The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 24 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 Middlesex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank - 31 -
Contract jobs citing MCDST 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex - 0.324% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 1.449% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £210 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £93 £118 £95
% change year-on-year
-21.27% +23.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.64 £14.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-11.33% -25.00%
All Qualifications
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
47 69 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 23.50% 22.33% 15.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 40 25
Average daily rate £448 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £320 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 £495 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 9
Average hourly rate £37.50 £27.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+38.88% -25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex MCDST Daily Rate Trend

MCDST
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft