A+ Certification Contract Job Trends in Central London

CompTIA A+ Certification
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 125 134
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 +52
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 1 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.048% 0.095% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.38% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £126
25th Percentile £278 - £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 - £163
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £293 - £211
90th Percentile - - £219
London median daily rate £243 £225 £200
% change year-on-year +7.78% +12.50% +6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 579 525 524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 27.92% 24.99% 20.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 309 333
10th Percentile £363 £311 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.02%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £663
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
London median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 8
10th Percentile £23.00 £24.78 £16.93
25th Percentile £25.47 £28.94 £19.90
Median hourly rate £25.62 £72.25 £42.49
Median % change year-on-year -64.54% +70.06% +2.99%
75th Percentile £35.17 £112.00 £67.19
90th Percentile £56.01 - £74.88
London median hourly rate £34.27 £37.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -8.61% +5.63% -1.69%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

A+ Certification job vacancy trend in Central London

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 4 February 2026. 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
City of London -8 1 £285 - 2
A+ Certification
London

A+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Altiris
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Bomgar
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft