East of England A+ Certification Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for CompTIA A+ Certification in IT contracts within the East of England region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited A+ Certification over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

CompTIA A+ Certification
Location Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London County Antrim Derby Derbyshire Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle North East Northern Ireland Nottinghamshire Peterborough Portsmouth Rochester Scotland Somerset South East South West Stevenage Swindon Taunton Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	118	154
Rank change on same period last year	+36
Matching contract IT job ads	5	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	1.285 %	0.367 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£163	-
Average daily rate	£175	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£188	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£173	£83
% change on same period last year	+109.76 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£10.00	£11.25
Average hourly rate	£12.50	£11.25
% change on same period last year	+11.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.00	£11.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£14.78	£13.37
% change on same period last year	+10.53 %
Qualifications East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	389	545
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.613 %	0.584 %
Daily rates quoted	115	190
Average minimum daily rate	£236	£265
Average daily rate	£251	£277
% change on same period last year	-9.44 %
Average maximum daily rate	£267	£290
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£325
% change on same period last year	+2.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	83	91
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.38	£27.66
Average hourly rate	£25.95	£28.92
% change on same period last year	-10.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.52	£30.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.56	£25.68
% change on same period last year	-0.47 %
A+ Certification England

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.

A+ Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing A+ Certification across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing A+ Certification across the East of England region.

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing A+ Certification across the East of England region.

A+ Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing A+ Certification within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Hertfordshire	+26	3	£225	-
Cambridgeshire	-	2	£125	-

A+ Certification England

A+ Certification
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing A+ Certification 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 A+ Certification.

1 7 (53.85 %) Microsoft Certification 2 6 (46.15 %) MCP 3 5 (38.46 %) EPoS 3 5 (38.46 %) Data Protection 4 4 (30.77 %) Capita 4 4 (30.77 %) Terminal Services 4 4 (30.77 %) ISA Server 4 4 (30.77 %) IIS 5 2 (15.38 %) Pharmaceutical 5 2 (15.38 %) ITIL 5 2 (15.38 %) Microsoft 5 2 (15.38 %) HP 5 2 (15.38 %) Windows 5 2 (15.38 %) Data Protection Act 6 1 (7.692 %) DCSE

6 1 (7.692 %) HP APS 6 1 (7.692 %) Retail 6 1 (7.692 %) MCSE 6 1 (7.692 %) MCSA 6 1 (7.692 %) Windows XP 6 1 (7.692 %) ATM 6 1 (7.692 %) LAN 6 1 (7.692 %) WAN 6 1 (7.692 %) Compaq 6 1 (7.692 %) Dell 6 1 (7.692 %) Cisco Certification 6 1 (7.692 %) CCNA 6 1 (7.692 %) Windows Server 2003 6 1 (7.692 %) Network+ Certification

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing A+ Certification 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 A+ Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 4 (30.77 %) IIS	Communications & Networking 1 1 (7.692 %) ATM 1 1 (7.692 %) LAN 1 1 (7.692 %) WAN
General 1 2 (15.38 %) Pharmaceutical 2 1 (7.692 %) Retail	Job Titles 1 4 (30.77 %) Support Engineer 1 4 (30.77 %) IT Support Engineer 2 3 (23.08 %) 2nd Line Support 2 3 (23.08 %) Analyst 2 3 (23.08 %) Support Analyst 3 2 (15.38 %) Technical Support 3 2 (15.38 %) Trainer 3 2 (15.38 %) Technical Support Analyst 3 2 (15.38 %) Technical Analyst 4 1 (7.692 %) Desktop Support Analyst 4 1 (7.692 %) Field Support Engineer 4 1 (7.692 %) Desktop Analyst 4 1 (7.692 %) Desktop Support 4 1 (7.692 %) Field Engineer 4 1 (7.692 %) Technical Trainer
Miscellaneous 1 5 (38.46 %) EPoS 2 2 (15.38 %) Data Protection Act	Operating Systems 1 2 (15.38 %) Windows 2 1 (7.692 %) Windows XP 2 1 (7.692 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (38.46 %) Data Protection 2 2 (15.38 %) ITIL	Qualifications 1 7 (53.85 %) Microsoft Certification 2 6 (46.15 %) MCP 3 1 (7.692 %) MCSE 3 1 (7.692 %) MCSA 3 1 (7.692 %) CCNA 3 1 (7.692 %) Cisco Certification 3 1 (7.692 %) Network+ Certification 3 1 (7.692 %) DCSE 3 1 (7.692 %) HP APS
System Software 1 4 (30.77 %) Terminal Services 1 4 (30.77 %) ISA Server	Vendors 1 4 (30.77 %) Capita 2 2 (15.38 %) Microsoft 2 2 (15.38 %) HP 3 1 (7.692 %) Compaq 3 1 (7.692 %) Dell