The first table below looks at the demand for A+ Certification in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited A+ Certification over the 3 months to 22 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA A+ Certification
Rank 562 607 593
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -14
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 39 42 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.089% 0.077% 0.065%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.352% 0.324% 0.275%
Number of salaries quoted 28 29 35
Average salary £27,250 £24,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.54% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,350 £20,700 £22,193
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £34,200 £46,700
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £21,500 £22,270
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -3.45%
All Qualifications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
11080 12981 13432
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 25.18% 23.83% 23.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8995 11185 11128
Average salary £50,000 £48,000 £49,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% -3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

London 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 London region.

London A+ Certification Salary Trend

A+ Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing A+ Certification across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London A+ Certification Salary Histogram

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 London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London +28 11 £26,000 -25.71%
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 51 (70.83%) Windows
2 40 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 28 (38.89%) SLA
4 26 (36.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (34.72%) MS Excel
6 24 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (33.33%) Windows 7
7 23 (31.94%) ITIL
8 21 (29.17%) Dell
9 20 (27.78%) Network+ Certification
9 20 (27.78%) Windows Server 2008
10 18 (25.00%) MS Office
11 17 (23.61%) Windows XP
11 17 (23.61%) CCNA
11 17 (23.61%) Active Directory
12 14 (19.44%) HP
13 12 (16.67%) WAN
13 12 (16.67%) TCP/IP
13 12 (16.67%) MCP
13 12 (16.67%) Degree
13 12 (16.67%) QMS
14 11 (15.28%) MCSE
14 11 (15.28%) LAN
14 11 (15.28%) DNS
14 11 (15.28%) Finance
15 10 (13.89%) MCDST
15 10 (13.89%) Cisco
15 10 (13.89%) SAN
16 9 (12.50%) MCTS
16 9 (12.50%) Wireless

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

Application Platforms
1 7 (9.722%) MS Exchange
2 5 (6.944%) Exchange Server 2003
2 5 (6.944%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (6.944%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (4.167%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (2.778%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.389%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 25 (34.72%) MS Excel
2 18 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (1.389%) InfoPath
3 1 (1.389%) Google Apps
3 1 (1.389%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.67%) WAN
1 12 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 11 (15.28%) LAN
2 11 (15.28%) DNS
3 10 (13.89%) SAN
4 9 (12.50%) Wireless
5 6 (8.333%) Cisco PIX
5 6 (8.333%) Firewall
6 4 (5.556%) VLAN
6 4 (5.556%) VPN
6 4 (5.556%) DHCP
7 3 (4.167%) Internet
8 1 (1.389%) FTP
8 1 (1.389%) PBX
8 1 (1.389%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.167%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.778%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (2.778%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 11 (15.28%) Finance
2 7 (9.722%) Retail
3 5 (6.944%) Marketing
4 3 (4.167%) Financial Institution
4 3 (4.167%) Banking
5 1 (1.389%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 15 (20.83%) Technical Engineer
3 12 (16.67%) Analyst
4 11 (15.28%) IT Support
4 11 (15.28%) Support Analyst
4 11 (15.28%) 2nd Line Support
5 10 (13.89%) Technical Support
6 7 (9.722%) Service Analyst
7 6 (8.333%) Data Centre Technician
7 6 (8.333%) Senior Technical Engineer
7 6 (8.333%) IT Services Manager
7 6 (8.333%) Senior Support Engineer
7 6 (8.333%) Service Desk Manager
7 6 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support
7 6 (8.333%) Service Manager
8 5 (6.944%) Technical Support Analyst
8 5 (6.944%) Technical Analyst
8 5 (6.944%) Technical Services Analyst
9 4 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
9 4 (5.556%) 3rd Line Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
1 8 (11.11%) Blackberry
2 7 (9.722%) Mathematics
3 6 (8.333%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (5.556%) PDA
5 3 (4.167%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.389%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.389%) NHS
6 1 (1.389%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.389%) PACS
6 1 (1.389%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.389%) CMDB
6 1 (1.389%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 51 (70.83%) Windows
2 24 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 20 (27.78%) Windows Server 2008
4 17 (23.61%) Windows XP
5 8 (11.11%) Linux
6 7 (9.722%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (8.333%) FreeBSD
8 5 (6.944%) Mac OS X
8 5 (6.944%) Windows Mobile
9 3 (4.167%) Windows 8
9 3 (4.167%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (4.167%) Mac OS
10 1 (1.389%) NetWare
10 1 (1.389%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.94%) ITIL
2 12 (16.67%) QMS
3 9 (12.50%) Time Management
4 6 (8.333%) Change Management
5 5 (6.944%) E-Commerce
5 5 (6.944%) Logistics
6 4 (5.556%) Incident Management
7 3 (4.167%) Project Management
7 3 (4.167%) Service Desk Management
8 2 (2.778%) Performance Management
8 2 (2.778%) Service Delivery
8 2 (2.778%) PRINCE
9 1 (1.389%) CRM
9 1 (1.389%) Configuration Management
9 1 (1.389%) Service Management
9 1 (1.389%) Business Development
9 1 (1.389%) Document Management
9 1 (1.389%) Network Management
9 1 (1.389%) Product Management
9 1 (1.389%) ITIL V2
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.556%) SQL
2 2 (2.778%) C
Qualifications
1 26 (36.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (27.78%) Network+ Certification
4 17 (23.61%) CCNA
5 12 (16.67%) MCP
5 12 (16.67%) Degree
6 11 (15.28%) MCSE
7 10 (13.89%) MCDST
8 9 (12.50%) MCTS
8 9 (12.50%) NVQ Level 3
9 7 (9.722%) MCSA
9 7 (9.722%) MCITP
10 6 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (5.556%) Server+ Certification
12 3 (4.167%) CCA
12 3 (4.167%) Citrix Certification
13 2 (2.778%) HP AIS
13 2 (2.778%) Security Cleared
13 2 (2.778%) IBM Certification
14 1 (1.389%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (38.89%) SLA
2 1 (1.389%) HL7
2 1 (1.389%) DICOM
System Software
1 17 (23.61%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.167%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (6.944%) ZENworks
2 2 (2.778%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (1.389%) MAILsweeper
3 1 (1.389%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.389%) DameWare
3 1 (1.389%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 21 (29.17%) Dell
3 14 (19.44%) HP
4 10 (13.89%) Cisco
5 7 (9.722%) McAfee
5 7 (9.722%) Citrix
6 6 (8.333%) VMware
6 6 (8.333%) Sun
7 5 (6.944%) Apple
8 4 (5.556%) Remedy
9 2 (2.778%) DataCore
9 2 (2.778%) Symantec
9 2 (2.778%) IBM
10 1 (1.389%) Sophos
10 1 (1.389%) Novell
10 1 (1.389%) Interwoven
10 1 (1.389%) Google
City of London
You will have the following skill set: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Active Directory, Exchange, basic telephony including blackberry and iPhones, LAN/WAN, TCP/IP networking, DNS, DHCP...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £23000.00 - £27000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
London
You will have the following skill set: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Active Directory, Exchange, basic telephony including blackberry and iPhones, LAN/WAN, TCP/IP networking, DNS, DHCP...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £23000.00 - £27000.00 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 8 May 2013
London
You will join a professional environment, with the opportunity for career development and you must be able to work well under pressure.As the successful Technical Support Analyst...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £23000.00 - £27000.00 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 27 April 2013
West London
Skills and experience - At least three years' experience of working in a Helpdesk or Service Desk environment- Excellent customer service skills with a good telephone manner- Ability to...
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
London
You will become part of a dynamic and enthusiastic team of people who are very passionate about what they do and whose top priority is to deliver quality...
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 12 May 2013
West London
Ability to maintain and troubleshoot FTP, HTTP, SSL, and SMTP mail flow... Thorough understanding of clustering requirements; ability to build and maintain Microsoft Windows clusters... Microsoft SQL configuration...
Rackspace
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 13 May 2013