MCDST Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts 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 Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 117 134 127
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -7
Contract jobs citing MCDST 2 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.082% 0.098% 0.034%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.347% 0.409% 0.145%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £235 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £95 £125 £123
% change year-on-year
-24.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £15.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.77 £16.50 £21.25
% change year-on-year
-22.60% -22.35%
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 576 734 692
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 23.67% 23.95% 23.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 280 224
Average daily rate £375 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.69% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £213 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 39
Average hourly rate £17.00 £18.00 £24.91
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -27.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.70 £12.20 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £38.75 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
MCDST
South East

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MCDST across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Berkshire MCDST Jobs Demand Trend

MCDST
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MCDST across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire MCDST Daily Rate Trend

MCDST
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire MCDST Hourly Rate Trend

MCDST
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MCDST within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Slough - 1 - -
MCDST
South East

MCDST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited MCDST.

1 8 (100.00%) MCP
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (87.50%) Windows 7
3 6 (75.00%) Software Deployment
3 6 (75.00%) Lotus
3 6 (75.00%) Blackberry
3 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (75.00%) LAN
3 6 (75.00%) WAN
3 6 (75.00%) Lotus Notes
4 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
4 5 (62.50%) Aerospace
5 2 (25.00%) Statistics
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (12.50%) A+ Certification
6 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
6 1 (12.50%) MCSE
6 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
6 1 (12.50%) HTML
6 1 (12.50%) PHP
6 1 (12.50%) .NET
6 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
6 1 (12.50%) XML
6 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (12.50%) Internet
6 1 (12.50%) Degree
6 1 (12.50%) Computer Science

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited MCDST. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Application Platforms
1 6 (75.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) LAN
1 6 (75.00%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
1 5 (62.50%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Team Leader
1 5 (62.50%) Desktop Team Leader
2 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Support Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (25.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (25.00%) Statistics
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 7 (87.50%) Windows 7
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) MCP
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) A+ Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) MCSE
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Lotus
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
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