A+ Certification Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for A+ Certification in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited A+ Certification over the 3 months to 20 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 currently tracked.

Location
 3 months to
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CompTIA A+ Certification
Rank 771 813 776
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -37
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 88 99 88
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.082% 0.082% 0.072%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.297% 0.294% 0.277%
Number of salaries quoted 73 83 83
Average salary £23,500 £22,700 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.52% -9.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,000 £18,600 £17,500
10% offered a salary of more than £30,350 £32,400 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £21,500 £22,270
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -3.45%
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 29664 33639 31807
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.63% 27.78% 26.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23880 28623 26511
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%

A+ Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

A+ Certification Salary Trend

A+ Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing A+ Certification over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 within the UK.

A+ Certification Salary Histogram

A+ Certification
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +19 84 £23,500 +2.17%
London +39 38 £27,500 +14.58%
South East +5 18 £22,500 -10.00%
City of London +13 11 £26,000 -25.71%
West Midlands - 11 £20,500 -
South West -2 6 £23,500 +4.44%
Southampton +14 5 £17,000 +13.33%
Hampshire +8 5 £17,000 -26.08%
Surrey +13 4 £22,500 -2.17%
North West +2 4 £23,500 +23.68%
Yorkshire 0 4 £18,250 -8.75%
West Yorkshire -2 4 £18,250 -8.75%
Manchester -11 4 £23,500 +46.87%
Leeds -13 4 £18,250 -8.75%
Oxfordshire -20 4 £22,500 -13.46%
Leatherhead - 4 £22,500 -
Warwickshire - 4 £15,500 -
Northamptonshire +9 3 £22,500 +18.42%
East Midlands -7 3 £22,500 +16.88%
Wiltshire - 3 £22,500 -
Northampton -2 2 £22,500 +18.42%
West Sussex - 2 £20,000 -
Bristol - 2 £24,500 -
Birmingham - 2 £30,500 -
Coventry - 2 £19,750 -
Haywards Heath - 2 £20,000 -
Rugby - 2 £15,500 -
Cambridgeshire +11 1 £23,000 +15.00%
East of England +6 1 £23,000 +13.58%
Reading +2 1 £60,000 +164.31%

A+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 170 (74.24%) Windows
2 156 (68.12%) Microsoft
3 103 (44.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 97 (42.36%) MS Office
5 96 (41.92%) Active Directory
6 89 (38.86%) Windows XP
7 88 (38.43%) ITIL
8 75 (32.75%) MS Excel
9 62 (27.07%) Windows 7
10 61 (26.64%) MCP
10 61 (26.64%) SLA
11 55 (24.02%) Network+ Certification
12 54 (23.58%) MS Exchange
13 46 (20.09%) MCDST
14 43 (18.78%) Windows Server 2008
15 39 (17.03%) Dell
16 38 (16.59%) HP
16 38 (16.59%) MCSE
17 35 (15.28%) TCP/IP
17 35 (15.28%) Cisco Certification
18 34 (14.85%) DNS
19 33 (14.41%) Windows Server 2003
20 31 (13.54%) Service Management
20 31 (13.54%) Cisco
21 30 (13.10%) Degree
22 28 (12.23%) CCNA
23 27 (11.79%) Altiris
24 26 (11.35%) Citrix
24 26 (11.35%) LAN
25 25 (10.92%) DHCP

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 (0.873%) COM
2 1 (0.437%) Web Services
2 1 (0.437%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.437%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 54 (23.58%) MS Exchange
2 11 (4.803%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (4.367%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (3.930%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (1.747%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.747%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.873%) IIS
7 1 (0.437%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (0.437%) Apache
7 1 (0.437%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.437%) Lync
Applications
1 97 (42.36%) MS Office
2 75 (32.75%) MS Excel
3 3 (1.310%) Office 365
4 1 (0.437%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.437%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (15.28%) TCP/IP
2 34 (14.85%) DNS
3 26 (11.35%) LAN
4 25 (10.92%) DHCP
5 23 (10.04%) WAN
6 17 (7.424%) VPN
7 15 (6.550%) SAN
8 12 (5.240%) Firewall
8 12 (5.240%) Wireless
9 8 (3.493%) VLAN
10 7 (3.057%) IP Telephony
10 7 (3.057%) Internet
11 5 (2.183%) Cisco PIX
12 4 (1.747%) Network Security
13 3 (1.310%) NAS
13 3 (1.310%) VoIP
14 2 (0.873%) SSL
14 2 (0.873%) IntruShield
14 2 (0.873%) Wi-Fi
15 1 (0.437%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.493%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.310%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (1.310%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (1.310%) Big Data
3 2 (0.873%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.437%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.437%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.437%) MySQL
General
1 17 (7.424%) Finance
2 7 (3.057%) Retail
2 7 (3.057%) Marketing
3 6 (2.620%) Legal
4 3 (1.310%) Banking
4 3 (1.310%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.437%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.437%) Law
5 1 (0.437%) Dutch Language
5 1 (0.437%) German Language
5 1 (0.437%) Italian Language
5 1 (0.437%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.437%) Games
Job Titles
1 77 (33.62%) Analyst
2 51 (22.27%) Support Engineer
3 48 (20.96%) Service Analyst
4 42 (18.34%) Service Desk Analyst
5 35 (15.28%) 2nd Line Support
5 35 (15.28%) 1st Line Support
6 26 (11.35%) Support Analyst
7 22 (9.607%) Technical Engineer
8 21 (9.170%) Desktop Support
9 17 (7.424%) IT Support
10 14 (6.114%) Technical Support
11 13 (5.677%) 3rd Line Support
12 12 (5.240%) Support Technician
13 11 (4.803%) Field Engineer
14 9 (3.930%) Help Desk Analyst
14 9 (3.930%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
14 9 (3.930%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 8 (3.493%) Junior
15 8 (3.493%) Desktop Support Analyst
15 8 (3.493%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.424%) Blackberry
2 11 (4.803%) Mathematics
2 11 (4.803%) Video Conferencing
3 9 (3.930%) Computer Science
3 9 (3.930%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.057%) EPoS
5 6 (2.620%) Client/Server
5 6 (2.620%) PDA
5 6 (2.620%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.747%) SaaS
6 4 (1.747%) iPhone
7 3 (1.310%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.310%) Social Media
7 3 (1.310%) iPad
7 3 (1.310%) Fat Client
7 3 (1.310%) Thin Client
8 2 (0.873%) Chip and PIN
8 2 (0.873%) CMDB
8 2 (0.873%) HP StorageWorks
9 1 (0.437%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 170 (74.24%) Windows
2 89 (38.86%) Windows XP
3 62 (27.07%) Windows 7
4 43 (18.78%) Windows Server 2008
5 33 (14.41%) Windows Server 2003
6 22 (9.607%) Linux
7 16 (6.987%) Windows Vista
8 13 (5.677%) Mac OS X
9 7 (3.057%) Android
9 7 (3.057%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (2.183%) Mac OS
10 5 (2.183%) Windows Mobile
10 5 (2.183%) FreeBSD
11 3 (1.310%) UNIX
11 3 (1.310%) Mac OS X Server
11 3 (1.310%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.873%) Windows 2000 Server
13 1 (0.437%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.437%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (38.43%) ITIL
2 31 (13.54%) Service Management
3 17 (7.424%) QMS
4 13 (5.677%) Problem Management
5 10 (4.367%) Time Management
5 10 (4.367%) Service Delivery
6 7 (3.057%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (2.620%) Change Management
8 5 (2.183%) Project Management
8 5 (2.183%) E-Commerce
8 5 (2.183%) Logistics
8 5 (2.183%) Incident Management
9 4 (1.747%) Product Management
9 4 (1.747%) CRM
10 3 (1.310%) Configuration Management
10 3 (1.310%) DRM
10 3 (1.310%) Agile Software Development
10 3 (1.310%) Disaster Recovery
10 3 (1.310%) User Stories
10 3 (1.310%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.930%) SQL
2 3 (1.310%) C
3 1 (0.437%) PHP
3 1 (0.437%) VBScript
3 1 (0.437%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 103 (44.98%) Microsoft Certification
2 61 (26.64%) MCP
3 55 (24.02%) Network+ Certification
4 46 (20.09%) MCDST
5 38 (16.59%) MCSE
6 35 (15.28%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (13.10%) Degree
8 28 (12.23%) CCNA
9 24 (10.48%) MCITP
10 20 (8.734%) MCTS
11 12 (5.240%) MCSA
12 10 (4.367%) NVQ Level 3
13 8 (3.493%) CCA
13 8 (3.493%) Citrix Certification
14 7 (3.057%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (3.057%) Server+ Certification
14 7 (3.057%) Security Cleared
15 6 (2.620%) HP APS
16 4 (1.747%) SC Cleared
17 2 (0.873%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (26.64%) SLA
2 5 (2.183%) ISO 9000
3 1 (0.437%) HL7
3 1 (0.437%) DICOM
System Software
1 96 (41.92%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.803%) Hyper-V
3 8 (3.493%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.183%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.873%) XenApp
5 2 (0.873%) vSphere
6 1 (0.437%) NFS
Systems Management
1 9 (3.930%) Norton AntiVirus
2 6 (2.620%) SCCM
3 5 (2.183%) ZENworks
4 4 (1.747%) DameWare
4 4 (1.747%) Backup Exec
5 3 (1.310%) ServiceCenter
5 3 (1.310%) ARCserve
6 2 (0.873%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.437%) MAILsweeper
7 1 (0.437%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 156 (68.12%) Microsoft
2 39 (17.03%) Dell
3 38 (16.59%) HP
4 31 (13.54%) Cisco
5 27 (11.79%) Altiris
6 26 (11.35%) Citrix
7 13 (5.677%) VMware
8 12 (5.240%) Apple
8 12 (5.240%) Remedy
9 10 (4.367%) McAfee
9 10 (4.367%) Symantec
10 6 (2.620%) Intel
11 5 (2.183%) Sun
12 4 (1.747%) CA
13 3 (1.310%) IBM
13 3 (1.310%) Reuters
13 3 (1.310%) Bloomberg
14 2 (0.873%) Sage
14 2 (0.873%) CheckPoint
14 2 (0.873%) Websense
IT Support Officer - Helpdesk / 1st Line - Bury
Bury, Lancashire
Diagnosing issues with Windows XP / Vista and Windows 7 OS Operating Systems. Microsoft Exchange Server... Active Directory. TCP/IP. DNS... VOiP. As would an MCP, MCITP, MCSE or...
Recital Consulting
Salary: From £15,000 to £18,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
IT Support - 1st / 2nd Line Technical Support
City of London
You will have the following skill set: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Active Directory, Exchange, basic telephony including blackberry and iPhones, LAN/WAN, TCP/IP networking, DNS, DHCP...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £23000.00 - £27000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
IT Support - 1st / 2nd Line Technical Support
London
You will have the following skill set: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Active Directory, Exchange, basic telephony including blackberry and iPhones, LAN/WAN, TCP/IP networking, DNS, DHCP...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £23000.00 - £27000.00 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 8 May 2013
Junior IT Support Technician - £11k - £15k - Manchester
Manchester, North West
You will be a positive and pro-active person wanting to build a career within the IT industry and utilise any qualifications passed in this area (CompTia A+,...
greywood
Salary: £11000 - £15000 per annum + bens
Posted: 26 April 2013
IT Support - 1st / 2nd Line Technical Support
London
You will join a professional environment, with the opportunity for career development and you must be able to work well under pressure.As the successful Technical Support Analyst...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £23000.00 - £27000.00 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 27 April 2013
1st Line Support
Leicester, Leicestershire
Excellent opportunity for a 1st line support operative to become part of a dynamic IT department within a growing organisation. Topps Tiles is the largest retailer of tiles...
Topps Tiles
Salary: £17,000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Service Desk Engineer
West London
Skills and experience - At least three years' experience of working in a Helpdesk or Service Desk environment- Excellent customer service skills with a good telephone manner- Ability to...
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Desktop Engineer
Devon
IT Desktop Support Technician - Devon, Wintel, Linux, Unix, Mac beneficial Helpdesk experience ability to learn new technologies - £25k + benefits. Austin Fraser are working with their leading NEtwork Solutions...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £23000.00 - £27000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
IT, Telecom and Network Engineer
London
You will become part of a dynamic and enthusiastic team of people who are very passionate about what they do and whose top priority is to deliver quality...
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 12 May 2013
VCATS Team Leader
Liverpool, Merseyside
The right candidate must also have experience in a service level orientated customer environment as well as fundamental network knowledge to include Wireless LAN and an understanding of...
Calyx Managed Services
Salary: £25,500 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Senior Engineer
Reading, Berkshire
Experience of document capture and document management software such as eCopy, Equitrac, DocuWare is desirable. Computer Skills: Strong computer skills essential including use of internet, email, Word, Excel...
Goldteam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £26000.00 - £28000.00 per annum + Company car
Posted: 15 May 2013
Senior Windows Systems Administrator
West London
Ability to maintain and troubleshoot FTP, HTTP, SSL, and SMTP mail flow... Thorough understanding of clustering requirements; ability to build and maintain Microsoft Windows clusters... Microsoft SQL configuration...
Rackspace
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 13 May 2013
Support Technician
Houghton Le Spring, Tyne and Wear
You will get the opportunity to play a part in a large scale migration to a collocated Cisco and Netapp Flexpod environment... You will ideally have 2 or...
UK Independent Medical
Salary: From £14,000 to £18,000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
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