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This section looks at the demand for CompTIA A+ Certification in IT jobs within the City of London region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited A+ Certification over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCompTIA A+ Certification
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank333324
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching permanent IT job ads1310
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.370 %0.310 %
Salaries quoted1310
Average minimum salary£24,615£37,000
Average salary£26,308£38,350
% change on same period last year-31.40 %
Average maximum salary£28,000£39,700
UK excluding London average salary£22,278£19,955
% change on same period last year+11.64 %
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads35163231
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.893 %1.347 %
Salaries quoted30122464
Average minimum salary£42,900£46,661
Average salary£47,018£50,860
% change on same period last year-7.55 %
Average maximum salary£51,135£55,059
UK excluding London average salary£37,833£38,491
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
A+ Certification LondonA+ Certification
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A+ Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing A+ Certification across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London A+ Certification Salary Trend

A+ Certification
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing A+ Certification across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

City of London A+ Certification Salary Histogram

A+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

131 (88.57 %)Microsoft Certification
225 (71.43 %)MCP
319 (54.29 %)Windows
319 (54.29 %)CCNA
319 (54.29 %)Cisco Certification
319 (54.29 %)Network+ Certification
416 (45.71 %)MCSE
513 (37.14 %)MS Office
513 (37.14 %)Windows XP
611 (31.43 %)CNA
611 (31.43 %)Novell Certification
611 (31.43 %)Finance
79 (25.71 %)Active Directory
79 (25.71 %)Microsoft
79 (25.71 %)MS Excel
86 (17.14 %)MCSA
95 (14.29 %)MCT
95 (14.29 %)Investment Management
104 (11.43 %)Fund Management
104 (11.43 %)Financial Institution
104 (11.43 %)ITIL
104 (11.43 %)TCP/IP
104 (11.43 %)Client/Server
113 (8.571 %)HP
113 (8.571 %)Compaq
113 (8.571 %)Dell
113 (8.571 %)Cisco
113 (8.571 %)PDA
122 (5.714 %)MCDST
122 (5.714 %)Time Management

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.857 %)SharePoint
11 (2.857 %)LiveLink
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (37.14 %)MS Office
29 (25.71 %)MS Excel
31 (2.857 %)MS Visio
31 (2.857 %)Acrobat
31 (2.857 %)MS PowerPoint
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (11.43 %)TCP/IP
21 (2.857 %)Network Security
21 (2.857 %)LAN
21 (2.857 %)WAN
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (31.43 %)Finance
24 (11.43 %)Financial Institution
31 (2.857 %)Education
31 (2.857 %)Law
31 (2.857 %)Banking
31 (2.857 %)Pensions
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (54.29 %)Analyst
212 (34.29 %)Support Analyst
310 (28.57 %)Service Analyst
48 (22.86 %)1st Line Support
55 (14.29 %)Field Engineer
55 (14.29 %)Service Desk Analyst
55 (14.29 %)1st Line Support Analyst
64 (11.43 %)Helpdesk Analyst
73 (8.571 %)Trainer
73 (8.571 %)Field Service Engineer
82 (5.714 %)Support Engineer
82 (5.714 %)2nd Line Support
82 (5.714 %)Hardware Engineer
82 (5.714 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
91 (2.857 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
91 (2.857 %)1st Line Support Engineer
91 (2.857 %)Technical Engineer
91 (2.857 %)Senior Support Engineer
91 (2.857 %)Senior Technical Support
91 (2.857 %)Senior Technical Support Engineer
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (11.43 %)Client/Server
23 (8.571 %)PDA
32 (5.714 %)Blackberry
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (54.29 %)Windows
213 (37.14 %)Windows XP
31 (2.857 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (2.857 %)Windows 2000 Server
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (14.29 %)Investment Management
24 (11.43 %)Fund Management
24 (11.43 %)ITIL
32 (5.714 %)Time Management
41 (2.857 %)Security Cleared
41 (2.857 %)Document Management
41 (2.857 %)Systems Analysis
41 (2.857 %)Strategic Planning
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
131 (88.57 %)Microsoft Certification
225 (71.43 %)MCP
319 (54.29 %)Network+ Certification
319 (54.29 %)CCNA
319 (54.29 %)Cisco Certification
416 (45.71 %)MCSE
511 (31.43 %)CNA
511 (31.43 %)Novell Certification
66 (17.14 %)MCSA
75 (14.29 %)MCT
82 (5.714 %)ITIL Certification
82 (5.714 %)MCDST
91 (2.857 %)Degree
91 (2.857 %)GNVQ
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (25.71 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (25.71 %)Microsoft
23 (8.571 %)Cisco
23 (8.571 %)HP
23 (8.571 %)Compaq
23 (8.571 %)Dell
32 (5.714 %)IBM
32 (5.714 %)Novell
41 (2.857 %)Adobe
41 (2.857 %)Citrix