The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 214 212 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 5 10 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.096% 0.162% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.269% 0.507% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 0
Average salary £21,500 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-38.57% -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1860 1972 1419
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 35.70% 32.01% 27.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1408 1703 1174
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCDST
South East

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire MCDST Salary Trend

MCDST
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCDST within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Slough - 5 £21,500 -
MCDST
South East

MCDST
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 7 (100.00%) MCP
1 7 (100.00%) MCSA
1 7 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (85.71%) MS Office
2 6 (85.71%) Replication
2 6 (85.71%) MCSE
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Windows
3 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
3 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
3 1 (14.29%) Lync
3 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Vista
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 2000 Server

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) Lync
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 6 (85.71%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) VoIP
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Desktop Support
1 6 (85.71%) Field Service Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Support Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Field Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Vista
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) MCP
1 7 (100.00%) MCSA
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (85.71%) MCSE
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft