The first table below looks at the demand for ACSA in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ACSA 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
Apple Certified System Administrator (ACSA)
Rank 518 583 581
Rank change year-on-year
+65 -2
Contract jobs citing ACSA 11 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.024% 0.002% 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.131% 0.010% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
Average daily rate £420 £388 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.38% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 £388 -
% change year-on-year
+8.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
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%

ACSA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

ACSA Jobs Demand Trend

ACSA
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ACSA within the UK.

ACSA Daily Rate Trend

ACSA
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ACSA within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

ACSA Daily Rate Histogram

ACSA
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ACSA within the UK.

ACSA Hourly Rate Trend

ACSA
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ACSA 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 +50 5 £350 -9.67%
South East +17 3 - -
Berkshire +17 3 - -
Reading - 3 - -
North West - 1 - -
City of London - 1 £350 -
Manchester - 1 - -
London - 1 £350 -

ACSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ACSA 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 ACSA.

1 7 (53.85%) Avaya
2 6 (46.15%) Linux
2 6 (46.15%) Cisco
2 6 (46.15%) ArcSight
3 5 (38.46%) Information Security
3 5 (38.46%) CCNA
3 5 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (30.77%) Middleware
4 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
4 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
4 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
5 3 (23.08%) Internet
5 3 (23.08%) CCNP
5 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
5 3 (23.08%) VoIP
6 2 (15.38%) WAN
6 2 (15.38%) DHCP
6 2 (15.38%) HTTP
6 2 (15.38%) Windows
6 2 (15.38%) DNS
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
6 2 (15.38%) CCIE
6 2 (15.38%) LAN
6 2 (15.38%) Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) Nortel
6 2 (15.38%) Change Management
6 2 (15.38%) IP Telephony
6 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
6 2 (15.38%) CMS
6 2 (15.38%) SIEM

ACSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ACSA 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 ACSA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (30.77%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Internet
1 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
1 3 (23.08%) VoIP
2 2 (15.38%) WAN
2 2 (15.38%) DHCP
2 2 (15.38%) HTTP
2 2 (15.38%) DNS
2 2 (15.38%) LAN
2 2 (15.38%) IP Telephony
2 2 (15.38%) Symposium
2 2 (15.38%) VLAN
3 1 (7.692%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (7.692%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (7.692%) Banking
1 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Support Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Design Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Avaya Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Technical Support
3 3 (23.08%) Technical Support Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Telephony Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.692%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Windows
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (7.692%) UNIX
3 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Information Security
2 2 (15.38%) Project Management
2 2 (15.38%) Change Management
2 2 (15.38%) SIEM
2 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
3 1 (7.692%) Problem Management
3 1 (7.692%) Use Case
3 1 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.692%) Analytics
3 1 (7.692%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (7.692%) Service Management
3 1 (7.692%) CMMI
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CCNA
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) CCNP
4 2 (15.38%) CCIE
5 1 (7.692%) Security+ Certification
5 1 (7.692%) GIAC
5 1 (7.692%) CEH
5 1 (7.692%) GCIA
5 1 (7.692%) GCIH
5 1 (7.692%) CISM
5 1 (7.692%) CISSP
5 1 (7.692%) Avaya Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.692%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) OVSD
1 1 (7.692%) OpenView
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Avaya
2 6 (46.15%) Cisco
2 6 (46.15%) ArcSight
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) Nortel
4 1 (7.692%) HP
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