A+ Certification Contracts in South Wales

CompTIA A+ Certification
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 55
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 2.13% - 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.95% - 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £102
25th Percentile £394 - £103
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £105
75th Percentile £431 - £107
90th Percentile - - £107
Wales median daily rate £413 - £105
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £28.50 - -
25th Percentile £31.88 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median hourly rate £37.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 101 79 207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 42.98% 24.53% 42.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 53 159
10th Percentile £211 £160 £273
25th Percentile £289 £313 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% -6.36% +0.34%
75th Percentile £479 £644 £625
90th Percentile £605 £725 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -22.33% -1.90% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 16
10th Percentile £20.02 £11.02 -
25th Percentile £25.44 £15.81 £16.98
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.18 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +48.93% +38.81% -60.78%
75th Percentile £42.19 £85.00 £20.10
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.38
Wales median hourly rate £25.15 £22.83 £18.14
% change year-on-year +10.19% +25.83% -60.78%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in South Wales

A+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for A+ Certification in South Wales

A+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for A+ Certification in South Wales

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 30 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
Newport - 5 £413 -
A+ Certification
Wales

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 4 (80.00%) Support Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (80.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Application Packaging
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco