Milton Keynes MCDST Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) in IT contracts within the Milton Keynes region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Location Berkshire Chelmsford Derbyshire East Midlands East of England England Essex Falkirk Glasgow Grangemouth Kingston Upon Thames London Milton Keynes Reading Scotland South East UK West Midlands	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	65
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.980 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£80	£161
% change on same period last year	-50.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£15.17	£12.20
% change on same period last year	+24.30 %
Qualifications Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads	132	102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.188 %	0.103 %
Daily rates quoted	71	41
Average minimum daily rate	£308	£327
Average daily rate	£320	£340
% change on same period last year	-6.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£331	£353
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£322
% change on same period last year	+4.82 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.67	£26.68
Average hourly rate	£24.19	£27.50
% change on same period last year	-12.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.72	£28.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.45	£25.82
% change on same period last year	-1.41 %
MCDST Buckinghamshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MCDST
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MCDST across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

MCDST
Daily Rate Trend

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

MCDST
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MCDST
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 2 (100.00 %) MCP 1 2 (100.00 %) Microsoft Certification

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Job Titles 1 2 (100.00 %) Desktop Support 1 2 (100.00 %) Support Engineer 1 2 (100.00 %) Desktop Support Engineer 1 2 (100.00 %) Desktop Engineer 1 2 (100.00 %) Rollout Engineer

Qualifications 1 2 (100.00 %) MCP 1 2 (100.00 %) Microsoft Certification