The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 23 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 119 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.166% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.441% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £21,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Qualifications
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
680 917 937
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 37.67% 45.40% 42.98%
Number of salaries quoted 577 756 860
Average salary £40,000 £39,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.26% +5.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £26,800
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £56,600 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCDST
Cambridgeshire

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge MCDST Salary Trend

MCDST
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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%) C
1 3 (100.00%) HNC
1 3 (100.00%) HND
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) VoIP
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Back Office
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) VoIP
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Back Office
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Field Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) HNC
1 3 (100.00%) HND
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013