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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 417 407 370
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -37
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 16 32 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.072% 0.135% 0.235%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.221% 0.400% 0.848%
Number of salaries quoted 14 29 53
Average salary £22,500 £24,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £20,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £35,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Qualifications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7229 7995 6365
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 32.66% 33.62% 27.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5836 6980 5456
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCDST
England

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East MCDST Salary Trend

MCDST
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MCDST across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East MCDST Salary Histogram

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 South East 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
Berkshire -2 5 £21,500 -38.57%
Hampshire -5 4 £27,500 +14.58%
Surrey +7 3 £22,500 -6.25%
Buckinghamshire -13 2 £24,500 +22.50%
Middlesex - 1 £31,000 -
MCDST
England

MCDST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 59 (86.76%) Microsoft
2 57 (83.82%) Windows
3 42 (61.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 36 (52.94%) MS Office
4 36 (52.94%) Active Directory
5 35 (51.47%) Windows XP
6 32 (47.06%) ITIL
7 31 (45.59%) MS Exchange
8 28 (41.18%) MCSE
9 27 (39.71%) Service Management
10 26 (38.24%) A+ Certification
10 26 (38.24%) Altiris
11 24 (35.29%) MCP
12 16 (23.53%) TCP/IP
13 15 (22.06%) Cisco
13 15 (22.06%) VoIP
14 14 (20.59%) Telecoms
15 13 (19.12%) HNC
15 13 (19.12%) HND
15 13 (19.12%) C
15 13 (19.12%) Linux
15 13 (19.12%) MCITP
15 13 (19.12%) Manufacturing
16 12 (17.65%) Back Office
16 12 (17.65%) MCSA
17 9 (13.24%) MS Excel
18 6 (8.824%) Degree
18 6 (8.824%) Windows 7
18 6 (8.824%) Finance
18 6 (8.824%) Replication

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 3 (4.412%) HTML
1 3 (4.412%) CSS
1 3 (4.412%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 31 (45.59%) MS Exchange
2 4 (5.882%) IIS
2 4 (5.882%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (4.412%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (4.412%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (2.941%) Lync
4 2 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.471%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.471%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 36 (52.94%) MS Office
2 9 (13.24%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.471%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 16 (23.53%) TCP/IP
2 15 (22.06%) VoIP
3 3 (4.412%) DNS
3 3 (4.412%) WAN
3 3 (4.412%) DHCP
3 3 (4.412%) LAN
3 3 (4.412%) IP Telephony
4 2 (2.941%) Firewall
4 2 (2.941%) Wireless
5 1 (1.471%) Internet
5 1 (1.471%) HTTP
5 1 (1.471%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.471%) MySQL
General
1 14 (20.59%) Telecoms
2 13 (19.12%) Manufacturing
3 12 (17.65%) Back Office
4 6 (8.824%) Finance
5 2 (2.941%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (47.06%) 1st Line Support
2 30 (44.12%) Analyst
3 26 (38.24%) Service Analyst
3 26 (38.24%) Service Desk Analyst
4 21 (30.88%) Field Engineer
5 20 (29.41%) Support Engineer
6 19 (27.94%) Field Service Engineer
7 10 (14.71%) Desktop Engineer
8 9 (13.24%) Desktop Support
9 8 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
10 7 (10.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 6 (8.824%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 4 (5.882%) Support Analyst
12 4 (5.882%) Systems Engineer
13 3 (4.412%) Technical Support
14 2 (2.941%) IT Support
14 2 (2.941%) Technical Support Specialist
14 2 (2.941%) Technical Specialist
14 2 (2.941%) Help Desk Support
14 2 (2.941%) IT Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.824%) Replication
2 4 (5.882%) Blackberry
3 3 (4.412%) Firmware
4 1 (1.471%) Handset
4 1 (1.471%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.471%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 57 (83.82%) Windows
2 35 (51.47%) Windows XP
3 13 (19.12%) Linux
4 6 (8.824%) Windows 7
5 5 (7.353%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (7.353%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (5.882%) Windows Vista
7 3 (4.412%) Android
8 2 (2.941%) Windows 8
8 2 (2.941%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (2.941%) Windows 2000 Server
8 2 (2.941%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (47.06%) ITIL
2 27 (39.71%) Service Management
3 4 (5.882%) Incident Management
4 3 (4.412%) Configuration Management
4 3 (4.412%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (1.471%) Information Security
5 1 (1.471%) ITSM
5 1 (1.471%) E-Commerce
5 1 (1.471%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.12%) C
Qualifications
1 42 (61.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 28 (41.18%) MCSE
3 26 (38.24%) A+ Certification
4 24 (35.29%) MCP
5 13 (19.12%) HNC
5 13 (19.12%) HND
5 13 (19.12%) MCITP
6 12 (17.65%) MCSA
7 6 (8.824%) Degree
8 4 (5.882%) Citrix Certification
9 3 (4.412%) MCTS
10 1 (1.471%) CCNA
10 1 (1.471%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.471%) CCA
10 1 (1.471%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.412%) SLA
2 1 (1.471%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 36 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.412%) XenApp
2 3 (4.412%) XenServer
2 3 (4.412%) XenDesktop
3 2 (2.941%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.471%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.941%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (2.941%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (1.471%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.471%) SCCM
Vendors
1 59 (86.76%) Microsoft
2 26 (38.24%) Altiris
3 15 (22.06%) Cisco
4 5 (7.353%) Citrix
5 3 (4.412%) Symantec
5 3 (4.412%) LANDesk
6 2 (2.941%) HP
6 2 (2.941%) VMware
6 2 (2.941%) Remedy
7 1 (1.471%) Apple
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