The first table below looks at the demand for MCDST in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MCDST over the 3 months to 20 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 West Yorkshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Rank - 88 65
Contract jobs citing MCDST 0 4 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire - 0.247% 0.734%
As % of the Qualifications category - 1.770% 5.442%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £85 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -57.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £95 £125 £123
% change year-on-year
-24.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 6
Average hourly rate - £12.00 £19.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -39.24%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.77 £16.50 £21.25
% change year-on-year
-22.60% -22.35%
All Qualifications
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
200 226 147
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 15.77% 13.95% 13.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 127 58
Average daily rate £300 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £238 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 13
Average hourly rate £12.75 £20.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.80% -6.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.86 £12.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £50.00 £25.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
MCDST
Yorkshire

MCDST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire MCDST Hourly Rate Trend

MCDST
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) MOS
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 2 (50.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) Legal
4 1 (25.00%) French Language
4 1 (25.00%) German Language
4 1 (25.00%) Spanish Language
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) SLA
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco

MCDST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
General
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) French Language
1 1 (25.00%) German Language
1 1 (25.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Service Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Support Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Support
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Support Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Services Analyst
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco