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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank - 80 88
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 0 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes - 0.384% 0.107%
As % of the Qualifications category - 1.201% 0.397%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 1
Average salary - £20,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £23,250
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -1.07%
All Qualifications
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
326 333 252
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 25.41% 31.99% 26.92%
Number of salaries quoted 276 286 217
Average salary £40,000 £37,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.10% +5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £25,520
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCDST
Buckinghamshire

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes MCDST Salary Trend

MCDST
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft