The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 17 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 160 158 171
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +13
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 4 8 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.131% 0.235% 0.028%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.519% 0.703% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 1
Average salary £34,500 £20,000 £20,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+72.50% -2.43%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,250 £23,000
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +1.08%
All Qualifications
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
771 1138 1081
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 25.20% 33.38% 29.85%
Number of salaries quoted 653 971 888
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCDST
England

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Derbyshire +8 3 £34,500 +109.09%
Nottinghamshire 0 1 - -
MCDST
England

MCDST
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (62.50%) MCSE
2 5 (62.50%) C
2 5 (62.50%) HNC
2 5 (62.50%) HND
2 5 (62.50%) VoIP
2 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
2 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
3 4 (50.00%) Back Office
4 3 (37.50%) ITIL
4 3 (37.50%) VLAN
4 3 (37.50%) NAS
4 3 (37.50%) ITIL V3
4 3 (37.50%) ITIL V2
4 3 (37.50%) SAN
4 3 (37.50%) Middleware
4 3 (37.50%) VPN
4 3 (37.50%) WAN
4 3 (37.50%) LAN
4 3 (37.50%) Solaris
5 2 (25.00%) Oracle
6 1 (12.50%) SLA

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 3 (37.50%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
1 5 (62.50%) VoIP
2 3 (37.50%) WAN
2 3 (37.50%) LAN
2 3 (37.50%) VPN
2 3 (37.50%) SAN
2 3 (37.50%) VLAN
2 3 (37.50%) NAS
General
1 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
1 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
2 4 (50.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Field Service Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) Field Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Support Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) IT Support Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (37.50%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL V3
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL V2
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) HNC
1 5 (62.50%) HND
1 5 (62.50%) MCSE
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle