The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT jobs advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 21 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 93 94 98
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +4
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 2 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 0.185% 0.083% 0.075%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.658% 0.227% 0.224%
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 £23,250 £23,250
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -
All Qualifications
Nottinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
304 441 446
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 28.04% 36.54% 33.66%
Number of salaries quoted 274 361 316
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
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 Nottinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Nottingham +2 1 £16,500 -
Sutton-in-Ashfield - 1 - -
MCDST
East Midlands

MCDST
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) MCSA
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) MCP
2 1 (50.00%) HNC
2 1 (50.00%) HND
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Linux

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
2 1 (50.00%) MCSA
2 1 (50.00%) MCP
2 1 (50.00%) HNC
2 1 (50.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) VMware