The first table below looks at the demand for A+ Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited A+ Certification over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA A+ Certification
Rank 184 - 159
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 3 0 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.071% - 0.150%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.292% - 0.578%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 6
Average salary £23,500 - £16,500
UK excluding London average salary £22,250 £22,250 £22,500
% change year-on-year
- -1.11%
All Qualifications
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1029 921 1038
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 24.47% 24.51% 25.96%
Number of salaries quoted 882 761 922
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £59,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
A+ Certification
North West

A+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Stockport - 2 £23,500 -
A+ Certification
North West

A+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 14 (77.78%) Windows
2 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
3 10 (55.56%) Active Directory
3 10 (55.56%) MCP
3 10 (55.56%) SLA
3 10 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 9 (50.00%) HP
4 9 (50.00%) ITIL
4 9 (50.00%) MCSE
5 7 (38.89%) MS Office
6 6 (33.33%) Windows XP
6 6 (33.33%) Citrix
6 6 (33.33%) HP APS
7 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (22.22%) Dell
7 4 (22.22%) QMS
7 4 (22.22%) Windows Vista
8 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
8 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (16.67%) Cisco
8 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
8 3 (16.67%) Reuters
8 3 (16.67%) Bloomberg
8 3 (16.67%) VMware
9 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (11.11%) Mac OS X
9 2 (11.11%) Apple
9 2 (11.11%) EPoS
9 2 (11.11%) IBM

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 (5.556%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (38.89%) MS Office
2 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (33.33%) Desktop Support
3 5 (27.78%) Field Engineer
4 4 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 4 (22.22%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 3 (16.67%) Support Technician
5 3 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (11.11%) Printer Engineer
6 2 (11.11%) Server Engineer
7 1 (5.556%) Field Service Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) EPoS
2 1 (5.556%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 14 (77.78%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (22.22%) Windows Vista
4 2 (11.11%) Mac OS X
4 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
4 2 (11.11%) Mac OS X Server
5 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (5.556%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) ITIL
2 4 (22.22%) QMS
3 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) MCP
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (50.00%) MCSE
3 6 (33.33%) HP APS
4 2 (11.11%) MCTS
4 2 (11.11%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 9 (50.00%) HP
3 6 (33.33%) Citrix
4 4 (22.22%) Dell
5 3 (16.67%) Cisco
5 3 (16.67%) Reuters
5 3 (16.67%) Bloomberg
5 3 (16.67%) VMware
6 2 (11.11%) Apple
6 2 (11.11%) IBM
7 1 (5.556%) SonicWALL
7 1 (5.556%) Draytek
7 1 (5.556%) Remedy
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