A+ Certification Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

CompTIA A+ Certification
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 - 68
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 8 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.96% - 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.64% - 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £109 - £155
25th Percentile £112 - £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £121 - £242
Median % change year-on-year - - +81.57%
75th Percentile £126 - £296
90th Percentile £127 - £328
England median daily rate £208 £160 £238
% change year-on-year +29.69% -32.63% +111.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
England median hourly rate £16.30 £14.16 £15.65
% change year-on-year +15.11% -9.52% +0.97%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 220 173 226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 26.41% 22.29% 26.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 87 159
10th Percentile £165 £303 £288
25th Percentile £308 £333 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.13% -23.81% +10.53%
75th Percentile £538 £569 £650
90th Percentile £687 £643 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 18 9
10th Percentile - £16.43 £17.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £20.06 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -17.04% +36.46% -9.89%
75th Percentile £25.15 £37.73 £20.00
90th Percentile - £51.91 £20.10
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year -52.10% -0.94% +17.78%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

A+ Certification job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing A+ Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing A+ Certification

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing A+ Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing A+ Certification

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 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
Leicestershire - 7 £121 - 8
Derbyshire - 1 - - 3
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) SAN
2 1 (12.50%) Remote Desktop
General
1 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) IT Support
2 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) IT Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) IT Support Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Support Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Field Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Field Service Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Field Hardware Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (12.50%) IT Technician
4 1 (12.50%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Driving Licence
1 5 (62.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (75.00%) ITIL
3 5 (62.50%) Change Management
3 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (62.50%) Data Protection
3 5 (62.50%) Information Security
3 5 (62.50%) ITSM
3 5 (62.50%) Problem Management
3 5 (62.50%) Project Management
3 5 (62.50%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (62.50%) Service Management
4 3 (37.50%) Break/Fix
5 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
6 1 (12.50%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (25.00%) CCNA
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (25.00%) MCSE
3 2 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Dell