Nottinghamshire MCDST Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) in IT contracts within the Nottinghamshire 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Location Berkshire Birmingham Coventry East Midlands East of England England Essex Falkirk Glasgow Grangemouth Kingston Upon Thames London Nottinghamshire Reading Scotland South East UK Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
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	£88	£158
% change on same period last year	-44.36 %
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	£17.60	£12.66
% change on same period last year	+39.05 %
Qualifications Nottinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads	70	62
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.095 %	0.061 %
Daily rates quoted	24	19
Average minimum daily rate	£315	£319
Average daily rate	£332	£333
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£347
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£331
% change on same period last year	+0.78 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.06	£19.13
Average hourly rate	£16.17	£19.99
% change on same period last year	-19.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.27	£20.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.62	£25.79
% change on same period last year	-4.55 %
MCDST East Midlands

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 Nottinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.