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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 217 233 200
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -33
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 4 4 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.076% 0.067% 0.244%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.215% 0.182% 0.808%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 13
Average salary £22,500 £25,750 £24,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.62% +5.10%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,250 £23,000
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +1.08%
All Qualifications
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1861 2194 1609
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 35.39% 36.62% 30.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1507 1913 1409
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £31,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leatherhead - 3 £22,500 -
Woking - 1 £15,000 -
MCDST
South East

MCDST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 35 (94.59%) Windows
2 34 (91.89%) Microsoft
3 28 (75.68%) Active Directory
3 28 (75.68%) Windows XP
3 28 (75.68%) MS Exchange
4 27 (72.97%) MS Office
4 27 (72.97%) ITIL
4 27 (72.97%) A+ Certification
4 27 (72.97%) Service Management
4 27 (72.97%) Altiris
5 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (16.22%) MCP
6 6 (16.22%) MCITP
7 5 (13.51%) Degree
7 5 (13.51%) Finance
7 5 (13.51%) MCSE
7 5 (13.51%) TCP/IP
8 4 (10.81%) Cisco
8 4 (10.81%) Linux
8 4 (10.81%) VoIP
8 4 (10.81%) HNC
8 4 (10.81%) HND
8 4 (10.81%) C
8 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
8 4 (10.81%) Back Office
8 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
9 3 (8.108%) HTML
9 3 (8.108%) CSS
10 2 (5.405%) MCTS
11 1 (2.703%) Windows 8

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 (8.108%) HTML
1 3 (8.108%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 28 (75.68%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 27 (72.97%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.51%) TCP/IP
2 4 (10.81%) VoIP
3 1 (2.703%) WAN
3 1 (2.703%) DHCP
3 1 (2.703%) VPN
3 1 (2.703%) DNS
3 1 (2.703%) LAN
General
1 5 (13.51%) Finance
2 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
2 4 (10.81%) Back Office
2 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (81.08%) Analyst
2 29 (78.38%) 1st Line Support
3 27 (72.97%) Service Analyst
3 27 (72.97%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (10.81%) Field Service Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Field Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Support Engineer
5 3 (8.108%) Support Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) IT Support
7 1 (2.703%) Help Desk Support
7 1 (2.703%) 2nd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 35 (94.59%) Windows
2 28 (75.68%) Windows XP
3 4 (10.81%) Linux
4 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.703%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.703%) Windows 8
4 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (72.97%) ITIL
1 27 (72.97%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) C
Qualifications
1 27 (72.97%) A+ Certification
2 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (16.22%) MCITP
3 6 (16.22%) MCP
4 5 (13.51%) MCSE
4 5 (13.51%) Degree
5 4 (10.81%) HNC
5 4 (10.81%) HND
6 2 (5.405%) MCTS
7 1 (2.703%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.703%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (75.68%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 34 (91.89%) Microsoft
2 27 (72.97%) Altiris
3 4 (10.81%) Cisco
4 1 (2.703%) Citrix
4 1 (2.703%) Remedy