The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 20 June 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 East Midlands 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 85 75 82
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +7
Contract jobs citing MCDST 1 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.077% 0.152% 0.068%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.556% 1.227% 0.398%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £115 £200 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.50% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £90 £125 £91
% change year-on-year
-28.00% +36.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £12.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -21.87%
All Qualifications
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
180 163 251
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 13.80% 12.38% 17.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 65 98
Average daily rate £331 £325 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.88% -12.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £185 £208 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £466 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 22 31
Average hourly rate £19.75 £13.50 £19.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+46.29% -30.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £8.50 £9.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £45.00 £48.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £21.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -14.00%
MCDST
England

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Nottinghamshire - - - -
MCDST
England

MCDST
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (100.00%) X-Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 (100.00%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
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