The first table below looks at the demand for A+ Certification in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited A+ Certification over the 3 months to 17 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 Surrey region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA A+ Certification
Rank 217 231 210
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -21
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 4 6 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.076% 0.100% 0.056%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.215% 0.273% 0.186%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 3
Average salary £22,500 £23,000 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.17% -9.80%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £21,500 £22,270
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -3.45%
All Qualifications
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1861 2194 1609
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 35.39% 36.62% 30.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1507 1913 1409
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £31,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
A+ Certification
South East

A+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leatherhead - 4 £22,500 -
A+ Certification
South East

A+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 36 (92.31%) ITIL
2 34 (87.18%) Windows
3 29 (74.36%) Microsoft
3 29 (74.36%) MS Office
3 29 (74.36%) Windows XP
4 28 (71.79%) Service Management
5 27 (69.23%) Active Directory
5 27 (69.23%) MS Exchange
5 27 (69.23%) Altiris
5 27 (69.23%) MCDST
6 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (23.08%) MCSE
8 7 (17.95%) Problem Management
8 7 (17.95%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (12.82%) Windows 7
9 5 (12.82%) Degree
9 5 (12.82%) Finance
10 4 (10.26%) VLAN
11 3 (7.692%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (7.692%) Android
11 3 (7.692%) SLA
11 3 (7.692%) DRM
11 3 (7.692%) LAN
12 2 (5.128%) Mac OS X
12 2 (5.128%) Apple
12 2 (5.128%) EPoS
12 2 (5.128%) Chip and PIN
12 2 (5.128%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (2.564%) IP Telephony
13 1 (2.564%) MCITP

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 27 (69.23%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 29 (74.36%) MS Office
2 1 (2.564%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.26%) VLAN
2 3 (7.692%) LAN
3 2 (5.128%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.564%) IP Telephony
4 1 (2.564%) DHCP
4 1 (2.564%) VPN
4 1 (2.564%) DNS
4 1 (2.564%) Firewall
General
1 5 (12.82%) Finance
Job Titles
1 35 (89.74%) Analyst
2 28 (71.79%) 1st Line Support
3 27 (69.23%) Service Desk Analyst
3 27 (69.23%) Service Analyst
4 8 (20.51%) Support Analyst
5 7 (17.95%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (5.128%) Field Engineer
7 2 (5.128%) Support Engineer
7 2 (5.128%) Field Support Engineer
8 1 (2.564%) Desktop Analyst
8 1 (2.564%) Senior Desktop Analyst
8 1 (2.564%) Senior Desktop Support
8 1 (2.564%) Senior Desktop Support Analyst
8 1 (2.564%) IT Support Analyst
8 1 (2.564%) Senior Support Analyst
8 1 (2.564%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (2.564%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 1 (2.564%) Desktop Support
8 1 (2.564%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.692%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (5.128%) EPoS
2 2 (5.128%) Chip and PIN
3 1 (2.564%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 34 (87.18%) Windows
2 29 (74.36%) Windows XP
3 5 (12.82%) Windows 7
4 3 (7.692%) Android
5 2 (5.128%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (92.31%) ITIL
2 28 (71.79%) Service Management
3 7 (17.95%) Problem Management
3 7 (17.95%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (7.692%) DRM
5 1 (2.564%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.564%) C
Qualifications
1 27 (69.23%) MCDST
2 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (23.08%) MCSE
4 5 (12.82%) Degree
5 1 (2.564%) VTSP
5 1 (2.564%) MCITP
5 1 (2.564%) CCNA
5 1 (2.564%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.564%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (69.23%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 29 (74.36%) Microsoft
2 27 (69.23%) Altiris
3 2 (5.128%) Apple
4 1 (2.564%) Citrix