A+ Certification Contracts in the UK excluding London

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 313 389
Rank change year-on-year +58 +76 +41
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 75 82 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.59% 0.40% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.63% 1.12% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 29 25
10th Percentile £131 £104 -
25th Percentile £140 £180 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £215 £114
Median % change year-on-year -30.23% +89.43% -21.72%
75th Percentile £200 £240 £168
90th Percentile £250 £341 £296
UK median daily rate £150 £200 £125
% change year-on-year -25.00% +60.00% -13.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 51 12
10th Percentile - £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.32 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year - +5.16% -
75th Percentile £23.00 £21.37 £15.75
90th Percentile £30.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year - +5.16% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,598 7,351 7,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.96% 36.30% 32.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,797 4,294 5,005
10th Percentile £205 £269 £292
25th Percentile £375 £425 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £527 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +0.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £675 £725 £709
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 403 921 596
10th Percentile £17.81 £13.50 £13.81
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £40.94 £50.75
Median % change year-on-year -14.51% -19.33% +45.00%
75th Percentile £67.38 £64.25 £66.00
90th Percentile £79.74 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £36.25 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -9.38% -27.27% +24.36%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing A+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing A+ Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing A+ Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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
East of England +6 25 £140 +33.33% 14
South East +54 11 £202 +28.25% 44
North of England +21 11 £149 -54.23% 12
Scotland -1 11 £195 -2.50% 10
North West +20 10 £188 -3.23% 4
South West +40 9 £140 -31.71% 11
Wales - 7 £413 - 1
West Midlands +12 1 £140 -37.78% 8
Midlands +12 1 £140 -21.13% 19
North East - 1 £110 - 4
A+ Certification
UK

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.33%) IBM Notes
2 1 (1.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 25 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.33%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 43 (57.33%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (13.33%) Azure
3 4 (5.33%) Entra ID
3 4 (5.33%) GCP
4 2 (2.67%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (37.33%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (17.33%) Remote Desktop
3 12 (16.00%) VPN
4 8 (10.67%) Firewall
4 8 (10.67%) TCP/IP
5 7 (9.33%) DHCP
5 7 (9.33%) DNS
6 5 (6.67%) LAN
6 5 (6.67%) WAN
7 3 (4.00%) Internet
7 3 (4.00%) Skype
7 3 (4.00%) Wireless
8 2 (2.67%) VoIP
8 2 (2.67%) WebEx
9 1 (1.33%) FTP
9 1 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (1.33%) IP Telephony
9 1 (1.33%) NAS
9 1 (1.33%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.33%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 2 (2.67%) JIRA
General
1 39 (52.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.67%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.00%) Retail
4 4 (5.33%) French Language
5 2 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.67%) Electronics
5 2 (2.67%) Legal
5 2 (2.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.33%) Finance
6 1 (1.33%) Military
6 1 (1.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (49.33%) Analyst
2 31 (41.33%) Service Analyst
2 31 (41.33%) Service Desk Analyst
3 19 (25.33%) Technical Analyst
4 18 (24.00%) Support Engineer
4 18 (24.00%) Technical Services Analyst
5 17 (22.67%) IT Support
6 8 (10.67%) Desktop Engineer
6 8 (10.67%) Desktop Support
6 8 (10.67%) IT Analyst
6 8 (10.67%) IT Engineer
6 8 (10.67%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (9.33%) Service Desk Engineer
8 6 (8.00%) 2nd Line Support
8 6 (8.00%) Support Analyst
9 5 (6.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 5 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
9 5 (6.67%) Support Specialist
9 5 (6.67%) Windows Engineer
9 5 (6.67%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.67%) Management Information System
2 8 (10.67%) Device Driver
3 5 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (5.33%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.67%) Anti-Spyware
5 2 (2.67%) Blackberry
5 2 (2.67%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.67%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.33%) CMDB
6 1 (1.33%) PDA
6 1 (1.33%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 47 (62.67%) Windows
2 9 (12.00%) Windows 10
3 8 (10.67%) Mac OS
4 5 (6.67%) Windows 7
5 4 (5.33%) Linux
6 1 (1.33%) Android
6 1 (1.33%) Windows 8
6 1 (1.33%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (74.67%) ITIL
2 55 (73.33%) Customer Service
3 54 (72.00%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (53.33%) Incident Management
5 29 (38.67%) Service Delivery
6 21 (28.00%) Mathematics
7 12 (16.00%) Computer Science
8 10 (13.33%) ITSM
9 8 (10.67%) Task Automation
10 7 (9.33%) Customer Experience
10 7 (9.33%) Time Management
11 6 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
12 5 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (6.67%) Service Management
13 4 (5.33%) Application Packaging
13 4 (5.33%) Collaborative Working
13 4 (5.33%) Project Management
14 3 (4.00%) User Experience
15 2 (2.67%) Analytics
15 2 (2.67%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (70.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 28 (37.33%) MCSA
3 17 (22.67%) Degree
4 16 (21.33%) Security Cleared
5 14 (18.67%) SC Cleared
6 13 (17.33%) MCP
7 6 (8.00%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.67%) Dell Certification
8 2 (2.67%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.33%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.33%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.33%) SLA
2 2 (2.67%) QA
3 1 (1.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.67%) XenApp
4 1 (1.33%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.33%) vSphere
4 1 (1.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (10.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (6.67%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (6.67%) SCCM
3 2 (2.67%) AirWatch
3 2 (2.67%) Malwarebytes
3 2 (2.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (2.67%) XenMobile
4 1 (1.33%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 61 (81.33%) Microsoft
2 37 (49.33%) ServiceNow
3 28 (37.33%) Citrix
4 5 (6.67%) Cisco
5 4 (5.33%) Dell
5 4 (5.33%) Google
5 4 (5.33%) Ivanti
6 3 (4.00%) Adobe
6 3 (4.00%) Remedy
6 3 (4.00%) VMware
7 2 (2.67%) Apple
7 2 (2.67%) Bomgar
7 2 (2.67%) HP
7 2 (2.67%) MobileIron
8 1 (1.33%) F5
8 1 (1.33%) Lotus
8 1 (1.33%) Peregrine