Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Birmingham region.

 CompTIA A+ Certification
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank7692129
Rank change year-on-year
Up+16Up+37
Matching permanent IT job ads387
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham0.288 %0.540 %0.219 %
As % of the Qualifications category1.442 %2.216 %1.108 %
Salaries quoted346
Average salary£29,000£29,000£29,000
UK excluding London average salary£22,500£22,250£22,500
% change year-on-year
+1.120 %-1.110 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
208361632
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham19.98 %24.36 %19.81 %
Salaries quoted181313559
Average salary£35,000£34,000£34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-1.440 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,950£22,000£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
A+ Certification West MidlandsA+ Certification
West Midlands

A+ Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

A+ Certification
Salary Trend

The 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 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, 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.

13 (100.00 %)MCSE
13 (100.00 %)MCP
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (66.67 %)MCSA
22 (66.67 %)MCT
22 (66.67 %)MS Excel
22 (66.67 %)Microsoft
22 (66.67 %)CCNA
22 (66.67 %)Cisco Certification
22 (66.67 %)Network+ Certification
22 (66.67 %)MCDST
31 (33.33 %)Strategic Planning
31 (33.33 %)Wireless
31 (33.33 %)Windows

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (66.67 %)MS Excel
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)Wireless
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Trainer
12 (66.67 %)IT Trainer
21 (33.33 %)IT Technician
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)Windows
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)Strategic Planning
Birmingham IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (100.00 %)MCSE
13 (100.00 %)MCP
13 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (66.67 %)MCSA
22 (66.67 %)MCT
22 (66.67 %)CCNA
22 (66.67 %)Cisco Certification
22 (66.67 %)Network+ Certification
22 (66.67 %)MCDST
Birmingham IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (66.67 %)Microsoft