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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 61 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 0.794% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.551% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £21,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Qualifications
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
196 133 167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 31.11% 29.04% 34.01%
Number of salaries quoted 180 126 152
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,500 £25,000 £28,300
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCDST
South West

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Frome - 3 £21,000 -
Bath - 2 £18,000 -
MCDST
South West

MCDST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 9 (90.00%) MCSE
3 8 (80.00%) TCP/IP
4 7 (70.00%) C
5 5 (50.00%) ITIL
5 5 (50.00%) MCP
5 5 (50.00%) Windows XP
5 5 (50.00%) Cisco
6 4 (40.00%) DHCP
6 4 (40.00%) VoIP
6 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (40.00%) Back Office
6 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
6 4 (40.00%) Manufacturing
6 4 (40.00%) VPN
6 4 (40.00%) DNS
6 4 (40.00%) HNC
6 4 (40.00%) HND
6 4 (40.00%) Linux
6 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (30.00%) Office 365
7 3 (30.00%) Windows 8
7 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (30.00%) Firewall
7 3 (30.00%) MS Office
7 3 (30.00%) SMTP
8 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
8 2 (20.00%) SLA

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 3 (30.00%) Office 365
1 3 (30.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (40.00%) DHCP
2 4 (40.00%) VoIP
2 4 (40.00%) VPN
2 4 (40.00%) DNS
3 3 (30.00%) Firewall
3 3 (30.00%) SMTP
4 1 (10.00%) Broadband
4 1 (10.00%) Internet
General
1 4 (40.00%) Back Office
1 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
1 4 (40.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Field Service Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Field Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) IT Support
3 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (40.00%) Linux
3 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (30.00%) Windows 8
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
6 1 (10.00%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (90.00%) MCSE
3 5 (50.00%) MCP
4 4 (40.00%) HNC
4 4 (40.00%) HND
5 1 (10.00%) MCTS
5 1 (10.00%) MCITP
5 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Sage
3 1 (10.00%) Adobe
Bath, Avon
Windows XP and Windows 7 are used... Therefore the successful candidate will have a good level of understanding of Windows operating systems (XP and 7) as well as...
Connectus
Salary: £18000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013