The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank - 41 37
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 0 9 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen - 2.190% 0.735%
As % of the Qualifications category - 6.767% 2.174%
Number of salaries quoted 0 9 2
Average salary - £20,000 £19,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.56%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Qualifications
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
110 133 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 32.16% 32.36% 33.82%
Number of salaries quoted 82 109 75
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £20,000 £20,750
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £58,750 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCDST
Scotland

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing MCDST across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Aberdeen MCDST Jobs Demand Trend

MCDST
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MCDST across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen MCDST Salary Trend

MCDST
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing MCDST also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited MCDST.

1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) MCP
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 3 (100.00%) MCTS
1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (66.67%) Legal

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing MCDST also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited MCDST. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 3 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCP
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 3 (100.00%) MCTS
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft