The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 23 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 West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 163 162 144
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -18
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 9 4 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.248% 0.125% 0.264%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.989% 0.508% 1.201%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 8
Average salary £27,500 £21,500 £19,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.90% +13.15%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Qualifications
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
910 788 666
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 25.05% 24.55% 22.02%
Number of salaries quoted 682 646 560
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,250 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,900 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MCDST
Yorkshire

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Leeds -14 9 £27,500 +27.90%
MCDST
Yorkshire

MCDST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 19 (100.00%) Windows
1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 19 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 13 (68.42%) MS Excel
3 11 (57.89%) MCSA
3 11 (57.89%) Active Directory
3 11 (57.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (52.63%) Windows XP
5 9 (47.37%) MS Exchange
5 9 (47.37%) MCSE
5 9 (47.37%) ITIL
5 9 (47.37%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (47.37%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (47.37%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (42.11%) Hyper-V
6 8 (42.11%) MOS
6 8 (42.11%) MCITP
6 8 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2003
6 8 (42.11%) Degree
6 8 (42.11%) PowerShell
6 8 (42.11%) Telecoms
6 8 (42.11%) HP
6 8 (42.11%) Dell
6 8 (42.11%) Blackberry
6 8 (42.11%) MCAD
6 8 (42.11%) Client/Server
6 8 (42.11%) N-Tier
6 8 (42.11%) Cisco
7 5 (26.32%) MS Office
7 5 (26.32%) Legal

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 Platforms
1 9 (47.37%) MS Exchange
1 9 (47.37%) Exchange Server 2010
2 8 (42.11%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 13 (68.42%) MS Excel
2 5 (26.32%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) DHCP
1 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.263%) DNS
General
1 8 (42.11%) Telecoms
2 5 (26.32%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Technical Analyst
1 8 (42.11%) Service Desk Analyst
1 8 (42.11%) Team Leader
1 8 (42.11%) Infrastructure Team Leader
1 8 (42.11%) Service Analyst
1 8 (42.11%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Technical Services Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Technical Support Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Support Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Technical Support
4 2 (10.53%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.263%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Blackberry
1 8 (42.11%) Client/Server
1 8 (42.11%) N-Tier
2 1 (5.263%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 19 (100.00%) Windows
1 19 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 10 (52.63%) Windows XP
3 9 (47.37%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (47.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) ITIL
2 3 (15.79%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) MCSA
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (47.37%) MCSE
3 8 (42.11%) MOS
3 8 (42.11%) MCITP
3 8 (42.11%) Degree
3 8 (42.11%) MCAD
4 1 (5.263%) MCP
System Software
1 11 (57.89%) Active Directory
2 8 (42.11%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (42.11%) HP
2 8 (42.11%) Dell
2 8 (42.11%) Cisco
3 2 (10.53%) Remedy
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Key Words: Network Administrator, Network Support, Network Engineer, Support Analyst, Technical Support, 1st Line Support, 2nd Line Support, 3rd Line Support, Infrastructure Support, IT Support, Service Desk Analyst,...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013