A+ Certification Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

CompTIA A+ Certification
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 69 50
Rank change year-on-year 0 -19 -
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 4 1 20
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.53% 0.16% 2.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.58% 0.75% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 13
10th Percentile - - £170
25th Percentile £205 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £240 £200
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £215 - £240
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £169 £185 £200
% change year-on-year -8.92% -7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.00
Median hourly rate - - £14.00
75th Percentile - - £16.25
90th Percentile - - £16.40
Scotland median hourly rate - £18.51 £14.00
% change year-on-year - +32.21% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 155 133 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 20.50% 20.78% 23.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 71 119
10th Percentile £244 £263 £155
25th Percentile £405 £406 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £340
Median % change year-on-year - +32.35% -24.44%
75th Percentile £533 £525 £497
90th Percentile £600 £600 £588
Scotland median daily rate £450 £445 £438
% change year-on-year +1.12% +1.71% -5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 14
10th Percentile - £46.31 £12.36
25th Percentile £50.00 £49.42 £13.93
Median hourly rate £67.50 £55.01 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.71% +223.57% -68.34%
75th Percentile £68.75 £60.20 £18.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £63.08 £44.78
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £19.69 £18.00
% change year-on-year +153.94% +9.39% -66.10%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

A+ Certification job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

A+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) IT Support
1 4 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow