The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank 98 131 124
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -7
Contract jobs citing MCDST 3 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.149% 0.032% 0.132%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.514% 0.113% 0.494%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £206 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £90 £125 £91
% change year-on-year
-28.00% +36.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £12.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -21.87%
All Qualifications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
584 882 810
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 29.07% 28.21% 26.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 468 383
Average daily rate £383 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.37% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £502 £575 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 61 63
Average hourly rate £29.00 £22.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.88% -30.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.50 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
MCDST
England

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MCDST across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Dorset - 3 £206 -
Gloucestershire - - - -
Somerset - - - -
Bristol - - - -
MCDST
England

MCDST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) MCSE
1 5 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 5 (100.00%) VoIP
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (80.00%) VPN
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) Blackberry
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix
3 3 (60.00%) Handset
3 3 (60.00%) Information Management
3 3 (60.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (60.00%) Wireless
3 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) HP
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) Internet
3 3 (60.00%) Avaya
3 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (60.00%) Network Management
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (60.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) VoIP
2 4 (80.00%) VPN
3 3 (60.00%) Wireless
3 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (40.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Blackberry
2 3 (60.00%) Handset
2 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Information Management
2 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (60.00%) Network Management
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) MCSE
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) MCTS
2 1 (20.00%) MCITP
2 1 (20.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) HP
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Avaya
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