The first table below looks at the demand for A+ Certification in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited A+ Certification over the 3 months to 23 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA A+ Certification
Rank 203 211 209
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -2
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 7 3 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.133% 0.054% 0.147%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.414% 0.147% 0.444%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 9
Average salary £22,500 £22,500 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,200 £19,300 £20,300
10% offered a salary of more than £24,700 £40,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £21,500 £22,270
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -3.45%
All Qualifications
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1690 2041 2028
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 32.21% 36.75% 33.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1458 1755 1721
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £27,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Wiltshire - 3 £22,500 -
Bristol - 2 £24,500 -
Gloucestershire +11 1 £20,000 +8.10%
Devon - 1 £25,000 -
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 11 (91.67%) Microsoft
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 8 (66.67%) MS Excel
3 7 (58.33%) MCP
3 7 (58.33%) Active Directory
3 7 (58.33%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (50.00%) Service Delivery
4 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (41.67%) MS Office
6 4 (33.33%) MS Exchange
6 4 (33.33%) HP
6 4 (33.33%) Dell
7 3 (25.00%) CCNA
7 3 (25.00%) Windows XP
7 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (25.00%) DHCP
7 3 (25.00%) VPN
7 3 (25.00%) DNS
7 3 (25.00%) SLA
7 3 (25.00%) Cisco
7 3 (25.00%) CRM
7 3 (25.00%) Thin Client
7 3 (25.00%) Terminal Services
7 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (25.00%) Fat Client
7 3 (25.00%) Mathematics
7 3 (25.00%) Android

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 4 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
3 1 (8.333%) Lync
Applications
1 8 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 5 (41.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) DHCP
1 3 (25.00%) VPN
1 3 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (8.333%) PPTP
2 1 (8.333%) SAN
2 1 (8.333%) LDAP
2 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
2 1 (8.333%) LAN
2 1 (8.333%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (41.67%) Support Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Support Technician
3 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 2 (16.67%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (8.333%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Team Leader
5 1 (8.333%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Support Team Leader
5 1 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (8.333%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (8.333%) Hardware Support Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Break Fix Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Thin Client
1 3 (25.00%) Fat Client
1 3 (25.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (25.00%) iPhone
2 1 (8.333%) EPoS
2 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.333%) AS400
2 1 (8.333%) PDA
2 1 (8.333%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (25.00%) Android
4 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 2 (16.67%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (8.333%) Mac OS X
5 1 (8.333%) Linux
5 1 (8.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (25.00%) CRM
3 2 (16.67%) Business Development
3 2 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (8.333%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (58.33%) MCP
2 7 (58.33%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (25.00%) CCNA
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (8.333%) Linux+ Certification
4 1 (8.333%) Degree
4 1 (8.333%) MOS
4 1 (8.333%) MCDST
4 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
4 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (58.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (25.00%) Terminal Services
3 2 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) HP
2 4 (33.33%) Dell
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco
4 2 (16.67%) Symantec
5 1 (8.333%) Remedy
5 1 (8.333%) Citrix
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