The first table below looks at the demand for A+ Certification in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 currently tracked.

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 502 513 535
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +22
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 27 71 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.058% 0.122% 0.080%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.321% 0.706% 0.507%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 12
Average daily rate £110 £145 £143
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.13% +1.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £98 £118 £105
10% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £220 £236
UK excluding London average daily rate £110 £145 £110
% change year-on-year
-24.13% +31.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 25
Average hourly rate £13.13 £11.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.31% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.52 £8.25 £7.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.15 £18.75 £18.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.88 £11.50 £10.75
% change year-on-year
+29.34% +6.97%
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8414 10063 9673
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.14% 17.25% 15.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4503 5233 4635
Average daily rate £375 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 552 658
Average hourly rate £22.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%

A+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

A+ Certification Hourly Rate Histogram

A+ Certification
Top 16 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 UK 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
England +6 26 £110 -15.38%
South East +18 12 £110 -22.80%
London +2 10 £110 -20.00%
Southampton - 6 £115 -
Hampshire - 6 £115 -
Berkshire +13 3 - -
West Yorkshire +5 3 - -
Yorkshire +4 3 - -
Leeds - 3 - -
Surrey - 3 £95 -
Chertsey - 2 £95 -
North West - 1 - -
Staines - 1 - -
Newbury - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 - -
Isleworth - 1 - -

A+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 31 (59.62%) Windows
2 27 (51.92%) Microsoft
3 24 (46.15%) Active Directory
4 22 (42.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (40.38%) MS Office
6 18 (34.62%) Windows XP
7 14 (26.92%) MCP
7 14 (26.92%) Windows 7
8 12 (23.08%) Degree
9 11 (21.15%) ITIL
10 9 (17.31%) Citrix
10 9 (17.31%) MCSE
11 8 (15.38%) HP
12 7 (13.46%) SLA
12 7 (13.46%) MS Excel
12 7 (13.46%) MS Exchange
12 7 (13.46%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (13.46%) MCDST
13 6 (11.54%) Cisco
13 6 (11.54%) Internet
14 4 (7.692%) LANDesk
14 4 (7.692%) MCITP
14 4 (7.692%) Incident Management
14 4 (7.692%) Service Management
14 4 (7.692%) Finance
14 4 (7.692%) NHS
15 3 (5.769%) Norton AntiVirus
15 3 (5.769%) Blackberry
15 3 (5.769%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 3 (5.769%) Symantec

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 2 (3.846%) XML
1 2 (3.846%) HTML
2 1 (1.923%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (13.46%) MS Exchange
2 3 (5.769%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (5.769%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (3.846%) GroupWise
4 1 (1.923%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 21 (40.38%) MS Office
2 7 (13.46%) MS Excel
3 3 (5.769%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.923%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.54%) Internet
2 3 (5.769%) TCP/IP
2 3 (5.769%) VPN
2 3 (5.769%) LAN
3 2 (3.846%) WAN
4 1 (1.923%) 3G
4 1 (1.923%) SAN
4 1 (1.923%) DHCP
4 1 (1.923%) GSM
4 1 (1.923%) DNS
4 1 (1.923%) SIGTRAN
4 1 (1.923%) RANAP
4 1 (1.923%) VLAN
4 1 (1.923%) MGW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.846%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.923%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.923%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.923%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (1.923%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 4 (7.692%) Finance
2 3 (5.769%) Law
2 3 (5.769%) Legal
2 3 (5.769%) Military
2 3 (5.769%) Multimedia
3 1 (1.923%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (1.923%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.923%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (34.62%) Analyst
2 11 (21.15%) Support Analyst
3 9 (17.31%) 1st Line Support
4 7 (13.46%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (11.54%) Support Engineer
6 5 (9.615%) Service Analyst
6 5 (9.615%) Service Desk Analyst
6 5 (9.615%) IT Support
7 4 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 3 (5.769%) Trainer
8 3 (5.769%) IT Support Analyst
9 2 (3.846%) PC Engineer
9 2 (3.846%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 2 (3.846%) Help Desk Support Analyst
9 2 (3.846%) Desktop Analyst
9 2 (3.846%) Team Leader
9 2 (3.846%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 2 (3.846%) Technical Trainer
9 2 (3.846%) Help Desk Support
9 2 (3.846%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.692%) NHS
2 3 (5.769%) Blackberry
3 2 (3.846%) Fat Client
3 2 (3.846%) Mathematics
3 2 (3.846%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.923%) DTV
4 1 (1.923%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.923%) BBC
4 1 (1.923%) Statistics
4 1 (1.923%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.923%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (59.62%) Windows
2 18 (34.62%) Windows XP
3 14 (26.92%) Windows 7
4 3 (5.769%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (5.769%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.923%) Windows 2000
5 1 (1.923%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (21.15%) ITIL
2 4 (7.692%) Incident Management
2 4 (7.692%) Service Management
3 3 (5.769%) Project Management
3 3 (5.769%) CRM
3 3 (5.769%) Migration
3 3 (5.769%) Problem Management
4 2 (3.846%) Time Management
4 2 (3.846%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (3.846%) Asset Management
4 2 (3.846%) ITSM
5 1 (1.923%) DRM
5 1 (1.923%) PRINCE2
5 1 (1.923%) Business Continuity
5 1 (1.923%) Network Design
5 1 (1.923%) Logistics
5 1 (1.923%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (1.923%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (1.923%) TMap
5 1 (1.923%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.846%) PHP
2 1 (1.923%) C
2 1 (1.923%) Java
2 1 (1.923%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (42.31%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (26.92%) MCP
3 12 (23.08%) Degree
4 9 (17.31%) MCSE
5 7 (13.46%) Network+ Certification
5 7 (13.46%) MCDST
6 4 (7.692%) MCITP
7 3 (5.769%) MCTS
7 3 (5.769%) MOS
8 2 (3.846%) SC Cleared
8 2 (3.846%) Security Cleared
8 2 (3.846%) DCSE
8 2 (3.846%) MCSA
9 1 (1.923%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.923%) CCNA
9 1 (1.923%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (1.923%) Dell Certification
9 1 (1.923%) HNC
9 1 (1.923%) ACTC
9 1 (1.923%) ACSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.46%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.923%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 3 (5.769%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (3.846%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 27 (51.92%) Microsoft
2 9 (17.31%) Citrix
3 8 (15.38%) HP
4 6 (11.54%) Cisco
5 4 (7.692%) LANDesk
6 3 (5.769%) Symantec
6 3 (5.769%) Dell
7 1 (1.923%) Adobe
7 1 (1.923%) Avaya
7 1 (1.923%) Ericsson
7 1 (1.923%) Apple
7 1 (1.923%) Oracle
7 1 (1.923%) SAP
7 1 (1.923%) EMC
7 1 (1.923%) VMware
7 1 (1.923%) Huawei
7 1 (1.923%) Altiris
7 1 (1.923%) Nokia Siemens Networks
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