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 Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited A+ Certification over the 3 months to 15 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 Yorkshire region.

 CompTIA A+ Certification
Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank153161245
Rank change year-on-year
Up+8Up+84
Matching permanent IT job ads4614
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire0.114 %0.146 %0.135 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.628 %0.759 %0.706 %
Salaries quoted4311
Average salary£25,000£15,500£23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+61.29 %-32.60 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£16,800£15,500£15,800
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,000£25,500£25,700
UK excluding London average salary£22,500£23,000£23,000
% change year-on-year
-2.170 %-
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6377911984
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire18.10 %19.28 %19.08 %
Salaries quoted5226571660
Average salary£29,000£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.76 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£21,500£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
A+ Certification EnglandA+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010. 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
West YorkshireUp+93£29,000+87.09 %
South YorkshireNew entry-1£21,000-
A+ Certification EnglandA+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

18 (88.89 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (77.78 %)MCP
36 (66.67 %)Windows
36 (66.67 %)Windows XP
36 (66.67 %)Network+ Certification
36 (66.67 %)MCDST
45 (55.56 %)Microsoft
45 (55.56 %)MS Office
54 (44.44 %)MCSE
54 (44.44 %)MCSA
54 (44.44 %)CCNA
54 (44.44 %)Active Directory
54 (44.44 %)Cisco Certification
54 (44.44 %)MS Excel
63 (33.33 %)Lotus
63 (33.33 %)MCT
63 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
63 (33.33 %)Lotus Notes
63 (33.33 %)ITIL
63 (33.33 %)Windows Vista
72 (22.22 %)UNIX
81 (11.11 %)Firewall
81 (11.11 %)Telecoms
81 (11.11 %)Server+ Certification
81 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (11.11 %)C
81 (11.11 %)ITIL Certification
81 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
81 (11.11 %)VPN
81 (11.11 %)Cisco

A+ Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (33.33 %)Lotus Notes
21 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (55.56 %)MS Office
24 (44.44 %)MS Excel
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (11.11 %)VPN
11 (11.11 %)Firewall
Yorkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Telecoms
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14 (44.44 %)Analyst
14 (44.44 %)Support Analyst
23 (33.33 %)IT Trainer
23 (33.33 %)Trainer
32 (22.22 %)2nd Line Support
41 (11.11 %)Desktop Support
41 (11.11 %)Helpdesk Support
41 (11.11 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
41 (11.11 %)Desktop Engineer
41 (11.11 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
41 (11.11 %)3rd Line Support Analyst
41 (11.11 %)1st Line Support Analyst
41 (11.11 %)Helpdesk Analyst
41 (11.11 %)1st Line Support
41 (11.11 %)3rd Line Support
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
16 (66.67 %)Windows
16 (66.67 %)Windows XP
23 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
23 (33.33 %)Windows Vista
32 (22.22 %)UNIX
41 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2008
41 (11.11 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (33.33 %)ITIL
21 (11.11 %)Asset Management
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (11.11 %)C
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (88.89 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (77.78 %)MCP
36 (66.67 %)Network+ Certification
36 (66.67 %)MCDST
44 (44.44 %)MCSE
44 (44.44 %)MCSA
44 (44.44 %)CCNA
44 (44.44 %)Cisco Certification
53 (33.33 %)MCT
61 (11.11 %)ITIL Certification
61 (11.11 %)Server+ Certification
Yorkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (44.44 %)Active Directory
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (55.56 %)Microsoft
23 (33.33 %)Lotus
31 (11.11 %)Cisco