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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA A+ Certification
Rank 261 262 260
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -2
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 1 8 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.012% 0.091% 0.107%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.041% 0.298% 0.329%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 10
Average salary £23,000 £20,250 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.58% +1.25%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £21,500 £22,270
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -3.45%
All Qualifications
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
2441 2688 3042
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 29.42% 30.66% 32.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2020 2216 2674
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England A+ Certification Salary Trend

A+ Certification
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing A+ Certification within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridgeshire +9 1 £23,000 +15.00%
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 8 (80.00%) Windows
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) Windows XP
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (60.00%) MCP
3 4 (40.00%) Network+ Certification
3 4 (40.00%) MCTS
3 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
3 4 (40.00%) MS Office
4 3 (30.00%) ITIL
4 3 (30.00%) Blackberry
4 3 (30.00%) MCITP
4 3 (30.00%) Degree
5 2 (20.00%) VMware
5 2 (20.00%) Firewall
5 2 (20.00%) Network Design
5 2 (20.00%) Network Security
5 2 (20.00%) XenApp
5 2 (20.00%) vSphere
5 2 (20.00%) Network Management
5 2 (20.00%) Citrix
5 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (20.00%) Mac OS X
5 2 (20.00%) Apple
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (20.00%) MCSE
5 2 (20.00%) MCSA
5 2 (20.00%) CCNA
5 2 (20.00%) WAN

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 Development
1 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) MS Office
2 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) Network Security
1 2 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (10.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (10.00%) Dutch Language
1 1 (10.00%) German Language
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (20.00%) Help Desk Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Support Technician
3 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support
3 1 (10.00%) Deskside Support
3 1 (10.00%) Help Desk Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (10.00%) EPoS
2 1 (10.00%) iPad
2 1 (10.00%) iPhone
2 1 (10.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (20.00%) Mac OS X
4 1 (10.00%) Linux
4 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (10.00%) Mac OS X Server
4 1 (10.00%) Android
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) ITIL
2 2 (20.00%) Network Design
2 2 (20.00%) Network Management
3 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
3 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (10.00%) Data Entry
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) VBScript
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (60.00%) MCP
2 4 (40.00%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (40.00%) MCTS
3 3 (30.00%) MCITP
3 3 (30.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (20.00%) MCSE
4 2 (20.00%) MCSA
4 2 (20.00%) CCNA
5 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) XenApp
2 2 (20.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) VMware
2 2 (20.00%) Citrix
2 2 (20.00%) Apple
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) CommVault
3 1 (10.00%) HP
3 1 (10.00%) FalconStor
3 1 (10.00%) SonicWALL
3 1 (10.00%) Draytek