The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,250 £23,000
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +1.08%
All Qualifications
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
565 420 393
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 30.82% 28.53% 24.26%
Number of salaries quoted 482 366 332
Average salary £42,500 £36,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.05% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCDST
South East

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire MCDST Salary Trend

MCDST
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (50.00%) VoIP
2 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco
2 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 4 (50.00%) MCSE
2 4 (50.00%) C
2 4 (50.00%) MS Office
2 4 (50.00%) MCP
2 4 (50.00%) HNC
2 4 (50.00%) HND
2 4 (50.00%) Back Office
2 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Vista
3 3 (37.50%) Windows NT
3 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Applications
1 4 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) VoIP
1 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
General
1 4 (50.00%) Back Office
1 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 4 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) 1st Line Support
1 4 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Field Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Specialist
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Support Specialist
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Support
2 3 (37.50%) Support Specialist
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Linux
3 3 (37.50%) Windows NT
3 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (50.00%) MCP
2 4 (50.00%) HNC
2 4 (50.00%) HND
2 4 (50.00%) MCSE
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco