The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 221 228 245
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +17
Contract jobs citing MCDST 3 11 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.038% 0.108% 0.077%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.154% 0.503% 0.361%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 2
Average daily rate - £160 £114
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +40.65%
UK excluding London average daily rate £93 £118 £95
% change year-on-year
-21.27% +23.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £10.00 £13.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -24.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.64 £14.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-11.33% -25.00%
All Qualifications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1952 2186 2219
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 25.04% 21.55% 21.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 950 977 912
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 134 203
Average hourly rate £21.88 £22.00 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.56% -6.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East 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
Berkshire +14 2 - -
Surrey +15 1 - -
MCDST
England

MCDST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 13 (86.67%) Windows
2 12 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (73.33%) Windows XP
3 11 (73.33%) MCP
4 10 (66.67%) Active Directory
5 9 (60.00%) Windows 7
6 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
7 7 (46.67%) LAN
7 7 (46.67%) WAN
8 6 (40.00%) Blackberry
8 6 (40.00%) Lotus
8 6 (40.00%) Lotus Notes
8 6 (40.00%) Software Deployment
9 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
9 5 (33.33%) Aerospace
10 4 (26.67%) MCITP
10 4 (26.67%) MCSE
10 4 (26.67%) MS Office
10 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
11 3 (20.00%) VPN
11 3 (20.00%) ITIL
11 3 (20.00%) MCSA
11 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
11 3 (20.00%) MS Exchange
12 2 (13.33%) Service Management
12 2 (13.33%) A+ Certification
12 2 (13.33%) Backup Exec
12 2 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2007

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 Development
1 1 (6.667%) XML
1 1 (6.667%) HTML
1 1 (6.667%) .NET
1 1 (6.667%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 6 (40.00%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (20.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) MS Office
2 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) LAN
1 7 (46.67%) WAN
2 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (20.00%) VPN
3 2 (13.33%) Internet
4 1 (6.667%) NAS
4 1 (6.667%) DNS
4 1 (6.667%) DHCP
4 1 (6.667%) SAN
4 1 (6.667%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 5 (33.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) Desktop Team Leader
2 5 (33.33%) Team Leader
3 4 (26.67%) 1st Line Support
3 4 (26.67%) Support Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) Service Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (13.33%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) IT Support
6 1 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (6.667%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (13.33%) Statistics
3 1 (6.667%) Mathematics
3 1 (6.667%) Computer Science
3 1 (6.667%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (86.67%) Windows
2 11 (73.33%) Windows XP
3 9 (60.00%) Windows 7
4 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (6.667%) Linux
5 1 (6.667%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Software Deployment
2 3 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (13.33%) Service Management
4 1 (6.667%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Data Protection
4 1 (6.667%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) PHP
1 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (73.33%) MCP
3 4 (26.67%) MCITP
3 4 (26.67%) MCSE
4 3 (20.00%) MCSA
5 2 (13.33%) A+ Certification
6 1 (6.667%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Backup Exec
2 1 (6.667%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (6.667%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) Lotus
3 2 (13.33%) HP
3 2 (13.33%) Dell
4 1 (6.667%) Citrix
4 1 (6.667%) Symantec
4 1 (6.667%) Sophos
4 1 (6.667%) Altiris