The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT jobs advertised for the Harrow 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 Harrow region.

Location
3 months to
17 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 Harrow - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,250 £23,000
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +1.08%
All Qualifications
Harrow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
23 42 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harrow 27.06% 36.21% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 17 37 34
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% -10.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £56,250 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCDST
London

MCDST
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrow 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 2 (100.00%) MCP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 2 (100.00%) Fat Client
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harrow 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 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Support Technician
1 2 (100.00%) Network Technician
1 2 (100.00%) Network Support
1 2 (100.00%) Network Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 2 (100.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) VMware