The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 East of England 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 106 124 92
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -32
Contract jobs citing MCDST 9 12 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.417% 0.408% 1.278%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.426% 2.178% 8.108%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 16
Average daily rate £85 £99 £86
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.14% +14.78%
UK excluding London average daily rate £95 £125 £123
% change year-on-year
-24.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 10
Average hourly rate - £21.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -53.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.77 £16.50 £21.25
% change year-on-year
-22.60% -22.35%
All Qualifications
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
371 551 407
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.18% 18.75% 15.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 276 139
Average daily rate £325 £320 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% +18.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £130 £80
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 59 77
Average hourly rate £26.25 £35.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +27.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £12.53 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £47.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
MCDST
England

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England 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
Essex +3 9 £85 -14.14%
MCDST
England

MCDST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 20 (100.00%) MCP
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (90.00%) ITIL
2 18 (90.00%) Active Directory
3 17 (85.00%) OpenView
3 17 (85.00%) HP
3 17 (85.00%) SLA
3 17 (85.00%) McAfee
3 17 (85.00%) OVSD
4 13 (65.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 7 (35.00%) MS Excel
6 5 (25.00%) MS Exchange
6 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
7 4 (20.00%) SCCM
8 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
8 3 (15.00%) Windows
9 2 (10.00%) Windows XP
9 2 (10.00%) MS Office
10 1 (5.000%) Windows 2000
10 1 (5.000%) MCSE
10 1 (5.000%) LAN
10 1 (5.000%) WAN
10 1 (5.000%) TCP/IP
10 1 (5.000%) Back Office
10 1 (5.000%) MSI
10 1 (5.000%) SAN
10 1 (5.000%) NHS
10 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (5.000%) Internet
10 1 (5.000%) MCITP

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 Platforms
1 5 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 7 (35.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) LAN
1 1 (5.000%) WAN
1 1 (5.000%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.000%) SAN
1 1 (5.000%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MSI
General
1 1 (5.000%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) Analyst
2 14 (70.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 14 (70.00%) Service Analyst
3 10 (50.00%) Help Desk Analyst
4 4 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (15.00%) Service Desk Technician
6 1 (5.000%) Desktop Support
6 1 (5.000%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Support Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Support Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.000%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.000%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) MCP
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.000%) MCITP
3 1 (5.000%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (85.00%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (90.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (85.00%) OpenView
1 17 (85.00%) OVSD
2 13 (65.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (85.00%) HP
1 17 (85.00%) McAfee
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
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