A+ Certification Contracts in the East of England

CompTIA A+ Certification
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 68 105
Rank change year-on-year +13 +37 +12
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 28 46 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.95% 2.41% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.62% 7.74% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £100 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £140 £105 £110
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -4.55% -10.20%
75th Percentile - £143 £115
90th Percentile - £192 £175
England median daily rate £140 £200 £150
% change year-on-year -30.00% +33.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 42 13
10th Percentile - £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.48 £15.25
Median hourly rate £15.14 £16.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +5.16% -
75th Percentile £16.30 £21.37 £15.75
90th Percentile £21.46 £21.45 -
England median hourly rate £15.44 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year -5.28% +5.16% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 325 594 744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 34.21% 31.07% 36.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 223 368
10th Percentile £191 £209 £224
25th Percentile £250 £350 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £650
90th Percentile £670 £723 £736
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 221 191
10th Percentile £15.19 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £24.66 £16.30 £15.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £35.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% +66.67% +7.69%
75th Percentile £76.25 £43.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £42.75 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +6.88% -23.81% +38.16%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing A+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in the East of England

A+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for A+ Certification in the East of England

A+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for A+ Certification in the East of England

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Cambridgeshire +2 26 - - 1
Norfolk - 2 £140 - 1
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 21 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 21 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (92.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 26 (92.86%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (7.14%) Remote Desktop
General
1 5 (17.86%) Retail
2 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (92.86%) Analyst
1 26 (92.86%) Service Analyst
1 26 (92.86%) Service Desk Analyst
2 18 (64.29%) Technical Analyst
2 18 (64.29%) Technical Services Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) Call Centre Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Desktop Support
4 2 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Mac OS
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 26 (92.86%) Incident Management
2 26 (92.86%) ITIL
3 21 (75.00%) Mathematics
3 21 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (75.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 28 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (92.86%) MCSA
3 15 (53.57%) SC Cleared
3 15 (53.57%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 21 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 26 (92.86%) Citrix
1 26 (92.86%) ServiceNow
2 23 (82.14%) Microsoft