A+ Certification Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

CompTIA A+ Certification
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 15 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 5.04% - 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.59% - 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £109 - -
25th Percentile £112 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £121 - £350
75th Percentile £126 - -
90th Percentile £127 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £121 - £242
% change year-on-year - - +81.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 34 35 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 24.46% 31.25% 25.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 22 32
10th Percentile £126 £290 £316
25th Percentile £190 £362 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -33.68% -9.52% +21.39%
75th Percentile £494 £651 £602
90th Percentile £538 £709 £722
East Midlands median daily rate £437 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +9.13% -23.81% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £21.96 - -
25th Percentile £22.95 - -
Median hourly rate £26.75 - -
75th Percentile £30.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £20.06 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -17.04% +36.46% -9.89%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

A+ Certification job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire 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
Leicester - 2 £121 - 8
A+ Certification
East Midlands

A+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 (28.57%) SAN
General
1 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) IT Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) IT Support
1 5 (71.43%) IT Support Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Support Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Field Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Field Hardware Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Driving Licence
1 5 (71.43%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) Change Management
2 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) Data Protection
2 5 (71.43%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL
2 5 (71.43%) ITSM
2 5 (71.43%) Problem Management
2 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 5 (71.43%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) Break/Fix
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) CCNA
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) MCSE
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Dell