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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 147 148 152
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +4
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 5 12 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.153% 0.351% 0.084%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.554% 1.064% 0.281%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 2
Average salary £22,500 £24,250 £19,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.21% +24.35%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Qualifications
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
902 1128 1066
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 27.58% 33.04% 29.91%
Number of salaries quoted 535 796 776
Average salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,700 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCDST
UK

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
South Ayrshire - 3 £22,500 -
Aberdeen -6 1 £17,000 -32.00% 1
Glasgow -8 1 - -
MCDST
UK

MCDST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (80.00%) TCP/IP
2 8 (80.00%) MCSE
2 8 (80.00%) Linux
3 7 (70.00%) HNC
3 7 (70.00%) HND
3 7 (70.00%) C
3 7 (70.00%) VoIP
3 7 (70.00%) Cisco
3 7 (70.00%) Manufacturing
3 7 (70.00%) Back Office
3 7 (70.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (30.00%) MS Office
4 3 (30.00%) ITIL
5 2 (20.00%) MCP
6 1 (10.00%) Web Services
6 1 (10.00%) IBM Notes
6 1 (10.00%) DNS
6 1 (10.00%) DHCP
6 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
6 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
6 1 (10.00%) MCTS
6 1 (10.00%) PDA
6 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
6 1 (10.00%) French Language
6 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
6 1 (10.00%) Windows 7

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 Development
1 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Office
2 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) TCP/IP
2 7 (70.00%) VoIP
3 1 (10.00%) DNS
3 1 (10.00%) DHCP
General
1 7 (70.00%) Manufacturing
1 7 (70.00%) Back Office
1 7 (70.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) French Language
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Support Engineer
2 7 (70.00%) Field Service Engineer
2 7 (70.00%) Field Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support
3 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (80.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (80.00%) MCSE
3 7 (70.00%) HNC
3 7 (70.00%) HND
4 2 (20.00%) MCP
5 1 (10.00%) MCTS
5 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Lotus
Aberdeen, Scotland
IT Support / Service Desk Analyst- Aberdeen- £18,000 + Fantastic Benefits + Training Service Desk Support Engineer / Helpdesk Analyst / Helpdesk Engineer / 1st Line Support / Service Desk Analyst for a permanent...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £16000 - £18000 per annum + + Fantastic Benefits + Training
Posted: 4 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: 20k to 20k per year GBP
Posted: 12 June 2013
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