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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 191 167 164
Rank change year-on-year
-24 -3
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 1 6 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.024% 0.166% 0.152%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.095% 0.692% 0.589%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 6
Average salary £13,500 £23,500 £16,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.55% +46.87%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Qualifications
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1058 867 1018
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 25.84% 23.92% 25.75%
Number of salaries quoted 901 721 904
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCDST
North West

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Stockport - 1 £13,500 -
MCDST
North West

MCDST
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Vista

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) Help Desk Support
1 1 (100.00%) Help Desk Trainee
1 1 (100.00%) Trainee
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Vista
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Oldham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, North...
Maximising the uptime of Bedside Units and therefore the availability of the system to customers.RESPONSIBILITIES: a) Maximising the uptime (technical availability to customers) of the Bedside Unit...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oldham, Lancashire
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 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 22 May 2013