The first table below looks at the demand for A+ Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited A+ Certification over the 3 months to 24 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA A+ Certification
Rank 94 101 93
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -8
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 1 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.114% 0.080% 0.085%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.240% 0.162% 0.185%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
Average salary £20,000 £18,500 £17,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.10% +5.71%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £21,500 £22,270
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -3.45%
All Qualifications
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
417 618 541
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 47.39% 49.60% 45.89%
Number of salaries quoted 356 502 454
Average salary £41,000 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
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 Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Tewkesbury - 1 £20,000 -
A+ Certification
South West

A+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Symantec
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy
2 1 (50.00%) PPTP
2 1 (50.00%) AS400
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) LDAP

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) PPTP
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (50.00%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Symantec
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy