A+ Certification Contracts in the Thames Valley

CompTIA A+ Certification
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 148 165
Rank change year-on-year +13 +17 -
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 5 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.19% 0.10% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.45% 0.29% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £102 £152 -
25th Percentile £105 £156 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £110 £163 £140
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% +16.07% -
75th Percentile £115 £171 £148
90th Percentile £118 £175 -
South East median daily rate £120 £200 £145
% change year-on-year -40.00% +37.93% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 £18.50 -
Median hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% - -
75th Percentile £18.75 £19.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £18.88
% change year-on-year -7.89% +0.66% +42.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,103 1,026 992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 41.11% 34.93% 28.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 698 674
10th Percentile £213 £320 £260
25th Percentile £413 £410 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +4.17% +1.05%
75th Percentile £623 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £689 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 45 30
10th Percentile £18.35 £20.10 £16.75
25th Percentile £41.88 £27.00 £19.20
Median hourly rate £58.65 £64.68 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year -9.32% +207.61% -0.12%
75th Percentile £70.81 £74.79 £43.31
90th Percentile £87.14 £80.25 £80.54
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.76 £44.73
% change year-on-year -0.71% +29.14% +11.81%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing A+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in the Thames Valley

A+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for A+ Certification in the Thames Valley

A+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for A+ Certification in the Thames Valley

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing A+ Certification within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -6 2 £120 -26.15% 1
Oxfordshire - 2 - - 3
Buckinghamshire - 1 £100 - 2
A+ Certification
South East

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) 1st Line Support
2 3 (60.00%) IT Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) IT Support
2 3 (60.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) 1st Line Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) First Line Help Desk Support
3 2 (40.00%) Help Desk Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Help Desk Support
3 2 (40.00%) Help Desk Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Escalation Management
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Break/Fix
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft