The first table below looks at the demand for A+ Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA A+ Certification
Rank 120 - 108
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 2 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.114% - 0.169%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.336% - 0.556%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
Average salary £24,500 - £21,250
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £21,500 £22,270
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -3.45%
All Qualifications
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
596 679 540
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 34.06% 38.84% 30.44%
Number of salaries quoted 498 601 420
Average salary £40,000 £38,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.57% +2.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £26,800 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,750 £57,500 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
A+ Certification
South West

A+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol A+ Certification Salary Trend

A+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (83.33%) MCP
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (66.67%) HP
3 4 (66.67%) Dell
4 3 (50.00%) Thin Client
4 3 (50.00%) Terminal Services
4 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
4 3 (50.00%) SLA
4 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (50.00%) Fat Client
4 3 (50.00%) MS Office
4 3 (50.00%) iPhone
4 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
5 2 (33.33%) Windows 2000 Server
5 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
5 2 (33.33%) Cisco
5 2 (33.33%) CCNA
5 2 (33.33%) DHCP
5 2 (33.33%) DNS
5 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) DHCP
1 2 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) SAN
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Break Fix Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Hardware Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Thin Client
1 3 (50.00%) Fat Client
1 3 (50.00%) iPhone
2 1 (16.67%) EPoS
2 1 (16.67%) PDA
2 1 (16.67%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (83.33%) MCP
3 3 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (33.33%) CCNA
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) Terminal Services
3 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) HP
2 4 (66.67%) Dell
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco