The first table below looks at the demand for A+ Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited A+ Certification over the 3 months to 23 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA A+ Certification
Rank 107 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.119% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.380% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £30,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £21,500 £22,270
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -3.45%
All Qualifications
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
526 390 471
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 31.22% 26.57% 34.71%
Number of salaries quoted 418 335 390
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,850 £30,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
A+ Certification
West Midlands

A+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham A+ Certification Salary Trend

A+ Certification
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 6 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 2 (33.33%) IP Telephony
3 2 (33.33%) Symantec
3 2 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (33.33%) SLA
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (33.33%) MCP
3 2 (33.33%) Windows

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 6 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) IP Telephony
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Desktop Support
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Support Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Desktop Support Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Desktop Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Team Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (33.33%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Symantec
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco