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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 620 832 524
Rank change year-on-year +212 -308 -37
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 282 120 1,040
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.12% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.02% 0.37% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 223 116 123
10th Percentile £22,900 £23,250 £21,325
25th Percentile £26,250 £24,438 £23,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £32,500 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +10.17% -18.06%
75th Percentile £38,552 £38,750 £37,375
90th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £43,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,850 £28,500 £26,250
% change year-on-year +4.74% +8.57% -12.50%

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 27,546 32,627 44,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.29% 33.12% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 17,214 14,683 19,092
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,573 £42,210 £40,967
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 +247 265 £31,500 -7.35% 80
UK excluding London +155 227 £29,850 +4.74% 66
South East +44 57 £31,500 +22.09% 18
South West +36 52 £29,000 -35.56% 7
London +117 48 £37,917 +8.33% 29
North of England +71 42 £30,000 +22.45% 15
Midlands +21 34 £27,500 +5.77% 13
East of England +19 31 £30,000 -22.08% 5
Work from Home +55 30 £32,500 - 18
West Midlands +31 26 £27,500 +12.24% 8
North West +14 22 £24,000 -2.04% 10
Yorkshire +96 16 £32,500 +32.65% 4
Wales +13 8 £34,000 -9.33% 3
East Midlands +1 8 £32,500 +18.18% 5
North East - 4 £40,000 - 1
Scotland -63 3 £29,000 +1.75% 6

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 32 (11.35%) SharePoint
2 18 (6.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.35%) CMS
Applications
1 81 (28.72%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 119 (42.20%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (23.05%) Azure
3 38 (13.48%) Entra ID
4 14 (4.96%) OneDrive
5 13 (4.61%) AWS
5 13 (4.61%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.26%) IaaS
6 12 (4.26%) PaaS
7 3 (1.06%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.71%) 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 37 (13.12%) DHCP
1 37 (13.12%) DNS
2 32 (11.35%) Network Security
3 28 (9.93%) LAN
4 27 (9.57%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (9.22%) WAN
6 19 (6.74%) Firewall
7 18 (6.38%) Internet
8 16 (5.67%) VPN
9 14 (4.96%) Wireless
10 13 (4.61%) Broadband
11 11 (3.90%) Remote Desktop
11 11 (3.90%) SAN
12 9 (3.19%) VLAN
13 8 (2.84%) IPsec
13 8 (2.84%) VSAN
14 5 (1.77%) TCP/IP
14 5 (1.77%) VoIP
15 2 (0.71%) NX-OS
16 1 (0.35%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.06%) 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 (3.90%) JIRA
2 2 (0.71%) GitLab
General
1 143 (50.71%) Social Skills
2 24 (8.51%) Telecoms
3 17 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (6.03%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (5.32%) Finance
4 15 (5.32%) Retail
5 12 (4.26%) Local Government
6 11 (3.90%) Legal
7 10 (3.55%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.19%) Law
8 9 (3.19%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.84%) Games
10 5 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.42%) Marketing
12 3 (1.06%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.35%) Banking
13 1 (0.35%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (27.66%) IT Support
2 57 (20.21%) Analyst
3 51 (18.09%) IT Technician
4 49 (17.38%) Support Engineer
5 43 (15.25%) Support Technician
6 42 (14.89%) IT Support Technician
7 35 (12.41%) IT Analyst
8 33 (11.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 33 (11.70%) 2nd Line Support
9 31 (10.99%) IT Engineer
10 30 (10.64%) Desktop Engineer
10 30 (10.64%) Field Engineer
11 26 (9.22%) Service Analyst
11 26 (9.22%) Service Desk Analyst
12 25 (8.87%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 25 (8.87%) Desktop Support
12 25 (8.87%) Senior
13 24 (8.51%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 23 (8.16%) Support Analyst
15 22 (7.80%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 46 (16.31%) Driving Licence
2 35 (12.41%) Onboarding
3 25 (8.87%) Management Information System
4 15 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (4.61%) CCTV
5 13 (4.61%) Data Centre
6 12 (4.26%) Smartphone
7 8 (2.84%) Clustering
7 8 (2.84%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.06%) CMDB
10 3 (1.06%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.06%) Housing Association
11 2 (0.71%) Digital Media
11 2 (0.71%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.71%) Mobile Computing
11 2 (0.71%) PKI
11 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.35%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 181 (64.18%) Windows
2 56 (19.86%) Windows 10
3 50 (17.73%) Windows Server
4 36 (12.77%) Mac OS
5 16 (5.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (4.61%) Linux
7 11 (3.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (2.48%) Android
9 6 (2.13%) Apple iOS
9 6 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.42%) Windows Vista
12 3 (1.06%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.71%) Unix
13 2 (0.71%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (49.29%) Customer Service
2 125 (44.33%) Problem-Solving
3 101 (35.82%) ITIL
4 53 (18.79%) ITSM
5 47 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 37 (13.12%) Service Management
7 26 (9.22%) Asset Management
8 25 (8.87%) Break/Fix
8 25 (8.87%) Information Security
9 23 (8.16%) Change Management
10 21 (7.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 21 (7.45%) Mentoring
11 20 (7.09%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (6.38%) Incident Management
13 17 (6.03%) Configuration Management
13 17 (6.03%) Line Management
14 16 (5.67%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (5.32%) IT Asset Management
15 15 (5.32%) Time Management
16 13 (4.61%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.32%) SQL
2 9 (3.19%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.71%) Python
3 2 (0.71%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 142 (50.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 86 (30.50%) Degree
3 80 (28.37%) Network+ Certification
4 67 (23.76%) MCP
5 46 (16.31%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (15.96%) Security Cleared
7 44 (15.60%) DBS Check
8 36 (12.77%) SC Cleared
9 33 (11.70%) CCNA
9 33 (11.70%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (7.09%) DV Cleared
11 19 (6.74%) MCITP
12 12 (4.26%) CompTIA Security+
12 12 (4.26%) MCSA
13 11 (3.90%) CCNP
13 11 (3.90%) MCSE
14 10 (3.55%) MCDST
15 8 (2.84%) Azure Certification
16 7 (2.48%) ITIL Certification
17 6 (2.13%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.28%) SLA
2 10 (3.55%) GDPR
3 8 (2.84%) ISO 9001
4 7 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.06%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.71%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 173 (61.35%) Active Directory
2 25 (8.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (7.45%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.84%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.71%) vSphere
6 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (7.80%) Microsoft Intune
1 22 (7.80%) SCCM
2 8 (2.84%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (1.42%) AirWatch
4 3 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.06%) WSUS
5 2 (0.71%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.71%) Terraform
6 1 (0.35%) Autotask
Vendors
1 236 (83.69%) Microsoft
2 35 (12.41%) VMware
3 33 (11.70%) Cisco
4 18 (6.38%) Veeam
5 15 (5.32%) Apple
6 11 (3.90%) Virgin Media
7 9 (3.19%) Citrix
8 8 (2.84%) Dell
9 7 (2.48%) Meraki
9 7 (2.48%) Sophos
9 7 (2.48%) Sun
10 6 (2.13%) ConnectWise
10 6 (2.13%) HP
10 6 (2.13%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.42%) Acronis
11 4 (1.42%) Aruba
11 4 (1.42%) EMC
11 4 (1.42%) IBM
11 4 (1.42%) Mitel
11 4 (1.42%) Oracle