A+ Certification Contract Job Trends 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 21 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 164 178
Rank change year-on-year -18 +14 +66
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 10 4 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.25% 0.097% 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.83% 0.39% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 18
10th Percentile £168 - £230
25th Percentile £176 £246 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £248 £358
Median % change year-on-year -23.23% -30.77% +225.00%
75th Percentile - £249 £380
90th Percentile - - £386
England median daily rate £207 £168 £225
% change year-on-year +23.58% -25.56% +102.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
Median hourly rate £17.44 £13.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +29.19% - -
England median hourly rate £16.87 £15.23 £15.65
% change year-on-year +10.77% -2.68% +0.97%

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 1,199 1,028 1,268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 30.25% 24.85% 24.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 784 603 835
10th Percentile £305 £294 £280
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £618 £600 £625
90th Percentile £703 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 79 76
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.92 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.22 £19.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £42.33
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +9.10% +30.24%
75th Percentile £47.12 £57.13 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.63 £55.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £53.94
% change year-on-year -53.43% +0.12% +19.86%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing A+ Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing A+ Certification

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing A+ Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing A+ Certification

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 21 September 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 0 10 £190 -23.23% 29
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (20.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) Azure
3 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) DHCP
1 2 (20.00%) DNS
1 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) French Language
2 2 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Military
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Analyst
1 7 (70.00%) IT Support
2 5 (50.00%) IT Analyst
3 4 (40.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 4 (40.00%) Support Analyst
4 3 (30.00%) IT Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) Service Analyst
4 3 (30.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (30.00%) Support Engineer
5 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (20.00%) Project Engineer
6 1 (10.00%) Junior
6 1 (10.00%) Junior Analyst
6 1 (10.00%) Junior IT Support
6 1 (10.00%) Junior IT Support Analyst
6 1 (10.00%) Junior Support Analyst
6 1 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (10.00%) Technical Support
6 1 (10.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) ITSM
3 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (40.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Service Management
5 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
5 1 (10.00%) Information Security
5 1 (10.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) MCP
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Google