A+ Certification Jobs in the UK excluding London

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 678 271
Rank change year-on-year +130 -407 +86
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 230 83 969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.14% 1.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.18% 0.37% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 183 81 86
10th Percentile £22,750 £22,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £23,750 £22,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,850 £28,500 £26,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% +8.57% -6.25%
75th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £33,938
90th Percentile £42,250 £43,750 £43,125
UK median annual salary £31,500 £32,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year -3.08% +10.17% -25.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,481 22,247 22,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.61% 36.29% 31.51%
Number of salaries quoted 12,247 8,233 10,340
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,039 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +0.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing A+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing A+ Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
South East +50 56 £31,500 +24.02% 8
South West +18 53 £29,000 -31.76% 5
North of England +82 41 £30,000 +22.45% 11
Midlands +48 36 £27,500 +12.24% 7
East of England +24 32 £30,000 -22.08% 3
West Midlands +52 28 £27,500 +12.24% 6
North West +25 19 £23,500 -15.36% 7
Yorkshire +111 17 £32,500 +34.02% 2
Wales +18 8 £34,000 -9.33% 3
East Midlands -6 8 £32,500 +18.18% 1
North East - 5 £40,000 - 2
Scotland -69 4 £29,000 +1.75% 10
A+ Certification
UK

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 31 (13.48%) SharePoint
2 19 (8.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.43%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) IIS
Applications
1 65 (28.26%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.87%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 103 (44.78%) Microsoft 365
2 58 (25.22%) Azure
3 33 (14.35%) Entra ID
4 14 (6.09%) OneDrive
5 13 (5.65%) AWS
6 9 (3.91%) IaaS
6 9 (3.91%) PaaS
6 9 (3.91%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.87%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 37 (16.09%) DHCP
1 37 (16.09%) DNS
2 28 (12.17%) Network Security
3 27 (11.74%) LAN
4 25 (10.87%) Wi-Fi
5 24 (10.43%) WAN
6 17 (7.39%) VPN
7 14 (6.09%) Internet
8 13 (5.65%) Broadband
8 13 (5.65%) Firewall
9 11 (4.78%) Remote Desktop
9 11 (4.78%) SAN
9 11 (4.78%) VLAN
10 9 (3.91%) IPsec
11 8 (3.48%) VSAN
12 7 (3.04%) VoIP
13 5 (2.17%) TCP/IP
14 4 (1.74%) Wireless
15 2 (0.87%) NX-OS
16 1 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.87%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.43%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 5 (2.17%) JIRA
2 2 (0.87%) GitLab
General
1 117 (50.87%) Social Skills
2 19 (8.26%) Telecoms
3 17 (7.39%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (6.52%) Retail
5 13 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.22%) Local Government
7 9 (3.91%) Finance
7 9 (3.91%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.91%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.48%) Games
9 6 (2.61%) Legal
10 5 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.74%) Marketing
12 3 (1.30%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.87%) Law
14 1 (0.43%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (28.26%) IT Support
2 48 (20.87%) Support Engineer
3 43 (18.70%) Analyst
4 41 (17.83%) IT Technician
5 38 (16.52%) Support Technician
6 37 (16.09%) IT Support Technician
7 35 (15.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 33 (14.35%) 2nd Line Support
9 30 (13.04%) Field Engineer
9 30 (13.04%) IT Engineer
10 28 (12.17%) IT Analyst
11 27 (11.74%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 27 (11.74%) Desktop Engineer
12 25 (10.87%) Service Analyst
12 25 (10.87%) Service Desk Analyst
13 22 (9.57%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
13 22 (9.57%) Desktop Support
14 21 (9.13%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
14 21 (9.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 21 (9.13%) Field Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 43 (18.70%) Driving Licence
2 32 (13.91%) Onboarding
3 21 (9.13%) Management Information System
4 12 (5.22%) Smartphone
5 9 (3.91%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.48%) Clustering
6 8 (3.48%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.30%) Housing Association
9 3 (1.30%) Mobile Computing
10 2 (0.87%) CCTV
10 2 (0.87%) CMDB
10 2 (0.87%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.87%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.87%) PKI
10 2 (0.87%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 148 (64.35%) Windows
2 53 (23.04%) Windows Server
3 42 (18.26%) Windows 10
4 35 (15.22%) Mac OS
5 14 (6.09%) Linux
6 7 (3.04%) Android
7 5 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.87%) Unix
8 2 (0.87%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.87%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (53.04%) Customer Service
2 112 (48.70%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (34.35%) ITIL
4 41 (17.83%) ITSM
5 38 (16.52%) Computer Science
6 26 (11.30%) Service Management
7 24 (10.43%) Asset Management
8 23 (10.00%) Change Management
9 18 (7.83%) Break/Fix
9 18 (7.83%) Cybersecurity
10 17 (7.39%) Configuration Management
10 17 (7.39%) Incident Management
10 17 (7.39%) Information Security
10 17 (7.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 16 (6.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (6.96%) Mentoring
12 15 (6.52%) IT Asset Management
13 13 (5.65%) Service Delivery
13 13 (5.65%) Time Management
14 12 (5.22%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.96%) SQL
2 8 (3.48%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.87%) Python
3 2 (0.87%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 124 (53.91%) Microsoft Certification
2 68 (29.57%) Degree
3 59 (25.65%) MCP
4 53 (23.04%) Network+ Certification
5 45 (19.57%) Security Cleared
6 36 (15.65%) SC Cleared
7 28 (12.17%) DBS Check
8 27 (11.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (10.87%) CCNA
9 25 (10.87%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (8.70%) DV Cleared
11 13 (5.65%) MCITP
12 10 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (4.35%) MCSA
13 7 (3.04%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (2.61%) Azure Certification
14 6 (2.61%) MCDST
15 5 (2.17%) MCSE
16 3 (1.30%) CCENT
17 2 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.74%) SLA
2 8 (3.48%) GDPR
3 6 (2.61%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.30%) ISO 14001
5 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 161 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 21 (9.13%) Hyper-V
3 14 (6.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.48%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.87%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (6.96%) SCCM
2 13 (5.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.48%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (1.74%) AirWatch
5 3 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.30%) WSUS
6 2 (0.87%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.87%) Terraform
7 1 (0.43%) Autotask
Vendors
1 192 (83.48%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.43%) VMware
3 20 (8.70%) Cisco
4 15 (6.52%) Veeam
5 11 (4.78%) Virgin Media
6 8 (3.48%) Apple
7 7 (3.04%) Citrix
7 7 (3.04%) Sophos
8 6 (2.61%) ConnectWise
8 6 (2.61%) HP
8 6 (2.61%) Meraki
9 5 (2.17%) Mitel
9 5 (2.17%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.74%) Acronis
10 4 (1.74%) Aruba
10 4 (1.74%) Datto
10 4 (1.74%) Dell
10 4 (1.74%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.30%) Adobe
11 3 (1.30%) Sun