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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 563 573 535
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -38
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 34 68 83
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.078% 0.126% 0.146%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.309% 0.530% 0.623%
Number of salaries quoted 32 61 57
Average salary £27,500 £30,000 £24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,600 £20,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,500 £35,400
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £23,250
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -1.07%
All Qualifications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
10995 12837 13333
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 25.28% 23.85% 23.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8946 11045 11000
Average salary £50,000 £49,000 £49,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.04% -1.01%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

London 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 London region.

London MCDST Salary Trend

MCDST
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCDST across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London MCDST Salary Histogram

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 London 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
City of London +6 9 £29,000 -3.33%
Uxbridge - 1 £35,000 -
MCDST
England

MCDST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 71 (94.67%) Windows
2 65 (86.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 59 (78.67%) Microsoft
4 45 (60.00%) MS Office
5 44 (58.67%) Active Directory
6 40 (53.33%) ITIL
6 40 (53.33%) Windows XP
7 38 (50.67%) Windows 7
8 36 (48.00%) MCSE
9 35 (46.67%) MS Excel
10 31 (41.33%) TCP/IP
11 29 (38.67%) Finance
11 29 (38.67%) MCP
12 28 (37.33%) Blackberry
13 26 (34.67%) Windows Server 2008
14 22 (29.33%) Windows Server 2003
14 22 (29.33%) Citrix
15 21 (28.00%) MCSA
15 21 (28.00%) LAN
15 21 (28.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
16 19 (25.33%) MCITP
17 17 (22.67%) MS Exchange
17 17 (22.67%) WAN
18 14 (18.67%) Network Security
19 13 (17.33%) IP Telephony
20 12 (16.00%) VPN
21 11 (14.67%) Cisco
21 11 (14.67%) Apple
21 11 (14.67%) Norton AntiVirus
21 11 (14.67%) Symantec

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 4 (5.333%) Application Packaging
2 2 (2.667%) Software Packaging
2 2 (2.667%) .NET
2 2 (2.667%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.333%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 21 (28.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 17 (22.67%) MS Exchange
3 10 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2003
5 7 (9.333%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (2.667%) Office Communications Server
6 2 (2.667%) Lync
7 1 (1.333%) IIS
7 1 (1.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 45 (60.00%) MS Office
2 35 (46.67%) MS Excel
3 8 (10.67%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (2.667%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.667%) Acrobat
Communications & Networking
1 31 (41.33%) TCP/IP
2 21 (28.00%) LAN
3 17 (22.67%) WAN
4 14 (18.67%) Network Security
5 13 (17.33%) IP Telephony
6 12 (16.00%) VPN
7 9 (12.00%) DNS
8 7 (9.333%) DHCP
8 7 (9.333%) VoIP
9 5 (6.667%) SAN
9 5 (6.667%) Internet
9 5 (6.667%) Firewall
10 4 (5.333%) Wireless
10 4 (5.333%) ADSL
11 2 (2.667%) PBX
11 2 (2.667%) VLAN
11 2 (2.667%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (1.333%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.333%) MSI
2 2 (2.667%) InstallShield
2 2 (2.667%) AdminStudio
General
1 29 (38.67%) Finance
2 7 (9.333%) Telecoms
3 6 (8.000%) Banking
4 5 (6.667%) Retail
4 5 (6.667%) Marketing
5 3 (4.000%) Back Office
5 3 (4.000%) Law
5 3 (4.000%) Legal
6 2 (2.667%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.333%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.333%) Advertising
7 1 (1.333%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.333%) French Language
7 1 (1.333%) German Language
7 1 (1.333%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 38 (50.67%) Analyst
2 31 (41.33%) Support Analyst
3 25 (33.33%) Desktop Support
4 19 (25.33%) Support Engineer
5 16 (21.33%) Service Analyst
6 15 (20.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 15 (20.00%) Desktop Analyst
7 11 (14.67%) Help Desk Support
7 11 (14.67%) Service Desk Analyst
8 10 (13.33%) Help Desk Support Analyst
8 10 (13.33%) Help Desk Analyst
9 9 (12.00%) 1st Line Support
9 9 (12.00%) Technical Support
10 8 (10.67%) IT Support
10 8 (10.67%) 1st Line Support Analyst
11 7 (9.333%) 2nd Line Support
12 6 (8.000%) Desktop Engineer
12 6 (8.000%) 3rd Line Support
13 5 (6.667%) Technical Analyst
13 5 (6.667%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (37.33%) Blackberry
2 6 (8.000%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (6.667%) Mathematics
4 3 (4.000%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (4.000%) PDA
5 2 (2.667%) Thin Client
5 2 (2.667%) Handset
5 2 (2.667%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.333%) iPhone
6 1 (1.333%) iPad
6 1 (1.333%) HP StorageWorks
6 1 (1.333%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.333%) Replication
6 1 (1.333%) CLARiiON
6 1 (1.333%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.333%) Device Driver
6 1 (1.333%) EPoS
6 1 (1.333%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 71 (94.67%) Windows
2 40 (53.33%) Windows XP
3 38 (50.67%) Windows 7
4 26 (34.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 22 (29.33%) Windows Server 2003
6 11 (14.67%) Windows Vista
7 8 (10.67%) Mac OS X
8 7 (9.333%) Linux
9 6 (8.000%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (6.667%) Windows Mobile
10 5 (6.667%) Windows 8
11 4 (5.333%) Windows 2000
12 3 (4.000%) Android
13 1 (1.333%) UNIX
13 1 (1.333%) Windows 2000 Server
13 1 (1.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (1.333%) Windows NT
13 1 (1.333%) Solaris
13 1 (1.333%) SUSE
13 1 (1.333%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (53.33%) ITIL
2 7 (9.333%) Change Management
3 5 (6.667%) E-Commerce
3 5 (6.667%) Logistics
3 5 (6.667%) Time Management
4 4 (5.333%) Configuration Management
4 4 (5.333%) Service Delivery
5 2 (2.667%) DNA
5 2 (2.667%) Validation
5 2 (2.667%) Software Distribution
5 2 (2.667%) Information Security
5 2 (2.667%) Asset Management
5 2 (2.667%) Incident Management
5 2 (2.667%) Web Development
6 1 (1.333%) Problem Management
6 1 (1.333%) Investment Management
6 1 (1.333%) Document Management
6 1 (1.333%) Migration
6 1 (1.333%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (1.333%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.667%) SQL
2 4 (5.333%) VBScript
2 4 (5.333%) VB
3 3 (4.000%) C
4 2 (2.667%) C#
4 2 (2.667%) Perl
4 2 (2.667%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.667%) VBA
4 2 (2.667%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 65 (86.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 36 (48.00%) MCSE
3 29 (38.67%) MCP
4 21 (28.00%) MCSA
5 19 (25.33%) MCITP
6 11 (14.67%) Degree
7 10 (13.33%) A+ Certification
8 9 (12.00%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (9.333%) CCNA
9 7 (9.333%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (4.000%) MCTS
10 3 (4.000%) HP AIS
10 3 (4.000%) Citrix Certification
10 3 (4.000%) MCT
10 3 (4.000%) HNC
10 3 (4.000%) HND
10 3 (4.000%) IBM Certification
10 3 (4.000%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (2.667%) CCEA
11 2 (2.667%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.00%) SLA
System Software
1 44 (58.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.000%) XenApp
4 5 (6.667%) XenServer
4 5 (6.667%) XenDesktop
5 4 (5.333%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (2.667%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (2.667%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 2 (2.667%) vSphere
6 2 (2.667%) Hyper-V
7 1 (1.333%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 11 (14.67%) Norton AntiVirus
2 8 (10.67%) WSUS
3 6 (8.000%) SCCM
4 5 (6.667%) ZENworks
5 3 (4.000%) SCOM
6 2 (2.667%) ServiceCenter
6 2 (2.667%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (2.667%) DameWare
6 2 (2.667%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
7 1 (1.333%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 59 (78.67%) Microsoft
2 22 (29.33%) Citrix
3 11 (14.67%) Apple
3 11 (14.67%) Cisco
3 11 (14.67%) Symantec
4 9 (12.00%) VMware
5 7 (9.333%) HP
5 7 (9.333%) Dell
6 5 (6.667%) McAfee
7 4 (5.333%) Sophos
7 4 (5.333%) IBM
7 4 (5.333%) Reuters
7 4 (5.333%) Bloomberg
8 3 (4.000%) Adobe
8 3 (4.000%) Remedy
8 3 (4.000%) DataCore
9 2 (2.667%) AppSense
9 2 (2.667%) NetApp
9 2 (2.667%) Nokia
10 1 (1.333%) Red Hat
City, London
Windows Server 2008. Windows XP / 7 Administration. Active Directory Administration... Blackberry Support. General Networking Support - TCP/IP... Preferred Qualifications: - CompTIA A - CompTIA Network + - MCDST - MCP - MCITP (MCSA/MCSE)
Kelway Ltd
Salary: From £24,000 to £27,000 per annum £24,000 - £27,000 + Benefits + Progr
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
Qualifications:Relevant technical qualifications, particularly MCSA or CCNA or equivalent experience. MCDST strongly preferred. Knowledge/Skills/Experience: Knowledge of all Microsoft Operating Systems, particularly Windows XP, Windows 7,...
Search Consultancy
Posted: 17 May 2013