The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 90 82 82
Rank change year-on-year
-8 0
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 1 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.081% 0.114% 0.097%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.370% 0.365% 0.373%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £25,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Qualifications
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
270 274 268
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 21.86% 31.24% 26.10%
Number of salaries quoted 161 178 207
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,750 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCDST
Scotland

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow MCDST Salary Trend

MCDST
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Notes
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Lotus
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) PDA
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) French Language

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 1 (100.00%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) French Language
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Lotus
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