The first table below looks at the demand for A+ Certification in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA A+ Certification
Rank 239 241 229
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -12
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 4 6 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.056% 0.085% 0.073%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.229% 0.334% 0.302%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 5
Average salary £23,500 £19,000 £17,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.68% +11.76%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £21,500 £22,270
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -3.45%
All Qualifications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1744 1795 1655
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 24.27% 25.29% 24.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1433 1537 1435
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £53,500
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West 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
Manchester -16 4 £23,500 +46.87%
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 16 (76.19%) Windows
2 15 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 13 (61.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (57.14%) Active Directory
4 12 (57.14%) MCP
5 11 (52.38%) SLA
6 10 (47.62%) HP
7 9 (42.86%) TCP/IP
7 9 (42.86%) MS Office
7 9 (42.86%) ITIL
7 9 (42.86%) MCSE
8 8 (38.10%) Windows XP
9 6 (28.57%) Citrix
9 6 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (28.57%) Windows Vista
9 6 (28.57%) HP APS
10 5 (23.81%) QMS
10 5 (23.81%) Windows 7
10 5 (23.81%) Dell
11 4 (19.05%) Cisco
12 3 (14.29%) Reuters
12 3 (14.29%) Bloomberg
12 3 (14.29%) Remedy
12 3 (14.29%) Blackberry
12 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
12 3 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
12 3 (14.29%) VMware
12 3 (14.29%) MCITP
12 3 (14.29%) SCCM
12 3 (14.29%) Hyper-V

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 (4.762%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 9 (42.86%) MS Office
2 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (28.57%) Desktop Support
3 5 (23.81%) Technical Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Support Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Field Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Support Technician
5 3 (14.29%) Desktop Technician
5 3 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 2 (9.524%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (4.762%) Field Service Engineer
7 1 (4.762%) Server Engineer
7 1 (4.762%) Printer Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Blackberry
2 2 (9.524%) EPoS
3 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (76.19%) Windows
2 8 (38.10%) Windows XP
3 6 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (28.57%) Windows Vista
4 5 (23.81%) Windows 7
5 2 (9.524%) Mac OS X Server
5 2 (9.524%) Mac OS X
6 1 (4.762%) Linux
6 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) ITIL
2 5 (23.81%) QMS
3 2 (9.524%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (4.762%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 13 (61.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (57.14%) MCP
3 9 (42.86%) MCSE
4 6 (28.57%) HP APS
5 3 (14.29%) MCITP
6 2 (9.524%) MCTS
7 1 (4.762%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (4.762%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (52.38%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 3 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 10 (47.62%) HP
3 6 (28.57%) Citrix
4 5 (23.81%) Dell
5 4 (19.05%) Cisco
6 3 (14.29%) Reuters
6 3 (14.29%) Bloomberg
6 3 (14.29%) Remedy
6 3 (14.29%) VMware
7 2 (9.524%) Cognos
7 2 (9.524%) Apple
7 2 (9.524%) Sage
8 1 (4.762%) IBM
8 1 (4.762%) SonicWALL
8 1 (4.762%) Draytek
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