A+ Certification Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

CompTIA A+ Certification
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 128 130
Rank change year-on-year +15 +2 +49
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 9 6 14
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.51% 0.28% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.38% 0.71% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 14
10th Percentile - £150 £203
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £130 £160 £210
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -23.81% +35.48%
75th Percentile - £190 -
90th Percentile - £200 -
South East median daily rate £143 £160 £210
% change year-on-year -10.94% -23.81% +35.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.79 - -
Median hourly rate £77.00 - -
75th Percentile £89.63 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £77.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 652 848 1,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.82% 39.22% 40.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 506 699
10th Percentile £221 £252 £216
25th Percentile £371 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% -4.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £560 £625 £625
90th Percentile £625 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 60 57
10th Percentile £18.87 £29.60 £16.15
25th Percentile £20.79 £48.18 £48.40
Median hourly rate £25.15 £61.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.10% -2.39% +200.00%
75th Percentile £30.18 £70.98 £72.33
90th Percentile £86.40 £100.00 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £60.00
% change year-on-year -57.00% -2.52% +33.33%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing A+ Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

A+ Certification job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing A+ Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing A+ Certification

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing A+ Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing A+ Certification

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing A+ Certification in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for A+ Certification in the Thames Valley

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 October 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
Oxfordshire -10 5 - - 4
Berkshire - 4 £130 - 11
A+ Certification
South East

A+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) IIS
1 1 (11.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) DNS
1 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
1 5 (55.56%) VPN
2 4 (44.44%) DHCP
2 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) Wireless
3 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) IT Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) IT Support
2 3 (33.33%) IT Support Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (22.22%) IT Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Service Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Service Support Manager
4 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) JSON
1 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Mac OS
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) ITIL
1 9 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (77.78%) ITSM
2 7 (77.78%) Service Management
3 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
4 4 (44.44%) Time Management
5 3 (33.33%) Change Management
5 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
5 3 (33.33%) Information Security
5 3 (33.33%) Problem Management
5 3 (33.33%) Project Management
5 3 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
6 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
7 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
7 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Monitoring
7 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Degree
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (11.11%) MCSA
5 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) ServiceNow
3 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
3 4 (44.44%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) Palo Alto
4 1 (11.11%) Citrix