The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 19 June 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 61 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.773% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.205% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £21,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Qualifications
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
156 216 202
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 24.11% 25.15% 28.06%
Number of salaries quoted 130 197 169
Average salary £39,000 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £42,500 £50,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCDST
England

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Tyne and Wear - 4 £21,500 -
Durham - 1 - -
MCDST
England

MCDST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 12 (92.31%) Windows
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 11 (84.62%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (84.62%) MCSE
3 9 (69.23%) C
4 7 (53.85%) TCP/IP
4 7 (53.85%) Cisco
5 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
5 6 (46.15%) Linux
5 6 (46.15%) HNC
5 6 (46.15%) HND
5 6 (46.15%) VoIP
5 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
5 6 (46.15%) Manufacturing
6 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (38.46%) MS Excel
6 5 (38.46%) MS Office
7 4 (30.77%) ITIL
7 4 (30.77%) MCP
7 4 (30.77%) Windows XP
7 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (30.77%) Degree
7 4 (30.77%) Windows 8
7 4 (30.77%) Back Office
8 3 (23.08%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (23.08%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
8 3 (23.08%) SLA
8 3 (23.08%) CRM
8 3 (23.08%) E-Commerce

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 (15.38%) MS Exchange
2 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) MS Excel
1 5 (38.46%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (23.08%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) TCP/IP
2 6 (46.15%) VoIP
3 1 (7.692%) LAN
3 1 (7.692%) WAN
3 1 (7.692%) DHCP
3 1 (7.692%) DNS
3 1 (7.692%) Internet
General
1 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
1 6 (46.15%) Manufacturing
2 4 (30.77%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Field Service Engineer
1 6 (46.15%) Field Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Support Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (23.08%) IT Support
4 3 (23.08%) Desktop Support
5 1 (7.692%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (7.692%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Desktop Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Support Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 12 (92.31%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Linux
3 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (30.77%) Windows XP
4 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (30.77%) Windows 8
5 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
6 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) ITIL
2 3 (23.08%) CRM
2 3 (23.08%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft Certification
1 11 (84.62%) MCSE
2 6 (46.15%) HNC
2 6 (46.15%) HND
3 4 (30.77%) MCP
3 4 (30.77%) Degree
4 2 (15.38%) MCSA
4 2 (15.38%) MCITP
5 1 (7.692%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (7.692%) MCTS
5 1 (7.692%) CCENT
5 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (7.692%) CCNA
5 1 (7.692%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) SCCM
1 1 (7.692%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 7 (53.85%) Cisco
3 1 (7.692%) Remedy
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