The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 20 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 of England region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 257 270 256
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -14
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 8 8 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.098% 0.092% 0.118%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.332% 0.298% 0.366%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 11
Average salary £22,250 £26,000 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.42% +18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,250 £20,000 £16,500
10% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £29,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £23,250
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -1.07%
All Qualifications
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
2407 2686 3006
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 29.36% 30.76% 32.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1992 2215 2642
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 20 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
Cambridgeshire +12 3 £21,250 -18.26%
Essex - 3 £22,250 -
Suffolk - 2 £26,000 -
MCDST
England

MCDST
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Cisco
3 7 (77.78%) Telecoms
4 6 (66.67%) Back Office
4 6 (66.67%) Manufacturing
4 6 (66.67%) Linux
4 6 (66.67%) MCSE
4 6 (66.67%) C
4 6 (66.67%) HNC
4 6 (66.67%) HND
4 6 (66.67%) VoIP
4 6 (66.67%) TCP/IP
5 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
6 2 (22.22%) DNS
6 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (22.22%) MCSA
6 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
6 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
7 1 (11.11%) Finance
7 1 (11.11%) MCITP
7 1 (11.11%) Marketing
7 1 (11.11%) MCP
7 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 6 (66.67%) VoIP
1 6 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (22.22%) DNS
General
1 7 (77.78%) Telecoms
2 6 (66.67%) Back Office
2 6 (66.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Field Service Engineer
1 6 (66.67%) Support Engineer
1 6 (66.67%) Field Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Desktop Technician
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Technician
3 1 (11.11%) Support Technician
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Linux
3 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (66.67%) HNC
2 6 (66.67%) HND
2 6 (66.67%) MCSE
3 2 (22.22%) MCSA
4 1 (11.11%) MCITP
4 1 (11.11%) MCP
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) Cisco
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Network support - Hands-on - Customer facing skills Windows XP / Vista - TCP/IP - Laptop and Desktop - Business Systems - Excellent Communication Working as a key member of the client support...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £23000 - £30000 per annum + great opportunity
Posted: 16 May 2013
Norwich, Norfolk
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: 15 May 2013