The first table below looks at the demand for A+ Certification in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited A+ Certification over the 3 months to 22 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 West Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA A+ Certification
Rank 88 89 70
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -19
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 3 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.236% 0.062% 0.090%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.478% 0.435% 0.662%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £110 £145 £111
% change year-on-year
-24.13% +30.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £13.58 - £9.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.88 £11.50 £10.75
% change year-on-year
+29.34% +6.97%
All Qualifications
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
203 230 151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 15.95% 14.22% 13.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 129 62
Average daily rate £300 £345 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% +6.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £213 £177
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 12
Average hourly rate £12.75 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.33% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.86 £12.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £50.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
A+ Certification
Yorkshire

A+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Leeds - 3 - -
A+ Certification
Yorkshire

A+ Certification
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) NHS
2 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (50.00%) MCP
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Service Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
3 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Support
3 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) MCP
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
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