MCDST Job Trends in Essex

Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex with a requirement for MCDST qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.33% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.41% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 - -
East of England median annual salary £25,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Essex

MCDST falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Essex.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 142 103 145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 23.55% 18.46% 35.19%
Number of salaries quoted 90 25 91
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £38,890 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £50,000 £49,323
Median % change year-on-year -19.00% +1.37% -0.36%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,650 £67,250 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% - +10.00%

MCDST
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MCDST relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

MCDST job vacancy trend in Essex

MCDST
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing MCDST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing MCDST

MCDST
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCDST within the Essex region over the 6 months to 3 November 2025. 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
Chelmsford - 2 £25,000 -
MCDST
East of England

MCDST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
1 2 (100.00%) 1st Line Technical Support
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (100.00%) MCP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Meraki
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Sophos