Bedfordshire MCDST Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) in IT contracts within the Bedfordshire region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Location Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Chelmsford Chichester Derbyshire East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Falkirk Glasgow Grangemouth Hampshire Leeds Lincolnshire London Manchester North West Peterborough Scotland South East Southampton Spalding UK West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£88	£148
% change on same period last year	-40.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.70	£18.76
% change on same period last year	+10.30 %
Qualifications Bedfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	13	34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.020 %	0.036 %
Daily rates quoted	4	9
Average minimum daily rate	£235	£311
Average daily rate	£243	£326
% change on same period last year	-25.30 %
Average maximum daily rate	£252	£341
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£325
% change on same period last year	+2.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	10
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£22.05
Average hourly rate	-	£23.58
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£25.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.56	£25.68
% change on same period last year	-0.47 %
MCDST East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MCDST
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MCDST across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

MCDST
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MCDST across the Bedfordshire region.