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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 90 84 99
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +15
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 1 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 0.106% 0.096% 0.083%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.369% 0.246% 0.244%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
Average salary £16,500 £16,500 £20,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -19.51%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Qualifications
Nottingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
271 406 410
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 28.62% 39.11% 34.17%
Number of salaries quoted 247 327 293
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCDST
Nottinghamshire

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham MCDST Salary Trend

MCDST
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottingham 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%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) MCTS
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottingham 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%) IT Support
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCTS
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware