Scotland A+ Certification Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for CompTIA A+ Certification in IT contracts within the Scotland 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

CompTIA A+ Certification
Location Basingstoke 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 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 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	91	121
Rank change on same period last year	+30
Matching contract IT job ads	2	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.837 %	1.053 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£125	-
Average daily rate	£125	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£125	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£170	£65
% change on same period last year	+161.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£11.83
Average hourly rate	-	£12.83
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£13.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£14.57	£13.13
% change on same period last year	+10.91 %
Qualifications Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	239	285
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.384 %	0.306 %
Daily rates quoted	43	65
Average minimum daily rate	£261	£286
Average daily rate	£277	£296
% change on same period last year	-6.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£293	£307
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£328
% change on same period last year	+1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	30	44
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.28	£17.25
Average hourly rate	£29.95	£18.63
% change on same period last year	+60.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.62	£20.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.56	£25.13
% change on same period last year	+1.72 %
A+ Certification UK

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 Scotland 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 Scotland 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 Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
Edinburgh	+23	1	£125	-

A+ Certification UK

A+ Certification
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 2 (66.67 %) HP 1 2 (66.67 %) Compaq 1 2 (66.67 %) Dell 1 2 (66.67 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (33.33 %) EPoS 2 1 (33.33 %) Network+ Certification 2 1 (33.33 %) Retail 2 1 (33.33 %) SC Cleared 2 1 (33.33 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (33.33 %) DCSE 2 1 (33.33 %) HP APS 2 1 (33.33 %) C 2 1 (33.33 %) MCP 2 1 (33.33 %) Windows 2 1 (33.33 %) Windows 2000

2 1 (33.33 %) ATM 2 1 (33.33 %) IBM 2 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) ATM	General 1 1 (33.33 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 1 (33.33 %) Technical Support 1 1 (33.33 %) Field Service Engineer 1 1 (33.33 %) Field Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 1 (33.33 %) EPoS
Operating Systems 1 1 (33.33 %) Windows 1 1 (33.33 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) SC Cleared 1 1 (33.33 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 1 (33.33 %) C	Qualifications 1 2 (66.67 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (33.33 %) Network+ Certification 2 1 (33.33 %) DCSE 2 1 (33.33 %) HP APS 2 1 (33.33 %) MCP
Vendors 1 2 (66.67 %) HP 1 2 (66.67 %) Compaq 1 2 (66.67 %) Dell 2 1 (33.33 %) IBM 2 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft