The first table below looks at the demand for A+ Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited A+ Certification over the 3 months to 21 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 Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA A+ Certification
Rank - 43 -
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 0 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen - 1.643% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 5.385% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 0
Average salary - £20,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £21,500 £22,270
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -3.45%
All Qualifications
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
110 130 83
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 31.88% 30.52% 31.80%
Number of salaries quoted 82 106 68
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £20,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £54,452 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
A+ Certification
Scotland

A+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen A+ Certification Jobs Demand Trend

A+ Certification
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing A+ Certification across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen A+ Certification Salary Trend

A+ Certification
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited A+ Certification.

1 4 (100.00%) MS Office
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) MCP
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) MCDST
1 4 (100.00%) MCTS
1 4 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Legal

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited A+ Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 4 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) MCP
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) MCDST
1 4 (100.00%) MCTS
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft