Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for A+ Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited A+ Certification over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Southampton region.

 CompTIA A+ Certification
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank342781
Rank change year-on-year
Down-7Up+54
Matching permanent IT job ads13184
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton3.621 %4.138 %0.376 %
As % of the Qualifications category15.66 %12.77 %1.695 %
Salaries quoted13174
Average salary£17,000£16,000£16,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.250 %-3.030 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£16,000£16,000£16,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,200£18,250£17,000
UK excluding London average salary£22,500£23,000£22,500
% change year-on-year
-2.170 %+2.220 %
Southampton IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
83141236
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton23.12 %32.41 %22.16 %
Salaries quoted72129225
Average salary£32,500£33,000£31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.510 %+4.760 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,000£18,250£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£46,250£50,000£43,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
A+ Certification HampshireA+ Certification
Hampshire

A+ Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing A+ Certification across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Southampton A+ Certification Demand Trend

A+ Certification
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing A+ Certification across the Southampton region.

Southampton A+ Certification Salary Trend

A+ Certification
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Southampton 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.

114 (82.35 %)Microsoft
211 (64.71 %)Service Management
211 (64.71 %)MS Office
211 (64.71 %)ITIL
35 (29.41 %)MCP
35 (29.41 %)MCSE
35 (29.41 %)Microsoft Certification
43 (17.65 %)CCNA
43 (17.65 %)MCSA
43 (17.65 %)MCT
43 (17.65 %)MS Excel
43 (17.65 %)Windows
43 (17.65 %)Cisco Certification
43 (17.65 %)Network+ Certification
43 (17.65 %)MCDST
52 (11.76 %)Strategic Planning
52 (11.76 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (11.76 %)Wireless
61 (5.882 %)HP
61 (5.882 %)SLA
61 (5.882 %)IBM
61 (5.882 %)Server+ Certification
61 (5.882 %)HP APS

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Southampton 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.

Southampton IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
111 (64.71 %)MS Office
23 (17.65 %)MS Excel
Southampton IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (11.76 %)Wireless
Southampton IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
111 (64.71 %)Analyst
111 (64.71 %)Service Analyst
111 (64.71 %)Service Desk Analyst
23 (17.65 %)IT Trainer
23 (17.65 %)Trainer
32 (11.76 %)IT Technician
41 (5.882 %)Technical Engineer
Southampton IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (17.65 %)Windows
22 (11.76 %)Windows Server 2003
Southampton IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (64.71 %)ITIL
111 (64.71 %)Service Management
22 (11.76 %)Strategic Planning
Southampton IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (29.41 %)MCP
15 (29.41 %)MCSE
15 (29.41 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (17.65 %)Network+ Certification
23 (17.65 %)MCDST
23 (17.65 %)MCSA
23 (17.65 %)MCT
23 (17.65 %)CCNA
23 (17.65 %)Cisco Certification
31 (5.882 %)HP APS
31 (5.882 %)Server+ Certification
Southampton IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.882 %)SLA
Southampton IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
114 (82.35 %)Microsoft
21 (5.882 %)HP
21 (5.882 %)IBM