A+ Certification Contracts in the North of England

CompTIA A+ Certification
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 176 209
Rank change year-on-year +25 +33 +23
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 11 9 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.34% 0.19% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.03% 0.73% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 6
10th Percentile £113 £225 -
25th Percentile £124 £310 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £149 £325 £110
Median % change year-on-year -54.23% +195.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile £174 £360 £116
90th Percentile £186 £364 £161
England median daily rate £160 £200 £150
% change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.44 - -
England median hourly rate £15.44 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year -5.28% +5.16% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,064 1,233 1,480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 32.49% 26.27% 25.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 648 684 1,045
10th Percentile £230 £300 £321
25th Percentile £375 £415 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% -2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £576 £625 £625
90th Percentile £665 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 168 70
10th Percentile £17.44 £10.95 £20.00
25th Percentile £22.61 £13.16 £25.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £40.29
Median % change year-on-year +102.37% -60.14% +29.96%
75th Percentile £59.95 £39.54 £52.77
90th Percentile £80.59 £63.75 £67.30
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.81% +33.62%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in the North of England

A+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for A+ Certification in the North of England

A+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for A+ Certification in the North of England

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
North West +22 10 £188 -3.23% 6
North East - 1 £110 - 2
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) GCP
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) TCP/IP
1 5 (45.45%) VPN
2 4 (36.36%) DHCP
2 4 (36.36%) DNS
3 1 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (9.09%) WebEx
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (36.36%) French Language
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Military
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) IT Support
2 7 (63.64%) Support Engineer
3 6 (54.55%) IT Engineer
3 6 (54.55%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (36.36%) Analyst
4 4 (36.36%) IT Analyst
4 4 (36.36%) IT Support Analyst
4 4 (36.36%) Project Engineer
4 4 (36.36%) Support Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support
5 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Junior
5 1 (9.09%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Junior IT Support
5 1 (9.09%) Junior IT Support Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Junior Support Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Support
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Management Information System
2 4 (36.36%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (9.09%) CMDB
3 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Smartphone
3 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (54.55%) ITSM
3 5 (45.45%) Computer Science
3 5 (45.45%) Customer Service
4 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (36.36%) Project Management
4 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
4 4 (36.36%) Service Management
5 2 (18.18%) ITIL
6 1 (9.09%) Asset Management
6 1 (9.09%) Information Security
6 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (54.55%) Degree
3 4 (36.36%) MCP
4 1 (9.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Google
3 1 (9.09%) Bomgar