A+ Certification Contracts

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 486 622 775
Rank change year-on-year +136 +153 -109
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 104 81 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.14% 0.096%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.78% 0.50% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 44 36
10th Percentile £105 - £121
25th Percentile £150 £105 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £138 £140
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -1.79% -49.82%
75th Percentile £247 £228 £163
90th Percentile £338 £250 £200
UK excluding London median daily rate £220 £119 £135
% change year-on-year +85.26% -12.04% -36.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 17 33
10th Percentile £14.16 - £12.83
25th Percentile £14.48 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% - -6.06%
75th Percentile £21.37 £15.75 £15.75
90th Percentile £21.46 £19.70 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% - -6.06%

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,258 16,187 19,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.56% 27.32% 21.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,176 10,805 12,557
10th Percentile £300 £328 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.92%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £743 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,080 847 775
10th Percentile £13.87 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.86 £20.00 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.72 £34.69
% change year-on-year -17.66% +43.34% -0.89%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing A+ Certification over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing A+ Certification over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 3 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +141 90 £200 +33.33% 53
UK excluding London +78 80 £220 +85.26% 47
East of England +42 46 £105 -4.55% 3
London +92 23 £200 -9.09% 20
Scotland +46 13 £206 +87.50% 10
North of England +30 9 £325 +195.45% 12
Yorkshire +23 7 £338 +197.36% 2
South East +11 7 £120 -40.00% 7
Work from Home +117 6 £325 +44.44% 10
South West +18 3 £205 +64.00% 6
Midlands +25 2 £178 -30.12% 6
North West +18 2 £194 +76.14% 8
West Midlands +23 1 £225 -37.85% 6
East Midlands +19 1 £130 -48.82%

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 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (24.04%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (13.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 53 (50.96%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (6.73%) Azure
3 5 (4.81%) WhatsApp
4 1 (0.96%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 45 (43.27%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (10.58%) DHCP
3 10 (9.62%) DNS
3 10 (9.62%) SAN
4 9 (8.65%) Remote Desktop
5 8 (7.69%) VPN
6 2 (1.92%) Internet
6 2 (1.92%) LAN
6 2 (1.92%) WAN
7 1 (0.96%) Wireless
General
1 28 (26.92%) Retail
2 25 (24.04%) Social Skills
3 15 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.58%) Public Sector
5 9 (8.65%) Finance
6 5 (4.81%) Banking
6 5 (4.81%) Legal
6 5 (4.81%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.85%) Advertising
8 2 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.92%) Marketing
8 2 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.96%) Law
9 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (48.08%) Analyst
2 45 (43.27%) Service Analyst
2 45 (43.27%) Service Desk Analyst
3 17 (16.35%) IT Engineer
4 14 (13.46%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
5 13 (12.50%) Support Engineer
6 11 (10.58%) IT Support
7 9 (8.65%) Field Engineer
8 8 (7.69%) Field Service Engineer
9 7 (6.73%) Desktop Support
10 6 (5.77%) 1st Line Support
10 6 (5.77%) 2nd Line Support
10 6 (5.77%) Desktop Engineer
11 5 (4.81%) IT Support Engineer
11 5 (4.81%) Support Analyst
12 4 (3.85%) Data Centre Engineer
12 4 (3.85%) Data Centre Technician
12 4 (3.85%) Help Desk Engineer
12 4 (3.85%) Help Desk Support
12 4 (3.85%) Help Desk Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.92%) OLE
1 2 (1.92%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.31%) Data Centre
2 13 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 8 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (4.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 4 (3.85%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.85%) NHS
6 2 (1.92%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 47 (45.19%) Windows
2 17 (16.35%) Windows 10
3 15 (14.42%) Windows 7
4 6 (5.77%) Mac OS
5 5 (4.81%) Windows 8
6 2 (1.92%) Android
6 2 (1.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (70.19%) Customer Service
2 60 (57.69%) ITIL
3 46 (44.23%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (40.38%) Incident Management
5 22 (21.15%) Service Delivery
6 17 (16.35%) Computer Science
7 14 (13.46%) Break/Fix
8 13 (12.50%) Mathematics
9 6 (5.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (4.81%) Asset Management
10 5 (4.81%) Employee Productivity
10 5 (4.81%) Escalation Management
10 5 (4.81%) Migration
10 5 (4.81%) Service Management
11 4 (3.85%) Configuration Management
11 4 (3.85%) Network Monitoring
11 4 (3.85%) Runbook
12 3 (2.88%) Mobile Device Management
12 3 (2.88%) Ticket Management
13 2 (1.92%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.81%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.96%) R
Qualifications
1 81 (77.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 48 (46.15%) MCSA
3 24 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 24 (23.08%) Security Cleared
4 23 (22.12%) Degree
5 20 (19.23%) CCNA
5 20 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (18.27%) Network+ Certification
7 15 (14.42%) MCP
8 12 (11.54%) MCSE
9 11 (10.58%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (6.73%) MCITP
11 5 (4.81%) CCNP
12 4 (3.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (3.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (2.88%) MCDST
14 2 (1.92%) CCENT
15 1 (0.96%) DBS Check
15 1 (0.96%) ECDL
15 1 (0.96%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.81%) QA
2 2 (1.92%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (36.54%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.81%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.85%) KVM
4 4 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (3.85%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 13 (12.50%) SCCM
2 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.85%) vCenter Server
4 2 (1.92%) WSUS
Vendors
1 57 (54.81%) Microsoft
2 43 (41.35%) Citrix
2 43 (41.35%) ServiceNow
3 8 (7.69%) Cisco
3 8 (7.69%) Dell
4 7 (6.73%) VMware
5 2 (1.92%) Apple
5 2 (1.92%) BeyondTrust
5 2 (1.92%) SAP