MCP Contracts in London

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 390 466 567
Rank change year-on-year +76 +101 -80
Contract jobs citing MCP 10 16 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.057% 0.064% 0.096%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.29% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 33
10th Percentile £173 £153 £330
25th Percentile £175 £194 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £230 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -56.19% +16.67%
75th Percentile £338 £453 £538
90th Percentile £423 £500 £575
England median daily rate £338 £245 £400
% change year-on-year +37.76% -38.75% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.50 £19.73
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £21.23
Median % change year-on-year - +17.79% -
75th Percentile - £27.50 £22.72
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
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,184 5,456 6,739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.67% 21.69% 17.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,872 3,745 4,671
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £767 £800 £750
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 89 148
10th Percentile £14.49 £19.23 £24.18
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £51.50 £44.13
Median % change year-on-year -51.46% +16.71% +17.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £70.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.60 £87.50 £65.32
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for MCP in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for MCP in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for MCP in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for MCP in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCP within the London 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
Central London +38 1 - - 1
MCP
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) IT Support
2 2 (20.00%) 1st/2nd Line Help Desk Support
2 2 (20.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 2 (20.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Help Desk Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Help Desk Support
2 2 (20.00%) Help Desk Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
3 1 (10.00%) Penetration Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (20.00%) iPad
1 2 (20.00%) iPhone
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Ticket Management
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) ITSM
4 1 (10.00%) Offensive Security
4 1 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (60.00%) A+ Certification
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
3 2 (20.00%) MCSA
3 2 (20.00%) MCSE
4 1 (10.00%) CCNA
4 1 (10.00%) CEH
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (10.00%) CREST Certified
4 1 (10.00%) GIAC
4 1 (10.00%) GPEN
4 1 (10.00%) OSCP
4 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Bloomberg
2 2 (20.00%) Reuters
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco