MCDST Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for MCDST qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 661 843
Rank change year-on-year +84 +182 -270
Permanent jobs citing MCDST 6 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.018% 0.002% 0.001%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.063% 0.009% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - +66.67%
75th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £38,750
90th Percentile - - -
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,494 10,762 15,566
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.04% 25.39% 22.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,921 6,582 8,639
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,150
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -

MCDST
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing MCDST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MCDST trend for jobs with a WFH option

MCDST
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing MCDST.

MCDST salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

MCDST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
1 6 (100.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
1 6 (100.00%) Analyst
1 6 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) ITSM
1 6 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Apple
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft