Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MCITP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 840 894 1131
Rank change year-on-year +54 +237 -304
Permanent jobs citing MCITP 44 81 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.081% 0.068%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.25% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 40 71 108
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,334 £31,250 £32,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £42,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.43% +5.63% -6.98%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £52,688
90th Percentile £48,750 £60,000 £77,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,500 £42,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year -20.71% +5.63% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

MCITP 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 27,500 32,829 43,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.52% 33.01% 27.02%
Number of salaries quoted 17,231 14,784 19,165
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,000
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 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%

MCITP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MCITP in the UK

MCITP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for MCITP in the UK

MCITP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCITP over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MCITP in the UK

MCITP
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCITP within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +59 42 £36,750 -13.02% 13
UK excluding London -18 35 £33,500 -20.71% 9
Work from Home +67 15 £40,000 -20.00% 3
South West -26 13 £33,500 -6.94% 4
Midlands -8 11 £27,500 -45.00% 3
London +92 7 £45,000 +20.00% 4
West Midlands +9 7 £27,500 -45.00% 1
South East +11 5 £32,500 +8.33% 2
North of England +38 4 £40,250 +13.38% 1
East Midlands -15 4 £48,750 +16.07% 2
North East - 3 £40,000 -
East of England +7 2 - -
Yorkshire +82 1 £47,500 +53.23% 1

MCITP
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 23 (52.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (38.64%) SharePoint
3 12 (27.27%) SharePoint 2010
3 12 (27.27%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 9 (20.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (79.55%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (72.73%) Azure
3 14 (31.82%) AWS
3 14 (31.82%) GCP
4 9 (20.45%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (6.82%) Entra ID
6 2 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (36.36%) Firewall
2 14 (31.82%) LAN
2 14 (31.82%) WAN
3 6 (13.64%) Internet
4 5 (11.36%) DNS
5 4 (9.09%) Wireless
6 3 (6.82%) DHCP
6 3 (6.82%) TCP/IP
6 3 (6.82%) VoIP
7 2 (4.55%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (4.55%) SAN
7 2 (4.55%) VLAN
8 1 (2.27%) ADSL
8 1 (2.27%) Broadband
8 1 (2.27%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) Power BI
1 2 (4.55%) SQL Server
1 2 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (38.64%) Social Skills
2 11 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (20.45%) Finance
4 3 (6.82%) Social Housing
5 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.55%) Legal
5 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (38.64%) Support Engineer
2 13 (29.55%) 2nd Line Support
3 12 (27.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 12 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 11 (25.00%) IT Technician
5 10 (22.73%) IT Support
6 9 (20.45%) Cloud Engineer
6 9 (20.45%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 7 (15.91%) Senior
8 6 (13.64%) IT Support Technician
8 6 (13.64%) Support Technician
9 5 (11.36%) Analyst
9 5 (11.36%) IT Analyst
9 5 (11.36%) Senior IT Technician
9 5 (11.36%) Senior Technician
10 3 (6.82%) Service Analyst
10 3 (6.82%) Service Desk Analyst
10 3 (6.82%) Technical Engineer
11 2 (4.55%) Senior Support Engineer
11 2 (4.55%) Senior Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) Clustering
1 3 (6.82%) Driving Licence
1 3 (6.82%) Housing Association
1 3 (6.82%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.55%) CMDB
2 2 (4.55%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.55%) NHS
2 2 (4.55%) Replication
3 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (75.00%) Windows
2 21 (47.73%) Windows Server
3 10 (22.73%) Windows 10
4 3 (6.82%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (4.55%) Apple iOS
5 2 (4.55%) Windows 2000
5 2 (4.55%) Windows 8
5 2 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (4.55%) Windows XP
6 1 (2.27%) Android
6 1 (2.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.09%) ITIL
2 13 (29.55%) Customer Service
3 12 (27.27%) Mobile Device Management
3 12 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (27.27%) Server Virtualisation
4 11 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (18.18%) Computer Science
6 6 (13.64%) Change Management
6 6 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (11.36%) ITSM
7 5 (11.36%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (9.09%) Asset Management
8 4 (9.09%) Data Privacy
8 4 (9.09%) Service Desk Management
9 3 (6.82%) Project Management
9 3 (6.82%) Regulatory Compliance
9 3 (6.82%) Tech Ops
10 2 (4.55%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (4.55%) Document Management
10 2 (4.55%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) SQL
2 4 (9.09%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (40.91%) A+ Certification
2 18 (40.91%) MCSE
3 14 (31.82%) Degree
4 7 (15.91%) Azure Certification
4 7 (15.91%) SC Cleared
4 7 (15.91%) Security Cleared
5 5 (11.36%) CCNA
5 5 (11.36%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (11.36%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (6.82%) MCP
6 3 (6.82%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (4.55%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (4.55%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (4.55%) DBS Check
7 2 (4.55%) MCDST
7 2 (4.55%) MCSA
7 2 (4.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (2.27%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (11.36%) GDPR
3 3 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (6.82%) ISO 9001
4 2 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (77.27%) Active Directory
2 19 (43.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (38.64%) Hyper-V
4 16 (36.36%) XenDesktop
5 13 (29.55%) XenApp
6 2 (4.55%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (4.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (34.09%) SCCM
2 14 (31.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 41 (93.18%) Microsoft
2 24 (54.55%) VMware
3 19 (43.18%) Cisco
4 16 (36.36%) Citrix
5 14 (31.82%) Google
6 12 (27.27%) Dell
6 12 (27.27%) HP
6 12 (27.27%) Symantec
7 5 (11.36%) Meraki
8 4 (9.09%) Sophos
9 2 (4.55%) Commvault
9 2 (4.55%) IBM
9 2 (4.55%) RedGate
9 2 (4.55%) SolarWinds
9 2 (4.55%) Veeam
10 1 (2.27%) arcserve