The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 24 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 Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 177 172 145
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -27
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 4 5 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.116% 0.130% 0.661%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.335% 0.355% 2.472%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 23
Average salary £27,500 £24,000 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.58% -9.43%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Qualifications
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1195 1408 971
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 34.62% 36.70% 26.76%
Number of salaries quoted 951 1251 841
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £27,700 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCDST
South East

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Basingstoke - 4 £27,500 -
MCDST
South East

MCDST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (66.67%) Citrix
3 4 (66.67%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (66.67%) MCP
3 4 (66.67%) IIS
4 3 (50.00%) Web Services
4 3 (50.00%) ITIL
4 3 (50.00%) MCSE
4 3 (50.00%) Cisco
4 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (50.00%) Firmware
4 3 (50.00%) Blackberry
4 3 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
4 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (50.00%) IP Telephony
4 3 (50.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (50.00%) LANDesk
4 3 (50.00%) XenApp
4 3 (50.00%) XenServer
4 3 (50.00%) XenDesktop
4 3 (50.00%) Android
5 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (33.33%) MCITP
5 2 (33.33%) Symantec
5 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
5 2 (33.33%) VMware

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 (50.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) IIS
2 3 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
3 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2000
3 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) IP Telephony
2 2 (33.33%) VoIP
2 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) DNS
3 1 (16.67%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) Internet
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Field Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Field Service Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Firmware
1 3 (50.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Android
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
4 1 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Vista
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (50.00%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (66.67%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (66.67%) MCP
3 3 (50.00%) MCSE
4 2 (33.33%) MCITP
5 1 (16.67%) HNC
5 1 (16.67%) HND
5 1 (16.67%) CCNA
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (16.67%) CCA
5 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (16.67%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) XenApp
2 3 (50.00%) XenServer
2 3 (50.00%) XenDesktop
3 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (16.67%) Backup Exec
1 1 (16.67%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Citrix
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) LANDesk
3 2 (33.33%) Symantec
3 2 (33.33%) VMware
4 1 (16.67%) HP
Basingstoke, South East
Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or other related environments... Proven working knowledge of Incident Management tools Desirable skills and experience MCP/MCDST/ITIL/Citrix...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or other related environments... Proven working knowledge of Incident Management tools Full Driving License Desired Experience/Skills: MCP/MCDST/...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Thorough knowledge of Word, Excel, Power Point, Active Directory, LANDesk, Exchange, IIS Web services and related web environment. Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013