The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT jobs advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 20 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 Wiltshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank - - 85
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 0 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire - - 0.092%
As % of the Qualifications category - - 0.345%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £20,500
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £23,000 £23,250
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -1.07%
All Qualifications
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
211 354 290
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 24.23% 34.84% 26.80%
Number of salaries quoted 199 316 274
Average salary £40,000 £39,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% +14.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £52,966
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 Wiltshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire MCDST Salary Trend

MCDST
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) SMS
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CommVault
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) LANDesk

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SMS
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Support Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Technician
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CommVault
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) LANDesk
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 15 May 2013