A+ Certification Contracts in England

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 443 458 576
Rank change year-on-year +15 +118 +126
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 60 67 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.20% 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.69% 0.66% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 21 28
10th Percentile £128 - £105
25th Percentile £138 £160 £107
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £207 £185 £210
Median % change year-on-year +11.89% -11.90% +61.54%
75th Percentile £227 £225 £259
90th Percentile £250 £249 £410
UK median daily rate £207 £200 £205
% change year-on-year +3.50% -2.44% +86.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 44 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year - +5.16% -
75th Percentile £18.50 £21.37 £18.56
90th Percentile £88.97 - £23.50
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year - +5.16% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,663 10,180 12,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.18% 30.52% 27.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,461 6,500 8,161
10th Percentile £290 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 649 766 599
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £15.45
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.37 £25.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.03 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.36% -16.31% +23.60%
75th Percentile £58.27 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.16 £78.38 £82.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.85
% change year-on-year -41.51% -23.01% +24.11%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in England

A+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for A+ Certification in England

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing A+ Certification in England over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for A+ Certification in England

A+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for A+ Certification in England

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing A+ Certification in England over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for A+ Certification in England

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
East of England -16 19 £225 +34.33% 33
South East +35 15 £190 +18.75% 81
North of England 0 12 £175 -40.43% 72
North West +11 11 £181 -26.77% 31
London +7 7 £223 +11.50% 95
South West +24 5 £170 -63.64% 27
East Midlands - 2 - - 24
Midlands - 2 - - 59
North East - 1 £110 - 12
A+ Certification
UK

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.33%) IIS
2 2 (3.33%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.67%) IBM Notes
3 1 (1.67%) nginx
3 1 (1.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 34 (56.67%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.33%) Azure
3 4 (6.67%) GCP
4 2 (3.33%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.33%) SaaS
5 1 (1.67%) AWS
5 1 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.67%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.67%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 21 (35.00%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (21.67%) VPN
3 12 (20.00%) DNS
3 12 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 9 (15.00%) DHCP
5 5 (8.33%) Firewall
5 5 (8.33%) Wireless
6 3 (5.00%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (3.33%) LAN
7 2 (3.33%) SAN
7 2 (3.33%) WAN
8 1 (1.67%) FTP
8 1 (1.67%) Internet
8 1 (1.67%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (1.67%) IP Telephony
8 1 (1.67%) NAS
8 1 (1.67%) NetScaler
8 1 (1.67%) Skype
8 1 (1.67%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.67%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 30 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (21.67%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.33%) Retail
4 4 (6.67%) French Language
4 4 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.33%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.67%) Finance
6 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.67%) Legal
6 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.67%) Marketing
6 1 (1.67%) Military
6 1 (1.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (56.67%) Analyst
2 27 (45.00%) Service Analyst
2 27 (45.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 21 (35.00%) IT Support
4 14 (23.33%) Support Engineer
5 12 (20.00%) IT Analyst
5 12 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
6 11 (18.33%) IT Engineer
6 11 (18.33%) Technical Services Analyst
7 10 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
8 7 (11.67%) Support Analyst
9 6 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
10 5 (8.33%) Call Centre Analyst
11 4 (6.67%) IT Support Technician
11 4 (6.67%) IT Technician
11 4 (6.67%) Project Engineer
11 4 (6.67%) Support Technician
12 3 (5.00%) Technical Support
13 2 (3.33%) Desktop Support
13 2 (3.33%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) JSON
1 1 (1.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (5.00%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.67%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.67%) CMDB
5 1 (1.67%) Device Driver
5 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.67%) Life Science
5 1 (1.67%) NHS
5 1 (1.67%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.67%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (60.00%) Windows
2 9 (15.00%) Mac OS
3 8 (13.33%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.00%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.33%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.67%) Android
6 1 (1.67%) Linux
6 1 (1.67%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.67%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (71.67%) ITIL
3 34 (56.67%) Customer Service
4 24 (40.00%) Service Delivery
5 22 (36.67%) Incident Management
6 18 (30.00%) ITSM
7 14 (23.33%) Mathematics
8 13 (21.67%) Service Management
9 11 (18.33%) Computer Science
10 6 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (10.00%) Project Management
10 6 (10.00%) Time Management
11 5 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
13 3 (5.00%) Ticket Management
13 3 (5.00%) User Experience
14 2 (3.33%) Break/Fix
14 2 (3.33%) Customer Experience
14 2 (3.33%) Information Security
14 2 (3.33%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.33%) SQL
3 1 (1.67%) Bash
3 1 (1.67%) Java
3 1 (1.67%) Perl
Qualifications
1 46 (76.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (36.67%) MCSA
3 17 (28.33%) Security Cleared
4 16 (26.67%) SC Cleared
5 14 (23.33%) Degree
6 10 (16.67%) MCP
7 4 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (5.00%) MCSE
9 2 (3.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (1.67%) CCNA
10 1 (1.67%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.67%) Dell Certification
10 1 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (1.67%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.67%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (46.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.00%) XenApp
3 2 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.67%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.67%) vSphere
4 1 (1.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (5.00%) SCCM
2 2 (3.33%) Malwarebytes
2 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.33%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (1.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 50 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 29 (48.33%) ServiceNow
3 22 (36.67%) Citrix
4 6 (10.00%) Cisco
5 5 (8.33%) Google
6 4 (6.67%) CheckPoint
6 4 (6.67%) Dell
6 4 (6.67%) Palo Alto
7 3 (5.00%) VMware
8 2 (3.33%) Ivanti
9 1 (1.67%) Altiris
9 1 (1.67%) Apple
9 1 (1.67%) Bomgar
9 1 (1.67%) F5
9 1 (1.67%) Lotus