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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA A+ Certification
Rank 423 415 401
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -14
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 18 23 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.081% 0.097% 0.080%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.249% 0.289% 0.288%
Number of salaries quoted 17 21 16
Average salary £22,500 £25,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,000 £21,500 £17,500
10% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £31,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £21,500 £22,270
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -3.45%
All Qualifications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7234 7947 6256
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 32.61% 33.48% 27.79%
Number of salaries quoted 5831 6948 5368
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,238 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East A+ Certification Salary Trend

A+ Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing A+ Certification across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East 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 South East 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
Hampshire +4 5 £17,000 -26.08%
Surrey +11 4 £22,500 -5.26%
Oxfordshire -23 4 £22,500 -13.46%
West Sussex - 2 £20,000 -
Berkshire +4 1 £60,000 +159.74%
Middlesex -4 1 £25,000 +2.04%
East Sussex - 1 £32,500 -
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 52 (80.00%) Windows
2 50 (76.92%) Microsoft
3 45 (69.23%) Windows XP
4 42 (64.62%) MS Office
5 39 (60.00%) ITIL
6 37 (56.92%) Active Directory
7 34 (52.31%) MS Exchange
8 29 (44.62%) Service Management
9 27 (41.54%) Altiris
9 27 (41.54%) MCDST
10 16 (24.62%) Windows 7
10 16 (24.62%) MS Excel
11 14 (21.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (16.92%) DHCP
12 11 (16.92%) DNS
13 10 (15.38%) MCSE
14 9 (13.85%) TCP/IP
15 8 (12.31%) VPN
16 7 (10.77%) SLA
16 7 (10.77%) Root Cause Analysis
16 7 (10.77%) Degree
16 7 (10.77%) Windows Vista
16 7 (10.77%) Problem Management
17 6 (9.231%) Windows Server 2003
18 5 (7.692%) Finance
18 5 (7.692%) LAN
18 5 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
19 4 (6.154%) Windows Server 2012
19 4 (6.154%) VLAN
19 4 (6.154%) Cisco Certification

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 2 (3.077%) COM
2 1 (1.538%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 34 (52.31%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.538%) Apache
2 1 (1.538%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (1.538%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 42 (64.62%) MS Office
2 16 (24.62%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.92%) DHCP
1 11 (16.92%) DNS
2 9 (13.85%) TCP/IP
3 8 (12.31%) VPN
4 5 (7.692%) LAN
5 4 (6.154%) VLAN
6 2 (3.077%) Firewall
6 2 (3.077%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (3.077%) Wireless
6 2 (3.077%) VoIP
7 1 (1.538%) Internet
7 1 (1.538%) WAN
7 1 (1.538%) SAN
7 1 (1.538%) IP Telephony
7 1 (1.538%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.615%) Big Data
2 2 (3.077%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.538%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.538%) MySQL
3 1 (1.538%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.538%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.538%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 5 (7.692%) Finance
2 2 (3.077%) Marketing
3 1 (1.538%) Legal
3 1 (1.538%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.538%) Games
3 1 (1.538%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 41 (63.08%) Analyst
2 32 (49.23%) Service Analyst
2 32 (49.23%) Service Desk Analyst
3 28 (43.08%) 1st Line Support
4 9 (13.85%) Support Engineer
5 8 (12.31%) Support Analyst
5 8 (12.31%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (9.231%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 6 (9.231%) Junior
7 5 (7.692%) Junior Support Engineer
8 4 (6.154%) IT Support
9 3 (4.615%) Product Manager
10 2 (3.077%) IT Support Technician
10 2 (3.077%) Field Support Engineer
10 2 (3.077%) Support Technician
10 2 (3.077%) Administrator
10 2 (3.077%) Field Engineer
11 1 (1.538%) Help Desk Analyst
11 1 (1.538%) Senior Analyst
11 1 (1.538%) Desktop Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.615%) SaaS
1 3 (4.615%) Social Media
1 3 (4.615%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (3.077%) EPoS
2 2 (3.077%) Chip and PIN
2 2 (3.077%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.538%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.538%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 52 (80.00%) Windows
2 45 (69.23%) Windows XP
3 16 (24.62%) Windows 7
4 7 (10.77%) Windows Vista
5 6 (9.231%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (6.154%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (4.615%) Mac OS X
8 3 (4.615%) Linux
8 3 (4.615%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (60.00%) ITIL
2 29 (44.62%) Service Management
3 7 (10.77%) Root Cause Analysis
3 7 (10.77%) Problem Management
4 3 (4.615%) DRM
4 3 (4.615%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (4.615%) Product Management
4 3 (4.615%) User Stories
5 2 (3.077%) ITSM
5 2 (3.077%) Product Marketing
5 2 (3.077%) Project Management
6 1 (1.538%) PRINCE2
6 1 (1.538%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (1.538%) Data Protection
6 1 (1.538%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.077%) SQL
2 1 (1.538%) C
2 1 (1.538%) PHP
Qualifications
1 27 (41.54%) MCDST
2 14 (21.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (15.38%) MCSE
4 7 (10.77%) Degree
5 4 (6.154%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (4.615%) MCP
6 3 (4.615%) CCNA
7 1 (1.538%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.538%) Server+ Certification
7 1 (1.538%) Linux+ Certification
7 1 (1.538%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.538%) MCITP
7 1 (1.538%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.77%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (56.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.538%) NFS
Vendors
1 50 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 27 (41.54%) Altiris
3 3 (4.615%) Apple
3 3 (4.615%) Cisco
4 1 (1.538%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.538%) Dell
4 1 (1.538%) Citrix
4 1 (1.538%) Mitel
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