A+ Certification Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

CompTIA A+ Certification
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 140 - 145
Rank change year-on-year - - +59
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 10 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.37% - 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.11% - 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £113 - £199
25th Percentile £121 - £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £157 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +237.81%
75th Percentile £202 - £581
90th Percentile £204 - £593
England median daily rate £208 £160 £238
% change year-on-year +29.69% -32.63% +111.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
England median hourly rate £16.30 £14.16 £15.65
% change year-on-year +15.11% -9.52% +0.97%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 901 783 824
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 33.25% 28.96% 27.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 550 478 514
10th Percentile £212 £307 £300
25th Percentile £388 £393 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.29% -1.52% +6.06%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £606
90th Percentile £652 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 32 39
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £17.03
25th Percentile £18.87 £19.96 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.08 £24.18 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +5.13% +16.96%
75th Percentile £26.16 £50.48 £67.50
90th Percentile £45.80 £56.78 £69.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year -52.10% -0.94% +17.78%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

A+ Certification job vacancy trend in the Midlands

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
East Midlands - 8 £121 - 20
West Midlands - 2 £194 - 30
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) SAN
2 1 (10.00%) DHCP
2 1 (10.00%) DNS
2 1 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (10.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) IT Support
2 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) IT Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Field Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Field Service Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Field Hardware Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (10.00%) IT Technician
4 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (80.00%) ITIL
3 6 (60.00%) ITSM
4 5 (50.00%) Change Management
4 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (50.00%) Data Protection
4 5 (50.00%) Information Security
4 5 (50.00%) Problem Management
4 5 (50.00%) Project Management
4 5 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (50.00%) Service Management
5 4 (40.00%) Customer Service
6 3 (30.00%) Break/Fix
7 1 (10.00%) Inventory Management
7 1 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
7 1 (10.00%) Ticket Management
7 1 (10.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (20.00%) CCNA
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (20.00%) MCSE
3 2 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (10.00%) MCP
4 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Dell
3 1 (10.00%) Bomgar
3 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow