A+ Certification Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

CompTIA A+ Certification UK
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	733	795	763
Rank change year-on-year	+62	-32
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification	139	129	209
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.16%	0.13%	0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.64%	0.50%	0.69%
Number of salaries quoted	124	117	150
Median salary	£28,750	£22,000	£22,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+30.68%	-2.22%
90% offered a salary of more than	£17,500	£18,000	£19,900
10% offered a salary of more than	£60,000	£33,200	£29,050
UK excluding London median salary	£22,000	£22,000	£22,500
% change year-on-year	-	-2.22%

A+ Certification is in the academic qualifications and professional certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all academic qualifications and professional certifications cited in permanent job vacancies.

Academic & Professional Certification UK
Permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	21651	25902	30444
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	24.58%	26.68%	27.50%
Number of salaries quoted	16870	20937	24141
Median salary	£45,000	£47,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-5.26%	+5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£27,500	£27,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£70,000	£72,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£42,000
% change year-on-year	-	+1.19%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing A+ Certification as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Qualifications category.

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing A+ Certification over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Salary histogram for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing A+ Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 25 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+77	136	£28,000	+27.27%	21
London	+54	53	£47,500	+69.64%	8
South East	+41	29	£23,500	+6.81%	3
East of England	+12	19	£30,000	+46.34%	2
Hertfordshire	+5	12	£30,000	+36.36%
South West	0	12	£18,000	-20.87%	1
Hemel Hempstead	-	12	£30,000	-
Kent	+9	9	£32,500	+18.18%
Redruth	+6	9	£18,500	-19.56%
Cornwall	-3	9	£18,500	-19.56%
Yorkshire	+14	8	£22,000	+6.53%
Buckinghamshire	-	8	£17,000	-	1
Milton Keynes	-	8	£17,000	-	1
East Midlands	+31	7	£23,259	+16.29%
Tunbridge Wells	+6	6	£32,500	+124.13%
Norfolk	-	6	£20,000	-
Nottingham	+12	5	£21,000	+5.00%
Nottinghamshire	+4	5	£21,000	+5.00%
Hampshire	-1	5	£32,500	+54.76%	1
Berkshire	+29	4	£20,750	-7.77%
Reading	+23	4	£20,750	-7.77%
North West	-	4	£20,500	-	4
West Midlands	+12	3	£25,500	+37.83%	1
Northern Ireland	-	3	£42,500	-
County Antrim	-	3	£42,500	-
Belfast	-	3	£42,500	-
Wells-next-the-Sea	-	3	-	-
Chatham	+5	2	£24,000	+1.05%
Havant	-	2	£45,000	-	1
Warrington	-	2	£20,500	-	1

A+ Certification
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT jobs citing A+ Certification also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for A+ Certification.

1	179 (65.33%)	Windows
2	146 (53.28%)	Active Directory
3	137 (50.00%)	Microsoft
3	137 (50.00%)	Microsoft Certification
4	112 (40.88%)	MCP
5	78 (28.47%)	Windows Server
6	75 (27.37%)	Degree
7	73 (26.64%)	Microsoft Office
8	69 (25.18%)	ITIL
9	68 (24.82%)	Network+ Certification
10	65 (23.72%)	VMware
11	64 (23.36%)	Windows Server 2008
12	62 (22.63%)	Cisco Certification
12	62 (22.63%)	Finance
13	61 (22.26%)	CCNA

14	60 (21.90%)	Windows 7
15	59 (21.53%)	MS Exchange
16	55 (20.07%)	Cisco
17	54 (19.71%)	Windows Server 2012
18	53 (19.34%)	Office 365
19	48 (17.52%)	Windows XP
20	46 (16.79%)	MCSE
21	45 (16.42%)	VMware Infrastructure
22	43 (15.69%)	Agile Software Development
23	42 (15.33%)	Firewall
23	42 (15.33%)	MCSA
24	41 (14.96%)	Windows 8
25	39 (14.23%)	VPN
26	38 (13.87%)	MCTS
26	38 (13.87%)	Mentoring

A+ Certification
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	59 (21.53%)	MS Exchange
2	18 (6.57%)	Exchange Server 2010
3	12 (4.38%)	Exchange Server 2013
4	8 (2.92%)	Skype for Business
5	5 (1.82%)	SharePoint
6	2 (0.73%)	Exchange Server 2003
6	2 (0.73%)	Exchange Server 2007
6	2 (0.73%)	IBM Domino
7	1 (0.36%)	SharePoint 2010
7	1 (0.36%)	SharePoint 2013

Applications
1	73 (26.64%)	Microsoft Office
2	6 (2.19%)	Microsoft Excel
3	5 (1.82%)	MS Visio
4	4 (1.46%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	4 (1.46%)	Spreadsheet
5	3 (1.09%)	Adobe Premiere
5	3 (1.09%)	Inkscape
5	3 (1.09%)	Photoshop
6	2 (0.73%)	Adobe Creative Suite
7	1 (0.36%)	Final Cut Pro
7	1 (0.36%)	Revit

Business Applications
1	4 (1.46%)	Remedy ITSM
2	1 (0.36%)	Eikon

Cloud Services
1	53 (19.34%)	Office 365
2	27 (9.85%)	Microsoft Azure
3	12 (4.38%)	GitHub
4	9 (3.28%)	Amazon AWS
5	8 (2.92%)	G Suite
6	5 (1.82%)	Google Cloud Platform
7	4 (1.46%)	iTunes
8	2 (0.73%)	Cloud Computing
8	2 (0.73%)	PaaS
8	2 (0.73%)	SaaS
9	1 (0.36%)	Dropbox
9	1 (0.36%)	Mimecast

Communications & Networking
1	42 (15.33%)	Firewall
2	39 (14.23%)	VPN
3	32 (11.68%)	DNS
4	23 (8.39%)	Wireless
5	20 (7.30%)	DHCP
6	18 (6.57%)	TCP/IP
6	18 (6.57%)	WAN
7	17 (6.20%)	Internet
8	15 (5.47%)	LAN
9	14 (5.11%)	PBX
9	14 (5.11%)	VoIP
10	9 (3.28%)	Network Security
11	8 (2.92%)	Unified Communications
12	5 (1.82%)	HTTP
12	5 (1.82%)	HTTPS
12	5 (1.82%)	IMAP
12	5 (1.82%)	Skype
12	5 (1.82%)	SMTP
13	4 (1.46%)	IP Telephony
13	4 (1.46%)	VLAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	20 (7.30%)	SQL Server
2	12 (4.38%)	MySQL
3	10 (3.65%)	MongoDB
4	2 (0.73%)	Cognos Impromptu
4	2 (0.73%)	CouchDB
4	2 (0.73%)	NoSQL
4	2 (0.73%)	PostgreSQL
5	1 (0.36%)	Data Warehouse
5	1 (0.36%)	Qlik Sense
5	1 (0.36%)	QlikView
5	1 (0.36%)	SQL Server Integration Services

Development Applications
1	10 (3.65%)	Artifactory
1	10 (3.65%)	Bitbucket
1	10 (3.65%)	Git (software)
1	10 (3.65%)	Subversion
1	10 (3.65%)	Team Foundation Server
2	4 (1.46%)	MSI
3	2 (0.73%)	Visual Studio
4	1 (0.36%)	JIRA

General
1	62 (22.63%)	Finance
2	9 (3.28%)	Legal
2	9 (3.28%)	Telecoms
3	5 (1.82%)	Automotive
4	4 (1.46%)	Publishing
4	4 (1.46%)	Retail
5	3 (1.09%)	Law
6	2 (0.73%)	Aerospace
6	2 (0.73%)	Electronics
6	2 (0.73%)	Manufacturing
6	2 (0.73%)	Military
7	1 (0.36%)	Banking
7	1 (0.36%)	Billing
7	1 (0.36%)	French Language
7	1 (0.36%)	General Ledger
7	1 (0.36%)	Italian Language

Job Titles
1	80 (29.20%)	Analyst
2	72 (26.28%)	IT Support
3	64 (23.36%)	Support Engineer
4	47 (17.15%)	Support Analyst
5	45 (16.42%)	2nd Line Support
6	39 (14.23%)	Developer
7	37 (13.50%)	IT Analyst
8	33 (12.04%)	IT Support Analyst
9	32 (11.68%)	JavaScript Developer
9	32 (11.68%)	Service Analyst
10	30 (10.95%)	Service Desk Analyst
11	28 (10.22%)	2nd Line Support Analyst
11	28 (10.22%)	IT Engineer
12	26 (9.49%)	Angular Developer
13	25 (9.12%)	IT Support Engineer
14	21 (7.66%)	1st Line Support
14	21 (7.66%)	Support Technician
15	19 (6.93%)	IT Technician
16	17 (6.20%)	3rd Line Support
17	16 (5.84%)	Junior

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	37 (13.50%)	Angular 2
1	37 (13.50%)	AngularJS
1	37 (13.50%)	CSS
1	37 (13.50%)	Ember.js
1	37 (13.50%)	HTML
1	37 (13.50%)	React
2	10 (3.65%)	.NET
3	5 (1.82%)	Software Packaging
4	1 (0.36%)	COM
4	1 (0.36%)	Ruby on Rails
4	1 (0.36%)	XMPP

Miscellaneous
1	38 (13.87%)	User Experience
2	24 (8.76%)	Driving Licence
3	16 (5.84%)	Data Centre
4	14 (5.11%)	Computer Science
5	13 (4.74%)	Video Conferencing
6	8 (2.92%)	iPhone
7	7 (2.55%)	AS400
7	7 (2.55%)	Clustering
7	7 (2.55%)	Hedge funds
7	7 (2.55%)	Smartphone
8	5 (1.82%)	Analytical Skills
8	5 (1.82%)	Blackberry
8	5 (1.82%)	Management Information System
9	4 (1.46%)	Enterprise Software
9	4 (1.46%)	iPad
9	4 (1.46%)	Social Media
10	3 (1.09%)	3D Printing
10	3 (1.09%)	PDA
10	3 (1.09%)	Replication
11	2 (0.73%)	IVR

Operating Systems
1	179 (65.33%)	Windows
2	78 (28.47%)	Windows Server
3	64 (23.36%)	Windows Server 2008
4	60 (21.90%)	Windows 7
5	54 (19.71%)	Windows Server 2012
6	48 (17.52%)	Windows XP
7	41 (14.96%)	Windows 8
8	29 (10.58%)	Android
9	24 (8.76%)	Mac OS X
10	19 (6.93%)	Linux
11	18 (6.57%)	Apple iOS
12	16 (5.84%)	Windows 10
13	13 (4.74%)	Windows Server 2003
14	10 (3.65%)	Unix
15	8 (2.92%)	Mac OS
16	2 (0.73%)	Windows Vista
17	1 (0.36%)	AIX

Processes & Methodologies
1	69 (25.18%)	ITIL
2	43 (15.69%)	Agile Software Development
3	38 (13.87%)	Mentoring
4	37 (13.50%)	E-Commerce
4	37 (13.50%)	Economics
4	37 (13.50%)	Responsive Web Design
4	37 (13.50%)	Web Design
4	37 (13.50%)	Web Development
5	15 (5.47%)	ITSM
6	11 (4.01%)	Continuous Integration
6	11 (4.01%)	Service Management
7	10 (3.65%)	DevOps
7	10 (3.65%)	Release Automation
7	10 (3.65%)	Target Operating Model
7	10 (3.65%)	Technical Architecture
8	9 (3.28%)	Disaster Recovery
8	9 (3.28%)	Incident Management
8	9 (3.28%)	Time Management
9	8 (2.92%)	Mathematics
9	8 (2.92%)	Service Delivery

Programming Languages
1	37 (13.50%)	JavaScript
2	20 (7.30%)	PowerShell
3	12 (4.38%)	Python
4	10 (3.65%)	Perl
5	9 (3.28%)	C
6	7 (2.55%)	SQL
7	3 (1.09%)	T-SQL
8	2 (0.73%)	C#
9	1 (0.36%)	Java
9	1 (0.36%)	Ruby
9	1 (0.36%)	VB.NET
9	1 (0.36%)	VBA
9	1 (0.36%)	VBScript

Qualifications
1	137 (50.00%)	Microsoft Certification
2	112 (40.88%)	MCP
3	75 (27.37%)	Degree
4	68 (24.82%)	Network+ Certification
5	62 (22.63%)	Cisco Certification
6	61 (22.26%)	CCNA
7	46 (16.79%)	MCSE
8	42 (15.33%)	MCSA
9	38 (13.87%)	MCTS
10	16 (5.84%)	MCDST
11	15 (5.47%)	ITIL Certification
12	14 (5.11%)	Computer Science Degree
12	14 (5.11%)	MCITP
13	13 (4.74%)	HND
14	12 (4.38%)	GNVQ
15	9 (3.28%)	CCENT
16	8 (2.92%)	DBS Check
17	6 (2.19%)	CCNP
17	6 (2.19%)	Security Cleared
17	6 (2.19%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	30 (10.95%)	SLA
2	10 (3.65%)	COBIT
3	1 (0.36%)	ISO 9001
3	1 (0.36%)	ISO/IEC 20000

System Software
1	146 (53.28%)	Active Directory
2	45 (16.42%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	37 (13.50%)	Hyper-V
4	10 (3.65%)	Docker
5	7 (2.55%)	vSphere
6	6 (2.19%)	XenApp
7	2 (0.73%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
7	2 (0.73%)	Terminal Services
7	2 (0.73%)	Virtual Servers
7	2 (0.73%)	VMware ESXi
7	2 (0.73%)	XenDesktop
8	1 (0.36%)	pfSense
8	1 (0.36%)	Terminal Server
8	1 (0.36%)	VMware Workstation
8	1 (0.36%)	XenServer

Systems Management
1	27 (9.85%)	SCCM
2	11 (4.01%)	Opscode Chef
2	11 (4.01%)	Puppet
3	10 (3.65%)	Rundeck
4	5 (1.82%)	WSUS
5	4 (1.46%)	Sysprep
6	2 (0.73%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)
7	1 (0.36%)	Backup Exec
7	1 (0.36%)	Capistrano
7	1 (0.36%)	DameWare
7	1 (0.36%)	HP Data Protector
7	1 (0.36%)	McAfee ePO
7	1 (0.36%)	Perfmon

Vendors
1	137 (50.00%)	Microsoft
2	65 (23.72%)	VMware
3	55 (20.07%)	Cisco
4	37 (13.50%)	Citrix
5	26 (9.49%)	Apple
6	19 (6.93%)	Google
7	18 (6.57%)	HP
8	14 (5.11%)	Dell
9	13 (4.74%)	IBM
10	12 (4.38%)	WatchGuard
11	11 (4.01%)	LANDesk
12	10 (3.65%)	CA
12	10 (3.65%)	Cognizant
12	10 (3.65%)	ServiceNow
13	9 (3.28%)	Symantec
14	8 (2.92%)	Draytek
15	6 (2.19%)	3Com
15	6 (2.19%)	Juniper
15	6 (2.19%)	NETGEAR
15	6 (2.19%)	ZyXEL