MCP Contracts in England

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 498 527 603
Rank change year-on-year +29 +76 -7
Contract jobs citing MCP 52 109 184
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.23% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.45% 0.85% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 49 84
10th Percentile £175 £150 £136
25th Percentile £183 £200 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £245 £400
Median % change year-on-year +37.76% -38.75% -3.03%
75th Percentile £486 £438 £538
90th Percentile £559 £525 £575
UK median daily rate £340 £241 £350
% change year-on-year +41.37% -31.29% +59.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 53 81
10th Percentile - £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £14.16 £13.66 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% - -14.63%
75th Percentile £18.75 £19.50 £20.25
90th Percentile £21.46 £20.56 £20.56
UK median hourly rate £14.16 £13.66 £13.66
% change year-on-year +3.66% - -17.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,463 12,852 15,408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.56% 27.32% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,093 8,593 10,289
10th Percentile £313 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £638
90th Percentile £738 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,006 655 691
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.35 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%
75th Percentile £64.25 £70.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for MCP in England

MCP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCP in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MCP in England

MCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for MCP in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the England 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
East of England -22 26 £505 +258.16% 4
London +76 10 £200 -13.04% 8
South West +8 8 £400 +220.00% 15
North of England +16 5 £466 +43.46% 7
Midlands +15 3 £130 -36.97% 4
North West +14 3 £466 +90.31% 5
West Midlands +15 2 - - 3
Yorkshire - 2 - - 2
East Midlands - 1 £130 - 1
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 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2000
2 4 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (3.85%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.92%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.92%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 12 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.92%) Mimecast
3 1 (1.92%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.62%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (7.69%) VPN
3 3 (5.77%) SMTP
4 1 (1.92%) Firewall
4 1 (1.92%) Internet
4 1 (1.92%) LAN
4 1 (1.92%) Skype
4 1 (1.92%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.92%) WAN
General
1 28 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.54%) Finance
2 6 (11.54%) Retail
3 3 (5.77%) Banking
3 3 (5.77%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.92%) Local Government
5 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (50.00%) Analyst
2 24 (46.15%) Service Analyst
2 24 (46.15%) Service Desk Analyst
3 9 (17.31%) Call Centre Analyst
3 9 (17.31%) Customer Analyst
3 9 (17.31%) Customer Service Analyst
4 6 (11.54%) IT Support
4 6 (11.54%) Technical Analyst
5 5 (9.62%) Software Asset Manager
5 5 (9.62%) Software Manager
5 5 (9.62%) Technical Services Analyst
6 4 (7.69%) Messaging Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (5.77%) Support Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Support Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 2 (3.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) Help Desk Support Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.77%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.85%) Blackberry
2 2 (3.85%) Driving Licence
2 2 (3.85%) iPad
2 2 (3.85%) iPhone
3 1 (1.92%) NHS
3 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.92%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (7.69%) Windows 2000
2 4 (7.69%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (5.77%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.85%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.92%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (69.23%) ITIL
2 33 (63.46%) Customer Service
3 19 (36.54%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (34.62%) Incident Management
5 17 (32.69%) Service Delivery
6 12 (23.08%) Mathematics
7 11 (21.15%) Problem Management
8 8 (15.38%) ITSM
9 6 (11.54%) Asset Management
9 6 (11.54%) Software Asset Management
10 4 (7.69%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
10 4 (7.69%) Service Management
11 3 (5.77%) Hardware Maintenance
11 3 (5.77%) Mobile Device Management
11 3 (5.77%) Supplier Management
12 2 (3.85%) Business Continuity
12 2 (3.85%) DevOps
12 2 (3.85%) Ticket Management
13 1 (1.92%) Information Security
13 1 (1.92%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (46.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (32.69%) Security Cleared
3 13 (25.00%) A+ Certification
4 12 (23.08%) SC Cleared
5 11 (21.15%) Degree
6 8 (15.38%) CCNA
6 8 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (11.54%) MCSA
8 4 (7.69%) MCSE
9 2 (3.85%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.92%) CEH
10 1 (1.92%) CREST Certified
10 1 (1.92%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.92%) GIAC
10 1 (1.92%) GPEN
10 1 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (1.92%) MCDST
10 1 (1.92%) MOS
10 1 (1.92%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (17.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.92%) Firmware
2 1 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (17.31%) SCCM
2 3 (5.77%) MAILsweeper
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.92%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (1.92%) Nessus
3 1 (1.92%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 11 (21.15%) Citrix
3 5 (9.62%) ServiceNow
4 4 (7.69%) Cisco
4 4 (7.69%) Sophos
5 3 (5.77%) IronPort
5 3 (5.77%) Trend Micro
6 2 (3.85%) Bloomberg
6 2 (3.85%) NetApp
6 2 (3.85%) Reuters
6 2 (3.85%) Sun
6 2 (3.85%) VMware
7 1 (1.92%) Adobe
7 1 (1.92%) Apple
7 1 (1.92%) Netskope