The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT jobs advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 21 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 Croydon region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,250 £23,250
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -
All Qualifications
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
60 94 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 20.76% 27.81% 24.55%
Number of salaries quoted 47 89 66
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £30,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £69,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCDST
London

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon MCDST Salary Trend

MCDST
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 3 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Symantec
1 3 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (100.00%) Sophos
1 3 (100.00%) MCITP
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 3 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Service Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Service Desk Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 3 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Symantec
1 3 (100.00%) Sophos