The first table below looks at the demand for ACTC in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ACTC 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 London 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
Apple Certified Technical Coordinator (ACTC)
Rank 375 414 433
Rank change year-on-year
+39 +19
Contract jobs citing ACTC 2 1 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.009% 0.004% 0.029%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.063% 0.026% 0.219%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £200
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £10.13 - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3169 3819 4114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.63% 14.18% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1876 2288 2374
Average daily rate £425 £425 £425
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 119 141
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £20.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -3.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £12.30 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £79.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ACTC
England

ACTC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London ACTC Jobs Demand Trend

ACTC
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ACTC across the London region.

London ACTC Daily Rate Trend

ACTC
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ACTC across the London region.

London ACTC Hourly Rate Trend

ACTC
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ACTC 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 ACTC.

1 2 (100.00%) Apple
1 2 (100.00%) ACSP
2 1 (50.00%) Kerio
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) FileMaker
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
2 1 (50.00%) MCITP
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) NETGEAR
2 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) MCP
2 1 (50.00%) HNC
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SAN

ACTC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ACTC 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 ACTC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) FileMaker
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) Mac Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Help Desk Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Junior Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Junior
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Help Desk Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Help Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ACSP
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
2 1 (50.00%) MCITP
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) MCP
2 1 (50.00%) HNC
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Apple
2 1 (50.00%) Kerio
2 1 (50.00%) NETGEAR
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) HP