A+ Certification Contracts in Scotland

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 118 159
Rank change year-on-year +14 +41 +11
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 12 11 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.74% 0.50% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.74% 1.82% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 3
10th Percentile £133 £144 £101
25th Percentile £150 - £103
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £173 £200 £110
Median % change year-on-year -13.75% +81.82% -
75th Percentile £199 £219 £115
90th Percentile £220 £232 -
UK median daily rate £160 £200 £138
% change year-on-year -20.00% +45.45% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 0
10th Percentile £19.76 £13.35 -
25th Percentile £21.00 £13.50 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% - -
75th Percentile £23.40 £18.75 -
90th Percentile £24.09 - -
UK median hourly rate £17.44 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year +6.99% +5.16% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 321 606 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 19.75% 27.33% 20.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 326 408
10th Percentile £200 £188 £163
25th Percentile £363 £346 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £600 £538
90th Percentile £600 £675 £632
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 47 14
10th Percentile £17.01 £12.95 £13.65
25th Percentile £19.73 £16.50 £15.99
Median hourly rate £22.88 £40.94 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year -44.13% +90.73% -49.57%
75th Percentile £28.07 £60.00 £57.90
90th Percentile £61.16 £64.70 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in Scotland

A+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for A+ Certification in Scotland

A+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for A+ Certification in Scotland

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Edinburgh +3 9 £173 -13.75%
Fife - 2 £115 -
Dundee - 1 £200 - 3
A+ Certification
UK

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (8.33%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (8.33%) Acrobat
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (8.33%) DHCP
3 1 (8.33%) DNS
3 1 (8.33%) Internet
3 1 (8.33%) WebEx
General
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Service Desk Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Service Desk Support
2 5 (41.67%) Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Windows Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Windows Support Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) Desktop Support
4 3 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) Break Fix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Device Driver
2 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
3 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (8.33%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (8.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (8.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) ITIL
2 9 (75.00%) Customer Service
3 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (66.67%) Task Automation
4 7 (58.33%) Customer Experience
5 2 (16.67%) Break/Fix
5 2 (16.67%) Time Management
6 1 (8.33%) Change Management
6 1 (8.33%) Critical Success Factor
6 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
6 1 (8.33%) ITSM
6 1 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
6 1 (8.33%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Degree
3 2 (16.67%) Dell Certification
3 2 (16.67%) MCP
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (8.33%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) SCCM
2 1 (8.33%) ServiceCenter
2 1 (8.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) Dell
2 2 (16.67%) HP
3 1 (8.33%) Adobe
3 1 (8.33%) Bomgar
3 1 (8.33%) Lotus
3 1 (8.33%) Peregrine
3 1 (8.33%) Remedy