The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 23 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 London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 372 397 425
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +28
Contract jobs citing MCDST 5 13 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.023% 0.048% 0.032%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.157% 0.343% 0.239%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
Average daily rate £275 £235 £195
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.02% +20.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £159 £163 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £235 £215
UK excluding London average daily rate £93 £110 £93
% change year-on-year
-15.90% +18.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 6
Average hourly rate £14.50 £23.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.29% +51.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £22.30 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.70 £24.70 £18.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.77 £14.25 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-10.38% -30.48%
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3180 3793 4183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.70% 14.08% 13.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1888 2274 2413
Average daily rate £425 £425 £425
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 119 144
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £20.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -3.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £12.40 £13.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £87.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MCDST
England

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London MCDST Daily Rate Trend

MCDST
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MCDST across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London MCDST Daily Rate Histogram

MCDST
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 23 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
City of London +19 2 £313 -
MCDST
England

MCDST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 31 (93.94%) Windows
2 27 (81.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 24 (72.73%) Windows XP
3 24 (72.73%) Microsoft
3 24 (72.73%) Windows 7
4 23 (69.70%) Active Directory
5 20 (60.61%) MS Office
6 13 (39.39%) MCP
7 11 (33.33%) ITIL
7 11 (33.33%) MS Exchange
7 11 (33.33%) VPN
7 11 (33.33%) Blackberry
8 10 (30.30%) Citrix
8 10 (30.30%) Windows Server 2003
8 10 (30.30%) MS Excel
8 10 (30.30%) Exchange Server 2003
9 9 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2007
9 9 (27.27%) Lotus Notes
9 9 (27.27%) MCSA
9 9 (27.27%) Lotus
9 9 (27.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 8 (24.24%) MCSE
10 8 (24.24%) LAN
10 8 (24.24%) Exchange Server 2010
10 8 (24.24%) Software Deployment
11 7 (21.21%) MCITP
11 7 (21.21%) DNS
11 7 (21.21%) WAN
11 7 (21.21%) Cisco
12 6 (18.18%) TCP/IP

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 11 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 10 (30.30%) Exchange Server 2003
3 9 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (27.27%) Lotus Notes
3 9 (27.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 8 (24.24%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (6.061%) Exchange Server 2000
6 1 (3.030%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (60.61%) MS Office
2 10 (30.30%) MS Excel
3 3 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (9.091%) Office 365
4 2 (6.061%) MS Visio
4 2 (6.061%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 11 (33.33%) VPN
2 8 (24.24%) LAN
3 7 (21.21%) DNS
3 7 (21.21%) WAN
4 6 (18.18%) TCP/IP
5 5 (15.15%) DHCP
6 4 (12.12%) VoIP
7 1 (3.030%) IP Telephony
7 1 (3.030%) Network Security
7 1 (3.030%) ADSL
7 1 (3.030%) Internet
7 1 (3.030%) Firewall
7 1 (3.030%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.061%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (6.061%) SQL Server
1 2 (6.061%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (6.061%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 5 (15.15%) Telecoms
1 5 (15.15%) Finance
1 5 (15.15%) Aerospace
1 5 (15.15%) Law
1 5 (15.15%) Legal
2 3 (9.091%) Advertising
2 3 (9.091%) Marketing
3 1 (3.030%) Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (42.42%) Analyst
2 8 (24.24%) Support Analyst
3 7 (21.21%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (15.15%) Team Leader
4 5 (15.15%) IT Support
4 5 (15.15%) Desktop Team Leader
4 5 (15.15%) Desktop Support
5 4 (12.12%) Service Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (9.091%) IT Support Analyst
6 3 (9.091%) Support Engineer
7 2 (6.061%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (6.061%) Administrator
7 2 (6.061%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (6.061%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 2 (6.061%) IT Administrator
8 1 (3.030%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 1 (3.030%) Help Desk Support
8 1 (3.030%) Desktop Engineer
8 1 (3.030%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) Blackberry
2 2 (6.061%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.061%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.061%) Mathematics
2 2 (6.061%) CMDB
3 1 (3.030%) BBC
3 1 (3.030%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.030%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 31 (93.94%) Windows
2 24 (72.73%) Windows XP
2 24 (72.73%) Windows 7
3 10 (30.30%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (18.18%) Windows 2000
5 5 (15.15%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (15.15%) Windows Vista
6 3 (9.091%) Mac OS X
7 2 (6.061%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) ITIL
2 8 (24.24%) Software Deployment
3 5 (15.15%) Incident Management
4 3 (9.091%) Mobile Commerce
4 3 (9.091%) Mobile Marketing
5 2 (6.061%) Problem Management
5 2 (6.061%) Test Scripting
5 2 (6.061%) Data Protection
6 1 (3.030%) Business Continuity
6 1 (3.030%) Migration
6 1 (3.030%) OpenUP
6 1 (3.030%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (3.030%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) C
Qualifications
1 27 (81.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (39.39%) MCP
3 9 (27.27%) MCSA
4 8 (24.24%) MCSE
5 7 (21.21%) MCITP
6 6 (18.18%) MOS
7 5 (15.15%) MCTS
8 4 (12.12%) A+ Certification
9 3 (9.091%) MCT
10 2 (6.061%) SC Cleared
10 2 (6.061%) Security Cleared
11 1 (3.030%) Degree
11 1 (3.030%) CCNA
11 1 (3.030%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (69.70%) Active Directory
2 5 (15.15%) VMware ESXi
2 5 (15.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (9.091%) Terminal Services
4 2 (6.061%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (6.061%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 2 (6.061%) OpenView
1 2 (6.061%) ServiceCenter
1 2 (6.061%) DameWare
1 2 (6.061%) Backup Exec
2 1 (3.030%) SCCM
2 1 (3.030%) WSUS
2 1 (3.030%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (3.030%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (3.030%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 24 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 10 (30.30%) Citrix
3 9 (27.27%) Lotus
4 7 (21.21%) Cisco
5 5 (15.15%) VMware
6 3 (9.091%) Juniper
7 2 (6.061%) Veritas
7 2 (6.061%) Symantec
7 2 (6.061%) HP
7 2 (6.061%) Dell
8 1 (3.030%) Open Text
8 1 (3.030%) Adobe
8 1 (3.030%) SAP
8 1 (3.030%) McAfee
8 1 (3.030%) Sophos