A+ Certification Contracts in the South West

CompTIA A+ Certification
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 151 163
Rank change year-on-year +51 +12 -4
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 9 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.54% 0.094% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.97% 0.17% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile £139 £183 -
25th Percentile - £188 £123
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £140 £205 £125
Median % change year-on-year -31.71% +64.00% -29.58%
75th Percentile £200 £226 £148
90th Percentile £210 £233 £160
England median daily rate £140 £200 £150
% change year-on-year -30.00% +33.33% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
England median hourly rate £15.44 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year -5.28% +5.16% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 924 1,785 1,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 55.07% 56.08% 52.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 1,134 1,373
10th Percentile £235 £353 £400
25th Percentile £440 £465 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £579
Median % change year-on-year - -5.01% +11.03%
75th Percentile £638 £655 £675
90th Percentile £700 £725 £729
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 196 143
10th Percentile £18.51 £22.31 £37.91
25th Percentile £19.41 £40.00 £56.77
Median hourly rate £60.00 £61.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -6.15% +2.36%
75th Percentile £67.50 £72.50 £78.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £86.00
England median hourly rate £40.55 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +1.36% -23.81% +32.91%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for A+ Certification in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing A+ Certification in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for A+ Certification in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for A+ Certification in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Bristol +20 3 £140 - 3
Somerset +6 3 £140 -24.32%
Gloucestershire - 2 £193 - 5
Wiltshire - 1 £200 - 2
A+ Certification
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (11.11%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Service Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Deskside Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Deskside Support
4 2 (22.22%) Deskside Support Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support
4 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Support
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
2 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Android
2 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Customer Service
2 7 (77.78%) ITIL
2 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (55.56%) Incident Management
3 5 (55.56%) Time Management
4 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) User Experience
6 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) MCP
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Dell Certification
3 1 (11.11%) MCSE
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) Dell
3 1 (11.11%) Lotus
3 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow