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

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 628 755 943
Rank change year-on-year +127 +188 -191
Permanent jobs citing MCP 237 118 237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.94% 0.42% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 212 98 180
10th Percentile £22,960 £23,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,438 £25,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,399 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% -4.58% -1.41%
75th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £59,125 £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 25,235 27,980 38,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.88% 33.75% 26.75%
Number of salaries quoted 15,717 12,875 17,106
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,825
25th Percentile £38,734 £42,500 £40,749
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 8 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 8 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
North of England +52 56 £30,000 -7.69% 7
South East +17 56 £38,000 +38.18% 6
Midlands -15 45 £27,500 +1.85% 4
South West +4 43 £32,500 -4.41% 16
North West +9 28 £30,000 -14.29% 5
London +75 25 £55,000 +46.67% 7
Yorkshire +88 24 £32,500 +25.00% 2
West Midlands +3 23 £35,225 +35.48% 3
East Midlands -17 22 £25,000 -52.38% 1
East of England -12 12 £29,500 -50.83% 5
North East -13 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 (24.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (11.81%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.42%) CMS
Applications
1 84 (35.44%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.42%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 133 (56.12%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (28.69%) Azure
3 27 (11.39%) Entra ID
4 13 (5.49%) AWS
4 13 (5.49%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (2.53%) IaaS
5 6 (2.53%) Twilio
6 4 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (1.69%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.27%) Azure Stack
7 3 (1.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (1.27%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.42%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.42%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.42%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (20.68%) Firewall
2 45 (18.99%) Network Security
3 28 (11.81%) DHCP
3 28 (11.81%) DNS
4 19 (8.02%) LAN
5 18 (7.59%) SAN
6 17 (7.17%) VPN
7 15 (6.33%) WAN
8 14 (5.91%) Wireless
9 13 (5.49%) Remote Desktop
10 12 (5.06%) Internet
10 12 (5.06%) TCP/IP
11 10 (4.22%) VLAN
12 8 (3.38%) VoIP
13 6 (2.53%) iSCSI
14 5 (2.11%) NAS
14 5 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (1.69%) SSL
15 4 (1.69%) WLAN
16 3 (1.27%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.02%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.95%) Power BI
3 3 (1.27%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.42%) QlikView
5 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.42%) JIRA
General
1 104 (43.88%) Social Skills
2 26 (10.97%) Finance
3 19 (8.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.33%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.06%) Legal
7 10 (4.22%) Banking
7 10 (4.22%) Games
8 6 (2.53%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.11%) Local Government
9 5 (2.11%) Retail
10 4 (1.69%) Electronics
10 4 (1.69%) Law
10 4 (1.69%) Marketing
11 3 (1.27%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.84%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.42%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 48 (20.25%) Support Engineer
2 42 (17.72%) IT Support
3 29 (12.24%) Desktop Engineer
4 28 (11.81%) 2nd Line Support
4 28 (11.81%) Analyst
5 27 (11.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 25 (10.55%) Field Engineer
7 23 (9.70%) Desktop Support
7 23 (9.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 22 (9.28%) IT Engineer
9 21 (8.86%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 21 (8.86%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
9 21 (8.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 21 (8.86%) Field Support Engineer
10 19 (8.02%) Hardware Engineer
11 18 (7.59%) 1st Line Support
12 15 (6.33%) IT Manager
12 15 (6.33%) IT Support Engineer
12 15 (6.33%) Senior
12 15 (6.33%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.84%) Middleware
2 1 (0.42%) .NET
2 1 (0.42%) EDI
2 1 (0.42%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 39 (16.46%) Data Centre
2 34 (14.35%) Onboarding
3 26 (10.97%) Private Cloud
4 24 (10.13%) Driving Licence
5 10 (4.22%) Replication
6 9 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.95%) CCTV
7 7 (2.95%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.69%) iPhone
9 3 (1.27%) Clustering
9 3 (1.27%) EPoS
9 3 (1.27%) iPad
9 3 (1.27%) Media Streaming
9 3 (1.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.42%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.42%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.42%) IoT
10 1 (0.42%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.42%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 160 (67.51%) Windows
2 50 (21.10%) Windows 10
3 36 (15.19%) Mac OS
3 36 (15.19%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.64%) Apple iOS
5 10 (4.22%) Android
6 9 (3.80%) Linux
7 6 (2.53%) Windows 8
8 5 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.69%) Mac OS X
9 4 (1.69%) Windows Vista
9 4 (1.69%) Windows XP
10 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.42%) AIX
11 1 (0.42%) Unix
11 1 (0.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (51.05%) Customer Service
2 81 (34.18%) Problem-Solving
3 77 (32.49%) ITIL
4 47 (19.83%) Cybersecurity
5 42 (17.72%) Computer Science
6 26 (10.97%) Presales
6 26 (10.97%) Software Licensing
7 23 (9.70%) Asset Management
8 19 (8.02%) ITSM
9 17 (7.17%) Break/Fix
9 17 (7.17%) Service Delivery
10 16 (6.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 16 (6.75%) Line Management
10 16 (6.75%) Service Management
11 15 (6.33%) IT Asset Management
12 14 (5.91%) Mentoring
13 13 (5.49%) Active Listening
13 13 (5.49%) Collaborative Working
13 13 (5.49%) Impact Assessments
14 12 (5.06%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.55%) PowerShell
2 16 (6.75%) SQL
3 6 (2.53%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.84%) Python
5 1 (0.42%) Bash
5 1 (0.42%) C
5 1 (0.42%) C#
5 1 (0.42%) Go
5 1 (0.42%) Java
5 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 163 (68.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 124 (52.32%) Degree
3 75 (31.65%) A+ Certification
4 47 (19.83%) DBS Check
5 40 (16.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (13.50%) MCSE
7 26 (10.97%) MCSA
8 20 (8.44%) CCNA
8 20 (8.44%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (7.59%) Security Cleared
10 14 (5.91%) SC Cleared
11 13 (5.49%) DV Cleared
11 13 (5.49%) Network+ Certification
12 11 (4.64%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (2.53%) MCTS
14 5 (2.11%) CCA
14 5 (2.11%) Citrix Certification
15 4 (1.69%) HND
15 4 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 4 (1.69%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (14.35%) SLA
2 6 (2.53%) GDPR
3 4 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.84%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.42%) QA
System Software
1 159 (67.09%) Active Directory
2 41 (17.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (16.46%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.95%) vSphere
4 7 (2.95%) XenApp
4 7 (2.95%) XenDesktop
5 6 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.84%) Firmware
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 40 (16.88%) SCCM
2 15 (6.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.53%) FortiGate
3 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 6 (2.53%) SCDPM
4 5 (2.11%) Backup Exec
4 5 (2.11%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 4 (1.69%) WSUS
6 3 (1.27%) Autotask
Vendors
1 220 (92.83%) Microsoft
2 42 (17.72%) VMware
3 34 (14.35%) Apple
4 27 (11.39%) Adobe
5 15 (6.33%) Citrix
5 15 (6.33%) Dell
6 14 (5.91%) Cisco
6 14 (5.91%) ServiceNow
7 11 (4.64%) Datto
8 10 (4.22%) Sophos
9 9 (3.80%) HP
9 9 (3.80%) Veeam
10 7 (2.95%) WatchGuard
11 6 (2.53%) Dell Compellent
11 6 (2.53%) Draytek
12 5 (2.11%) Fortinet
12 5 (2.11%) N-able
12 5 (2.11%) Symantec
12 5 (2.11%) Veritas
13 4 (1.69%) iManage