A+ Certification Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

CompTIA A+ Certification
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 - 105
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 4 0 14
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.33% - 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.91% - 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 14
10th Percentile - - £203
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £130 - £210
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.48%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £143 £160 £210
% change year-on-year -10.94% -23.81% +35.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.79 - -
South East median hourly rate £89.63 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

A+ Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 438 670 732
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.05% 41.26% 41.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 362 435
10th Percentile £255 £283 £210
25th Percentile £393 £416 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £562 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.95% +6.95% -
75th Percentile £588 £644 £625
90th Percentile £638 £720 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £529 £538
% change year-on-year -5.48% -1.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 58 51
10th Percentile £20.25 £41.25 £40.69
25th Percentile £27.59 £56.04 £53.38
Median hourly rate £43.96 £61.60 £65.13
Median % change year-on-year -28.64% -5.41% +177.13%
75th Percentile £83.44 £75.15 £73.80
90th Percentile £88.87 £100.00 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £60.83 £60.00
% change year-on-year -58.66% +1.38% +33.33%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing A+ Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

A+ Certification job vacancy trend in Berkshire

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing A+ Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing A+ Certification

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing A+ Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing A+ Certification

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 13 October 2025. 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
Reading - 2 £130 - 6
Slough - 1 - - 3
A+ Certification
South East

A+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) IT Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Service Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) IT Support
3 1 (25.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (75.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) MCSA
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow