MCDST Jobs in Birmingham
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Related Skills

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

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 111 94 -
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 7 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.412% 0.405% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.326% 1.527% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 0
Average salary £22,500 £22,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Qualifications
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 528 393 470
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 31.06% 26.52% 34.97%
Number of salaries quoted 419 340 389
Average salary £43,250 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.76% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £31,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £59,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCDST
West Midlands

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham MCDST Salary Trend

MCDST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) Windows
3 6 (66.67%) MCSE
3 6 (66.67%) TCP/IP
4 5 (55.56%) VoIP
4 5 (55.56%) Linux
4 5 (55.56%) C
4 5 (55.56%) HNC
4 5 (55.56%) HND
4 5 (55.56%) Back Office
4 5 (55.56%) Telecoms
5 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
6 3 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (33.33%) ITIL
6 3 (33.33%) MCP
6 3 (33.33%) IP Telephony
7 2 (22.22%) LANDesk
7 2 (22.22%) Android
7 2 (22.22%) XenApp
7 2 (22.22%) XenServer
7 2 (22.22%) XenDesktop
7 2 (22.22%) IIS
7 2 (22.22%) MS Office
7 2 (22.22%) Web Services
7 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
7 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (22.22%) Citrix
7 2 (22.22%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (22.22%) Firmware

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 Development
1 2 (22.22%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (22.22%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
2 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 5 (55.56%) VoIP
3 3 (33.33%) IP Telephony
4 1 (11.11%) LAN
4 1 (11.11%) WAN
4 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 5 (55.56%) Back Office
1 5 (55.56%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Dutch Language
2 1 (11.11%) French Language
2 1 (11.11%) German Language
2 1 (11.11%) Polish Language
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 5 (55.56%) Field Engineer
2 5 (55.56%) Field Service Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Support
4 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Firmware
1 2 (22.22%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Linux
3 2 (22.22%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
2 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (66.67%) MCSE
3 5 (55.56%) HNC
3 5 (55.56%) HND
4 3 (33.33%) MCP
5 2 (22.22%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (11.11%) CCNA
6 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (11.11%) MCTS
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) XenApp
2 2 (22.22%) XenServer
2 2 (22.22%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) LANDesk
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
Desktop Engineer
Birmingham, West Midlands
Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or other related environments... Full Driving License Desirable skills and experience MCP/MCDST/ITIL/Citrix certifications would be desirable.
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
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