The first table below looks at the demand for A+ Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited A+ Certification 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 Surrey 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
CompTIA A+ Certification
Rank 77 - 99
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 3 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.260% - 0.218%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.186% - 1.347%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £95 - £105
UK excluding London average daily rate £110 £145 £110
% change year-on-year
-24.13% +31.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £16.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.88 £11.50 £10.75
% change year-on-year
+29.34% +6.97%
All Qualifications
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
253 298 297
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 21.94% 18.50% 16.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 188 146
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £190 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £535 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 17
Average hourly rate £34.75 £17.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+98.57% -22.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £14.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £31.85 £46.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
A+ Certification
South East

A+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey A+ Certification Hourly Rate Trend

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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 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
Chertsey - 2 £95 -
Staines - 1 - -
A+ Certification
South East

A+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (50.00%) MCSE
3 2 (50.00%) VPN
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Service Management
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle CRM
4 1 (25.00%) Altiris
4 1 (25.00%) MCDST
4 1 (25.00%) VLAN
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Internet
4 1 (25.00%) DRM
4 1 (25.00%) Citrix
4 1 (25.00%) DNS
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) CRM
4 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (25.00%) LAN
4 1 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (25.00%) DHCP
4 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (25.00%) MCP
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) 1st Line Support
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) DRM
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) MCSE
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MCDST
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) MCP
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Altiris
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle