MCP Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for MCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 201 233
Rank change year-on-year +29 +32 -43
Contract jobs citing MCP 8 6 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.17% 0.11% 0.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.68% 0.45% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 14
10th Percentile £290 £259 £125
25th Percentile £356 £279 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £325 £169
Median % change year-on-year +43.46% +92.59% -19.64%
75th Percentile £576 £338 £290
90th Percentile £641 - £475
England median daily rate £400 £263 £400
% change year-on-year +52.38% -34.38% +3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £15.28 - -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.34 £17.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.66% - +9.38%
75th Percentile £17.86 £18.75 £18.75
90th Percentile £18.39 - -
England median hourly rate £14.16 £13.66 £13.66
% change year-on-year +3.66% - -14.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,184 1,342 1,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.54% 24.49% 21.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 654 917 1,075
10th Percentile £300 £325 £213
25th Percentile £413 £431 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £689 £700 £671
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 70 66
10th Percentile £10.95 £18.45 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.50 £25.75 £16.44
Median hourly rate £16.17 £40.54 £29.04
Median % change year-on-year -60.11% +39.62% +41.98%
75th Percentile £46.03 £49.52 £61.73
90th Percentile £63.75 £63.95 £78.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -22.73% +32.53% +20.39%

MCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing MCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for MCP in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for MCP in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MCP in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MCP in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for MCP in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 27 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
North West +11 4 £466 +90.31% 4
Yorkshire - 4 - - 1
MCP
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (12.50%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Internet
1 3 (37.50%) Unified Communications
1 3 (37.50%) VPN
1 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Local Government
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Network Communications Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Service Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Unified Communications Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
4 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (25.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (37.50%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (37.50%) Network Design
3 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
3 3 (37.50%) Statistics
4 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (12.50%) DevOps
5 1 (12.50%) Health Informatics
5 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
5 1 (12.50%) Informatics
5 1 (12.50%) ITSM
5 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
5 1 (12.50%) Project Management
5 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Service Management
5 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
5 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) CCNA
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (12.50%) ECDL
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (12.50%) MCSE
3 1 (12.50%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Firmware
2 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Apple
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) Sophos