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The table looks at the demand for A+ Certification 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkCompTIA A+ Certification
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank539742
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+203
Matching permanent IT job ads85206
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.125 %0.103 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.551 %0.462 %
Salaries quoted80179
Average salary£22,750£23,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year-1.080 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£17,000£17,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£21,500£22,000
% change on same period last year-2.270 %
IT Job Market, QualificationsAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1541744550
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK22.64 %22.33 %
Salaries quoted1300837006
Average salary£37,500£38,500
Average salary % change on the same period last year-2.590 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000

A+ Certification
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

A+ Certification Salary Trend

A+ Certification
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing A+ Certification over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 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 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+22383£22,500-2.17 %
LondonUp+20325£26,000-
South EastUp+14714£25,000+25.00 %
South WestUp+1069£17,500-2.77 %
YorkshireUp+1168£15,500-22.50 %
East of EnglandUp+978£21,500-33.84 %
West MidlandsUp+628£21,500+2.38 %
West YorkshireUp+907£15,500-22.50 %
CroydonUp+377£26,000+25.30 %
ExeterNew entry-7£17,500-
DevonNew entry-7£17,500-
HampshireUp+866£22,500+40.62 %
CambridgeshireUp+676£22,500-35.71 %
BradfordUp+354£15,500-26.19 %
SouthamptonUp+194£18,000+12.50 %
HuntingdonNew entry-4£22,500-
LeedsUp+763£29,000+34.88 %
East MidlandsUp+683£17,000-38.73 %
BirminghamUp+613£21,500+2.38 %
WarwickshireUp+463£21,500+22.15 %
RugbyUp+233£21,500+22.15 %
NottinghamshireNew entry-3£17,000-
NottinghamNew entry-3£17,000-
PaddingtonNew entry-3£55,000-
North WestUp+1232£23,250-3.12 %
City of LondonUp+1182£34,250+48.91 %
SurreyUp+992£21,500-12.24 %
ScotlandUp+712£47,500+179.41 %
BasingstokeUp+622£25,000+25.00 %
BuckinghamshireUp+622£24,250+14.79 %

A+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

1117 (52.00 %)Microsoft Certification
2109 (48.44 %)Microsoft
399 (44.00 %)MS Excel
489 (39.56 %)Windows
584 (37.33 %)MCP
670 (31.11 %)MCSE
757 (25.33 %)MS Office
852 (23.11 %)MCSA
949 (21.78 %)Windows XP
949 (21.78 %)MCDST
1045 (20.00 %)Network+ Certification
1143 (19.11 %)CCNA
1143 (19.11 %)Cisco Certification
1238 (16.89 %)Windows Server 2003
1238 (16.89 %)Finance
1331 (13.78 %)HP
1429 (12.89 %)Pensions
1528 (12.44 %)Insurance
1627 (12.00 %)SLA
1726 (11.56 %)Active Directory
1823 (10.22 %)IBM
1921 (9.333 %)Citrix
1921 (9.333 %)TCP/IP
2019 (8.444 %)MCT
2019 (8.444 %)ITIL
2019 (8.444 %)Windows Vista
2118 (8.000 %)Windows 2000
2217 (7.556 %)LAN
2314 (6.222 %)Service Management
2413 (5.778 %)WAN

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (0.889 %).NET
12 (0.889 %)HTML
12 (0.889 %)Flash
21 (0.444 %)EDI
21 (0.444 %)SOAP
21 (0.444 %)XML
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (3.556 %)MS Exchange
24 (1.778 %)IIS
33 (1.333 %)LiveLink
33 (1.333 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (1.333 %)SharePoint
33 (1.333 %)Lotus Notes
42 (0.889 %)Exchange Server 2007
51 (0.444 %)WorkSite
51 (0.444 %)Oracle HTTP Server
51 (0.444 %)Apache
51 (0.444 %)TeamSite
51 (0.444 %)GroupWise
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
199 (44.00 %)MS Excel
257 (25.33 %)MS Office
31 (0.444 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (0.444 %)Photoshop
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.889 %)Dynamics AX
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (9.333 %)TCP/IP
217 (7.556 %)LAN
313 (5.778 %)WAN
410 (4.444 %)DNS
59 (4.000 %)DHCP
68 (3.556 %)SNMP
74 (1.778 %)SAN
74 (1.778 %)Wireless
74 (1.778 %)VoIP
83 (1.333 %)Network Security
83 (1.333 %)Internet
92 (0.889 %)Extranet
101 (0.444 %)SSH
101 (0.444 %)WLAN
101 (0.444 %)VPN
101 (0.444 %)FTP
101 (0.444 %)HTTP
101 (0.444 %)3G
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (2.222 %)MySQL
23 (1.333 %)SQL Server
32 (0.889 %)Crystal Reports
41 (0.444 %)BusinessObjects
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.889 %)Dreamweaver
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
138 (16.89 %)Finance
229 (12.89 %)Pensions
328 (12.44 %)Insurance
410 (4.444 %)Banking
56 (2.667 %)Manufacturing
56 (2.667 %)Law
56 (2.667 %)Investment Banking
65 (2.222 %)Marketing
65 (2.222 %)Legal
65 (2.222 %)Publishing
65 (2.222 %)Education
73 (1.333 %)Government
73 (1.333 %)Health
81 (0.444 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
156 (24.89 %)Analyst
242 (18.67 %)Trainer
331 (13.78 %)Support Analyst
426 (11.56 %)Field Engineer
524 (10.67 %)Technical Trainer
622 (9.778 %)Field Service Engineer
719 (8.444 %)Support Engineer
719 (8.444 %)Helpdesk Support
818 (8.000 %)IT Trainer
915 (6.667 %)Service Analyst
915 (6.667 %)Service Desk Analyst
1014 (6.222 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1111 (4.889 %)Desktop Support
1210 (4.444 %)Hardware Engineer
139 (4.000 %)Senior Support Analyst
139 (4.000 %)Senior Analyst
139 (4.000 %)PC Engineer
148 (3.556 %)Infrastructure Analyst
148 (3.556 %)2nd Line Support
148 (3.556 %)Operations Manager
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (5.778 %)iSeries
210 (4.444 %)Blackberry
36 (2.667 %)PDA
36 (2.667 %)Computer Science
45 (2.222 %)AS400
53 (1.333 %)Handset
53 (1.333 %)Video Conferencing
62 (0.889 %)EPoS
71 (0.444 %)Clustering
71 (0.444 %)Mathematics
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
189 (39.56 %)Windows
249 (21.78 %)Windows XP
338 (16.89 %)Windows Server 2003
419 (8.444 %)Windows Vista
518 (8.000 %)Windows 2000
68 (3.556 %)Linux
75 (2.222 %)OS/400
84 (1.778 %)NetWare
93 (1.333 %)Windows 2000 Server
93 (1.333 %)UNIX
102 (0.889 %)Windows Server 2008
111 (0.444 %)Windows Mobile
111 (0.444 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (8.444 %)ITIL
214 (6.222 %)Service Management
38 (3.556 %)Project Management
38 (3.556 %)Operations Management
45 (2.222 %)E-Commerce
45 (2.222 %)CAD
54 (1.778 %)Document Management
54 (1.778 %)Asset Management
63 (1.333 %)Systems Analysis
63 (1.333 %)Strategic Planning
63 (1.333 %)Practice Management
72 (0.889 %)Disaster Recovery
72 (0.889 %)CRM
72 (0.889 %)ERP
81 (0.444 %)Wealth Management
81 (0.444 %)Problem Management
81 (0.444 %)Time Management
81 (0.444 %)Process Management
81 (0.444 %)Change Management
81 (0.444 %)Migration
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (2.667 %)C
24 (1.778 %)SQL
31 (0.444 %)Python
31 (0.444 %)Perl
31 (0.444 %)PHP
31 (0.444 %)PL/SQL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1117 (52.00 %)Microsoft Certification
284 (37.33 %)MCP
370 (31.11 %)MCSE
452 (23.11 %)MCSA
549 (21.78 %)MCDST
645 (20.00 %)Network+ Certification
743 (19.11 %)CCNA
743 (19.11 %)Cisco Certification
819 (8.444 %)MCT
913 (5.778 %)Degree
1012 (5.333 %)HP APS
115 (2.222 %)CIW
115 (2.222 %)RHCT
115 (2.222 %)Server+ Certification
115 (2.222 %)CCIE
115 (2.222 %)RHCE
115 (2.222 %)Sun Certification
115 (2.222 %)IBM Certification
124 (1.778 %)MCDBA
132 (0.889 %)Security+ Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
127 (12.00 %)SLA
28 (3.556 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
126 (11.56 %)Active Directory
210 (4.444 %)VMware Infrastructure
38 (3.556 %)Terminal Server
38 (3.556 %)Citrix Presentation Server
38 (3.556 %)VMware ESX
38 (3.556 %)NetBackup
42 (0.889 %)Intellisync
51 (0.444 %)VMware Server
51 (0.444 %)qmail
51 (0.444 %)Postfix
51 (0.444 %)Sendmail
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (3.556 %)Norton AntiVirus
18 (3.556 %)MOM
18 (3.556 %)SolarWinds Orion
22 (0.889 %)OpenView
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1109 (48.44 %)Microsoft
231 (13.78 %)HP
323 (10.22 %)IBM
421 (9.333 %)Citrix
513 (5.778 %)VMware
612 (5.333 %)Dell
78 (3.556 %)Symantec
78 (3.556 %)SolarWinds
86 (2.667 %)Intel
95 (2.222 %)Cisco
95 (2.222 %)Sun
95 (2.222 %)StorageTek
104 (1.778 %)Adobe
113 (1.333 %)Tandberg
113 (1.333 %)Lotus
122 (0.889 %)Novell
122 (0.889 %)Oracle
122 (0.889 %)Mitel
131 (0.444 %)WatchGuard
131 (0.444 %)Compaq