The first table below looks at the demand for A+ Certification in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited A+ Certification over the 3 months to 17 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 South East 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA A+ Certification
Rank 213 238 235
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -3
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 10 9 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.128% 0.089% 0.163%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.516% 0.407% 0.762%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
Average daily rate £95 £143 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% -43.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £95 £145 £250
% change year-on-year
-34.48% -42.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 14
Average hourly rate £16.00 £12.50 £11.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% +7.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £12.50 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.50 £18.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.88 £9.75 £11.63
% change year-on-year
+52.56% -16.12%
All Qualifications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1937 2212 2231
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.79% 21.78% 21.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 942 1007 908
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 132 198
Average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £11.77
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East A+ Certification Jobs Demand Trend

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East A+ Certification Daily Rate Trend

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East A+ Certification Hourly Rate Trend

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing A+ Certification across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East A+ Certification Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Hampshire - 4 - -
Berkshire +14 3 - -
Surrey - 3 £95 -
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 15 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 13 (65.00%) Degree
3 11 (55.00%) Windows
4 10 (50.00%) MS Office
5 9 (45.00%) Windows XP
6 8 (40.00%) SLA
6 8 (40.00%) Windows 7
7 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
8 5 (25.00%) Cisco
9 4 (20.00%) HP
9 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (20.00%) MS Exchange
9 4 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (20.00%) LANDesk
10 3 (15.00%) ITIL
10 3 (15.00%) MCP
10 3 (15.00%) VPN
11 2 (10.00%) Dell
11 2 (10.00%) Lotus
11 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (10.00%) Internet
11 2 (10.00%) Lotus Notes
11 2 (10.00%) MCSE
11 2 (10.00%) MCDST
11 2 (10.00%) DCSE
11 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
12 1 (5.000%) Altiris
12 1 (5.000%) Service Management
12 1 (5.000%) Oracle CRM
12 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 Development
1 1 (5.000%) HTML
1 1 (5.000%) .NET
1 1 (5.000%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (10.00%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (5.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 10 (50.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) VPN
2 2 (10.00%) Internet
2 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.000%) VLAN
3 1 (5.000%) DNS
3 1 (5.000%) SAN
3 1 (5.000%) LAN
3 1 (5.000%) WAN
3 1 (5.000%) DHCP
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) 1st Line Support
2 5 (25.00%) Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Coordinator
5 2 (10.00%) IT Support
5 2 (10.00%) Team Leader
5 2 (10.00%) Field Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Field Service Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Support Technician
6 1 (5.000%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Support Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Service Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Network Support
6 1 (5.000%) Support Team Leader
6 1 (5.000%) Service Desk Team Leader
6 1 (5.000%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Blackberry
1 1 (5.000%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 11 (55.00%) Windows
2 9 (45.00%) Windows XP
3 8 (40.00%) Windows 7
4 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.00%) ITIL
2 1 (5.000%) CRM
2 1 (5.000%) DRM
2 1 (5.000%) Service Management
2 1 (5.000%) Problem Management
2 1 (5.000%) Data Entry
2 1 (5.000%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.000%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (65.00%) Degree
2 4 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (15.00%) MCP
4 2 (10.00%) MCSE
4 2 (10.00%) MCDST
4 2 (10.00%) DCSE
5 1 (5.000%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (25.00%) Cisco
3 4 (20.00%) HP
3 4 (20.00%) LANDesk
4 2 (10.00%) Dell
4 2 (10.00%) Lotus
5 1 (5.000%) Altiris
5 1 (5.000%) Oracle
5 1 (5.000%) EMC
5 1 (5.000%) Citrix
5 1 (5.000%) Avaya
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