A+ Certification Contract Job Trends in London

CompTIA A+ Certification
England > London

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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 375 401
Rank change year-on-year -1 +26 +178
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 9 11 19
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.065% 0.070% 0.094%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.28% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 14
10th Percentile £204 £149 £114
25th Percentile £213 £170 £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £210 £210
Median % change year-on-year +30.95% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £293 £230 £275
90th Percentile £320 - £464
England median daily rate £225 £160 £213
% change year-on-year +40.63% -24.71% +93.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.45
25th Percentile £18.82 - £19.13
Median hourly rate £18.84 - £21.50
75th Percentile £18.85 - £25.13
90th Percentile - - £26.55
England median hourly rate £20.79 £17.48 £16.83
% change year-on-year +18.94% +3.89% +8.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,821 3,975 4,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.47% 25.31% 23.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,624 2,534 3,182
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £440 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 55 100
10th Percentile £19.40 £20.20 £18.99
25th Percentile - £31.44 £21.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.91 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year -39.99% -21.30% +18.33%
75th Percentile £41.25 £64.13 £69.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £77.54 £86.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -51.95% -0.30% +16.67%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

A+ Certification job vacancy trend in London

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Central London +8 2 £250 +13.64% 15
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) Google Workspace
3 1 (11.11%) SaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) DHCP
2 1 (11.11%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Service Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) IT Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) IT Support
2 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Junior IT Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Junior IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) Junior Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Deployment Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Device Driver
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (11.11%) Life Science
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Mac OS
2 2 (22.22%) Mac OS X
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
3 1 (11.11%) Android
3 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) ITSM
3 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
3 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) Customer Experience
5 2 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (22.22%) Patch Management
5 2 (22.22%) Service Management
5 2 (22.22%) User Experience
6 1 (11.11%) Biotechnology
6 1 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
6 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (11.11%) Remarketing
6 1 (11.11%) Software Deployment
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (11.11%) Task Automation
6 1 (11.11%) Threat Detection
6 1 (11.11%) Ticket Management
6 1 (11.11%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) Bash
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) MCP
3 1 (11.11%) MCSA
3 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Apple
2 4 (44.44%) ServiceNow
3 2 (22.22%) Altiris
4 1 (11.11%) Bomgar
4 1 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (11.11%) Google
4 1 (11.11%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) Logitech
4 1 (11.11%) Rapid7
4 1 (11.11%) Zscaler