The first table below looks at the demand for A+ Certification in IT contracts advertised for the 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 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA A+ Certification
Rank 114 120 105
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -15
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 3 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.154% 0.083% 0.052%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.946% 0.583% 0.377%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £115 £125 £108
% change year-on-year
-8.00% +16.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.65 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £11.75 £11.75
% change year-on-year
+17.02% -
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
317 343 265
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 16.27% 14.15% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 182 107
Average daily rate £300 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £185 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 21 22
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £27.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
West Yorkshire +4 3 - -
North Yorkshire - - - -
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (50.00%) NHS
3 2 (50.00%) MCP
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (25.00%) CIW
4 1 (25.00%) MCTS
4 1 (25.00%) Web Development
4 1 (25.00%) NVQ Level 3
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (25.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) LAN
4 1 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (25.00%) Internet

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 1 (25.00%) MS Office
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Trainer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Web Development
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) MCP
3 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CIW
3 1 (25.00%) MCTS
3 1 (25.00%) NVQ Level 3
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
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