The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 116 129 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs citing MCDST 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.086% 0.096% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.438% 0.461% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £90 £110 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £93 £118 £95
% change year-on-year
-21.27% +23.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.77 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.64 £14.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-11.33% -25.00%
All Qualifications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
457 651 462
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 19.61% 20.93% 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 324 203
Average daily rate £350 £370 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.40% +34.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £200 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £523 £408
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 24 42
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £24.81
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -19.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.55 £13.75 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £29.50 £40.00
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Lancashire +8 1 £90 -
Manchester - 1 - -
MCDST
England

MCDST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 19 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (89.47%) Windows
3 15 (78.95%) ITIL
4 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
4 13 (68.42%) Windows 7
5 12 (63.16%) MCITP
5 12 (63.16%) MCP
6 11 (57.89%) MCSE
7 10 (52.63%) MS Office
7 10 (52.63%) Active Directory
7 10 (52.63%) Windows XP
8 7 (36.84%) ISO 9000
8 7 (36.84%) Lotus
8 7 (36.84%) MS Visio
8 7 (36.84%) MS Excel
8 7 (36.84%) OpenView
8 7 (36.84%) HP
8 7 (36.84%) MS Project
8 7 (36.84%) Lotus Notes
8 7 (36.84%) Incident Management
8 7 (36.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (36.84%) ServiceCenter
8 7 (36.84%) MS PowerPoint
8 7 (36.84%) BS25999
8 7 (36.84%) SC Cleared
8 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
9 4 (21.05%) MCSA
9 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
9 4 (21.05%) LiveLink
10 3 (15.79%) Telecoms

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 7 (36.84%) Lotus Notes
2 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
2 4 (21.05%) LiveLink
3 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (5.263%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 10 (52.63%) MS Office
2 7 (36.84%) MS Visio
2 7 (36.84%) MS Excel
2 7 (36.84%) MS Project
2 7 (36.84%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.263%) DNS
General
1 3 (15.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Analyst
2 8 (42.11%) Support Analyst
3 6 (31.58%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 6 (31.58%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 6 (31.58%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (21.05%) Support Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) Desktop Support
5 3 (15.79%) Deployment Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Applications Support
6 2 (10.53%) PC Engineer
7 1 (5.263%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 1 (5.263%) Operations Analyst
7 1 (5.263%) IT Operations Analyst
7 1 (5.263%) Desktop Analyst
7 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (5.263%) ICT Technician
7 1 (5.263%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 1 (5.263%) ICT Support Technician
7 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 17 (89.47%) Windows
2 13 (68.42%) Windows 7
3 10 (52.63%) Windows XP
4 3 (15.79%) Windows Vista
5 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) ITIL
2 7 (36.84%) Incident Management
3 1 (5.263%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (63.16%) MCITP
2 12 (63.16%) MCP
3 11 (57.89%) MCSE
4 7 (36.84%) SC Cleared
4 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
5 4 (21.05%) MCSA
6 1 (5.263%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) ISO 9000
1 7 (36.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (36.84%) BS25999
System Software
1 10 (52.63%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.79%) XenApp
2 3 (15.79%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (36.84%) OpenView
1 7 (36.84%) ServiceCenter
2 3 (15.79%) SCCM
3 1 (5.263%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 7 (36.84%) Lotus
2 7 (36.84%) HP
3 3 (15.79%) Citrix
3 3 (15.79%) Sage
4 2 (10.53%) Remedy
5 1 (5.263%) AppSense
5 1 (5.263%) McAfee
5 1 (5.263%) Avaya
Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria
Skills: Wise, MSI, APPV, ORCA, Packaging, Enterprise Desktop Deployment, AdminStudio, InstallSheild, Windows 7, SCCM, SCOM... * Good knowledge of VB Scripting and Citrix... * MCDST qualification essential, MCITP / MCSE qualification...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Rate: From £250 to £300 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Skills: Wise, MSI, APPV, ORCA, Packaging, Enterprise Desktop Deployment, AdminStudio, InstallSheild, Windows 7, SCCM, SCOM... * Good knowledge of VB Scripting and Citrix... * MCDST qualification essential, MCITP / MCSE qualification...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Rate: From £250 to £300 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013