The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 21 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 96 94 86
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -8
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 1 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.080% 0.173% 0.196%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.299% 0.529% 0.697%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 2
Average salary £21,000 £19,500 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -26.41%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,250 £23,250
% change year-on-year
-3.22% -
All Qualifications
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
335 378 287
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 26.78% 32.67% 28.05%
Number of salaries quoted 297 327 262
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MCDST
UK

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
South Wales -4 1 £21,000 +7.69%
MCDST
UK

MCDST
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Dell Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
1 1 (100.00%) PDA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) HP StorageWorks

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Break Fix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
1 1 (100.00%) PDA
1 1 (100.00%) HP StorageWorks
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Dell Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Dell