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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank - 63 -
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 0 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire - 0.664% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 1.799% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 0
Average salary - £20,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Qualifications
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
138 278 269
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 20.88% 36.92% 33.63%
Number of salaries quoted 126 255 253
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £40,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCDST
East Midlands

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire MCDST Salary Trend

MCDST
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) HNC
1 4 (100.00%) HND
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) VoIP
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Back Office
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 4 (100.00%) VoIP
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (100.00%) Back Office
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Field Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) HNC
1 4 (100.00%) HND
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft