.68
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +39.24% +8.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for MCP in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for MCP in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for MCP in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Warwickshire 0 1 - -
MCP
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
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%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure 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 Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Support Technician
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Mac OS
3 1 (33.33%) Android
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%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
1 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
1 1 (33.33%) MCDST
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) Nessus
2 1 (33.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Netskope
1 1 (33.33%) VMware