MCDST Jobs in England

Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MCDST qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 829 933 1116
Rank change year-on-year +104 +183 -261
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 11 20 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.013% 0.021% 0.015%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.045% 0.066% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 11 19 19
10th Percentile £29,000 - -
25th Percentile £31,250 £20,865 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £23,212 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.02% -22.63% +13.21%
75th Percentile £33,750 £38,125 -
90th Percentile £34,500 £54,250 £40,600
UK median annual salary £32,500 £27,856 £30,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.15% +12.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

MCDST is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,218 30,499 34,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.56% 32.72% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 15,725 13,726 16,723
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

MCDST
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MCDST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MCDST in England

MCDST
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCDST in England.

Salary trend for MCDST in England

MCDST
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCDST within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +131 7 £32,500 -13.33% 2
South West -3 2 £33,000 +55.03% 1
Yorkshire +91 1 £30,000 +29.25% 1
North of England +49 1 £30,000 +29.25% 3
South East +28 1 £32,500 +52.68% 1
MCDST
UK

MCDST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
2 2 (18.18%) DHCP
2 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) Internet
2 2 (18.18%) VoIP
3 1 (9.09%) LAN
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) JIRA
2 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Analyst
2 7 (63.64%) 1st Line Support
2 7 (63.64%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 7 (63.64%) Support Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) IT Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) IT Support
3 2 (18.18%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Deskside Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Junior
4 1 (9.09%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Junior Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Service Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Apple iOS
3 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
3 2 (18.18%) Windows 2000
3 2 (18.18%) Windows 8
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
3 2 (18.18%) Windows XP
4 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) ITIL
2 6 (54.55%) Information Security
2 6 (54.55%) ITSM
2 6 (54.55%) Service Management
3 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 1 (9.09%) Break/Fix
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
4 1 (9.09%) Data Ingestion
4 1 (9.09%) Data Management
4 1 (9.09%) Hardware Maintenance
4 1 (9.09%) Patch Management
4 1 (9.09%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Software Licensing
4 1 (9.09%) Tech Ops
4 1 (9.09%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (72.73%) A+ Certification
3 4 (36.36%) Degree
3 4 (36.36%) MCSA
4 2 (18.18%) MCITP
4 2 (18.18%) MCSE
4 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
5 1 (9.09%) CCNA
5 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (9.09%) MCP
5 1 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (9.09%) VTSP
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) Hyper-V
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (54.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (54.55%) Apple
3 2 (18.18%) VMware
4 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow