A+ Certification Jobs

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK

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 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 625 831 537
Rank change year-on-year +206 -294 -43
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 288 115 1,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.12% 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.03% 0.36% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 227 111 132
10th Percentile £22,900 £23,250 £21,288
25th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £23,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £32,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +12.07% -14.07%
75th Percentile £38,552 £38,750 £37,500
90th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £43,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,850 £28,500 £26,000
% change year-on-year +4.74% +9.62% -13.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,942 32,039 45,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.55% 33.80% 27.07%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,523 19,205
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £30,932
25th Percentile £38,524 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,818 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.30% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing A+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification.

Salary trend for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing A+ Certification over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Top 16 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 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +224 269 £31,500 -4.55% 52
UK excluding London +122 230 £29,850 +4.74% 49
South East +24 57 £31,500 +22.09% 6
London +110 51 £37,917 +8.33% 9
South West - 51 £29,000 - 4
North of England +66 42 £30,000 +22.45% 9
Midlands +21 36 £27,500 +5.77% 14
Work from Home +46 34 £32,500 - 22
East of England +8 31 £30,000 -22.08% 9
West Midlands +13 26 £27,500 +12.24% 8
North West +2 22 £24,000 -2.04% 8
Yorkshire +76 16 £32,500 +32.65% 1
East Midlands -6 10 £32,500 +18.18% 6
Wales +10 9 £34,000 -9.33% 2
Scotland -72 4 £29,000 +1.75% 5
North East - 4 £40,000 -

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 29 (10.07%) SharePoint
2 18 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.35%) CMS
Applications
1 82 (28.47%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.69%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 120 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (22.92%) Azure
3 36 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 13 (4.51%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.17%) AWS
5 12 (4.17%) IaaS
5 12 (4.17%) PaaS
6 11 (3.82%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.04%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.35%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.35%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.35%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (12.15%) DHCP
1 35 (12.15%) DNS
1 35 (12.15%) Network Security
2 27 (9.38%) LAN
3 25 (8.68%) WAN
3 25 (8.68%) Wi-Fi
4 19 (6.60%) Firewall
5 18 (6.25%) Internet
6 14 (4.86%) VPN
6 14 (4.86%) Wireless
7 13 (4.51%) Broadband
8 12 (4.17%) SAN
9 11 (3.82%) Remote Desktop
10 8 (2.78%) VSAN
11 7 (2.43%) VLAN
12 6 (2.08%) IPsec
12 6 (2.08%) VoIP
13 5 (1.74%) TCP/IP
14 2 (0.69%) NX-OS
15 1 (0.35%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (3.82%) JIRA
2 2 (0.69%) GitLab
General
1 150 (52.08%) Social Skills
2 24 (8.33%) Telecoms
3 20 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.90%) Finance
4 17 (5.90%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (5.21%) Retail
6 11 (3.82%) Legal
6 11 (3.82%) Local Government
7 10 (3.47%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.13%) Law
8 9 (3.13%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.78%) Games
10 5 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.39%) Marketing
12 3 (1.04%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.35%) Banking
13 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (28.13%) IT Support
2 61 (21.18%) Analyst
3 51 (17.71%) IT Technician
3 51 (17.71%) Support Engineer
4 43 (14.93%) Support Technician
5 42 (14.58%) IT Support Technician
6 37 (12.85%) IT Analyst
7 33 (11.46%) 2nd Line Support
8 32 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 32 (11.11%) IT Engineer
9 30 (10.42%) Desktop Engineer
10 29 (10.07%) Field Engineer
11 28 (9.72%) Service Analyst
11 28 (9.72%) Service Desk Analyst
12 26 (9.03%) Senior
13 25 (8.68%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 25 (8.68%) Desktop Support
13 25 (8.68%) Support Analyst
14 24 (8.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 22 (7.64%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 46 (15.97%) Driving Licence
2 37 (12.85%) Onboarding
3 23 (7.99%) Management Information System
4 15 (5.21%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (4.51%) CCTV
5 13 (4.51%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.82%) Smartphone
7 8 (2.78%) Clustering
7 8 (2.78%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.04%) CMDB
10 3 (1.04%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.04%) Housing Association
11 2 (0.69%) Digital Media
11 2 (0.69%) EPoS
11 2 (0.69%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.69%) Mobile Computing
11 2 (0.69%) PKI
11 2 (0.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 186 (64.58%) Windows
2 55 (19.10%) Windows 10
3 50 (17.36%) Windows Server
4 40 (13.89%) Mac OS
5 16 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (4.51%) Linux
7 11 (3.82%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (2.43%) Android
9 6 (2.08%) Apple iOS
9 6 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.39%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.39%) Windows Vista
12 2 (0.69%) Unix
12 2 (0.69%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (48.96%) Customer Service
2 131 (45.49%) Problem-Solving
3 101 (35.07%) ITIL
4 52 (18.06%) ITSM
5 49 (17.01%) Computer Science
6 36 (12.50%) Service Management
7 25 (8.68%) Break/Fix
7 25 (8.68%) Information Security
8 24 (8.33%) Asset Management
9 23 (7.99%) Change Management
10 22 (7.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 21 (7.29%) Cybersecurity
12 19 (6.60%) Mentoring
13 17 (5.90%) Configuration Management
13 17 (5.90%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (5.90%) Line Management
14 16 (5.56%) Incident Management
14 16 (5.56%) Time Management
15 15 (5.21%) IT Asset Management
16 14 (4.86%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.21%) SQL
2 9 (3.13%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.69%) Python
3 2 (0.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 148 (51.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 91 (31.60%) Degree
3 83 (28.82%) Network+ Certification
4 70 (24.31%) MCP
5 47 (16.32%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (15.63%) DBS Check
6 45 (15.63%) Security Cleared
7 36 (12.50%) SC Cleared
8 35 (12.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (11.81%) CCNA
10 20 (6.94%) DV Cleared
10 20 (6.94%) MCITP
11 14 (4.86%) CompTIA Security+
12 12 (4.17%) MCSA
13 11 (3.82%) CCNP
13 11 (3.82%) MCDST
13 11 (3.82%) MCSE
14 8 (2.78%) Azure Certification
15 7 (2.43%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (2.08%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.07%) SLA
2 10 (3.47%) GDPR
3 8 (2.78%) ISO 9001
4 7 (2.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.04%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.69%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 172 (59.72%) Active Directory
2 26 (9.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (7.64%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.69%) vSphere
6 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 24 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (7.64%) SCCM
3 8 (2.78%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (1.39%) AirWatch
5 3 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.04%) WSUS
6 2 (0.69%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.69%) Terraform
7 1 (0.35%) Autotask
Vendors
1 243 (84.38%) Microsoft
2 37 (12.85%) VMware
3 33 (11.46%) Cisco
4 19 (6.60%) Veeam
5 16 (5.56%) Apple
6 11 (3.82%) Virgin Media
7 9 (3.13%) Citrix
8 8 (2.78%) Dell
8 8 (2.78%) Sophos
9 7 (2.43%) Meraki
9 7 (2.43%) Sun
10 6 (2.08%) ConnectWise
10 6 (2.08%) HP
10 6 (2.08%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.74%) Acronis
11 5 (1.74%) Aruba
11 5 (1.74%) Datto
11 5 (1.74%) Mitel
12 4 (1.39%) EMC
12 4 (1.39%) Fortinet