Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 17 August 2018

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 17 August 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK
6 months to
17 Aug 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 806 790 804
Rank change year-on-year -16 +14 -48
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 91 68 95
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 0.088% 0.071% 0.087%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 0.37% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 40 39
UK median daily rate £180 £143 £145
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +26.32% -1.72% -14.71%
10th Percentile £107 £125 £91
90th Percentile £315 £190 £242
UK excluding London median daily rate £203 £130 £154
% change year-on-year +55.77% -15.31% -36.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 10 27
UK median hourly rate £15.85 £16.27 £15.25
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -2.55% +6.66% -
10th Percentile £12.70 £12.84 £10.00
90th Percentile £38.80 £29.29 £19.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.85 £14.93 £14.13
% change year-on-year +6.20% +5.66% -7.38%

A+ Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,245 18,606 23,154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.67% 19.44% 21.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,408 11,277 14,439
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £410
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +5.88% +3.66% +2.50%
10th Percentile £249 £250 £245
90th Percentile £625 £600 £594
UK excluding London median daily rate £414 £400 £380
% change year-on-year +3.50% +5.26% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 929 946 813
UK median hourly rate £22.75 £29.75 £27.80
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -23.53% +7.01% +17.05%
10th Percentile £12.63 £12.00 £12.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.21 £48.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £31.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year -25.81% +10.71% +15.16%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing A+ Certification as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing A+ Certification.

Contractor daily rate trend for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing A+ Certification over the 6 months to 17 August 2018.

Contractor daily rate histogram for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing A+ Certification.

Contractor hourly rate trend for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing A+ Certification over the 6 months to 17 August 2018.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 17 August 2018. 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
Job
Vacancies
England -15 81 £180 +20.00% 34
UK excluding London +8 63 £203 +55.77% 30
London -21 28 £180 +20.00% 4
South East -5 16 £238 +82.69% 5
Midlands +7 15 £125 - 3
West Midlands -8 13 £110 - 2
East of England -8 11 - - 5
North of England -13 8 £225 - 15
Northern Ireland - 7 - -
North West -8 4 £225 - 15
Yorkshire -11 4 - -
South West -14 3 - - 2
Scotland -40 3 - -
East Midlands - 2 £275 - 1

For the 6 months to 17 August 2018, IT contractor jobs citing A+ Certification also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for A+ Certification.

1 47 (51.65%) Windows
2 42 (46.15%) Microsoft
3 40 (43.96%) ITIL
4 37 (40.66%) Microsoft Office
5 35 (38.46%) Active Directory
6 34 (37.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (29.67%) Apple
8 25 (27.47%) Windows 7
9 23 (25.27%) Office 365
10 22 (24.18%) Android
11 20 (21.98%) MCP
12 19 (20.88%) SLA
12 19 (20.88%) Windows 10
13 18 (19.78%) LAN
13 18 (19.78%) WAN
14 17 (18.68%) DNS
14 17 (18.68%) SCCM
15 16 (17.58%) Cisco
15 16 (17.58%) MCSE
15 16 (17.58%) MCSA
15 16 (17.58%) Finance
16 15 (16.48%) ITSM
16 15 (16.48%) Linux
16 15 (16.48%) TCP/IP
17 14 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
17 14 (15.38%) ServiceNow
17 14 (15.38%) Data Centre
18 13 (14.29%) Break/Fix
18 13 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
18 13 (14.29%) Apple iOS

A+ Certification
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (7.69%) MS Exchange
2 3 (3.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (3.30%) Skype for Business
3 2 (2.20%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (2.20%) IBM Notes
3 2 (2.20%) IIS
4 1 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 37 (40.66%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (5.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.20%) Acrobat
5 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.10%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 23 (25.27%) Office 365
2 5 (5.49%) OneDrive
3 4 (4.40%) Amazon AWS
3 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Azure
4 1 (1.10%) G Suite
4 1 (1.10%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 18 (19.78%) LAN
1 18 (19.78%) WAN
2 17 (18.68%) DNS
3 15 (16.48%) TCP/IP
4 11 (12.09%) Firewall
5 10 (10.99%) DHCP
6 9 (9.89%) Remote Desktop
6 9 (9.89%) SAN
7 8 (8.79%) Internet
8 7 (7.69%) Network Security
8 7 (7.69%) VLAN
9 6 (6.59%) Wireless
10 5 (5.49%) VPN
11 3 (3.30%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (3.30%) Skype
11 3 (3.30%) VoIP
11 3 (3.30%) WLAN
12 2 (2.20%) Ethernet
12 2 (2.20%) SMS
12 2 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.40%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.30%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (1.10%) MSI
General
1 16 (17.58%) Finance
2 5 (5.49%) Banking
3 4 (4.40%) Electronics
4 3 (3.30%) Financial Institution
4 3 (3.30%) Marketing
4 3 (3.30%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.20%) Investment Banking
5 2 (2.20%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.20%) Publishing
5 2 (2.20%) Retail
6 1 (1.10%) Advertising
6 1 (1.10%) Military
6 1 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (23.08%) Support Engineer
2 20 (21.98%) Analyst
3 18 (19.78%) Desktop Support
4 12 (13.19%) Support Analyst
5 8 (8.79%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (7.69%) Technical Support
7 6 (6.59%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 6 (6.59%) Cisco Specialist
7 6 (6.59%) Deskside Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) Implementation Specialist
7 6 (6.59%) IT Support
8 5 (5.49%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 5 (5.49%) IT Technician
8 5 (5.49%) Junior
8 5 (5.49%) Service Analyst
8 5 (5.49%) Service Desk Analyst
9 4 (4.40%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 4 (4.40%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 4 (4.40%) Developer
9 4 (4.40%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.40%) Web Services
2 3 (3.30%) J2EE
2 3 (3.30%) Java EE
2 3 (3.30%) JSON
2 3 (3.30%) OAuth
2 3 (3.30%) OpenID
2 3 (3.30%) REST
2 3 (3.30%) SOAP
3 2 (2.20%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.38%) Data Centre
2 13 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
3 11 (12.09%) Smartphone
4 9 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.89%) Computer Science
5 7 (7.69%) iPhone
6 6 (6.59%) iPad
6 6 (6.59%) Mobile App
7 4 (4.40%) Algorithms
7 4 (4.40%) Blackberry
7 4 (4.40%) Data Structures
7 4 (4.40%) Fixed Income
8 3 (3.30%) PMI
8 3 (3.30%) Wiki
9 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
9 2 (2.20%) Mobile Computing
9 2 (2.20%) Private Cloud
9 2 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (1.10%) Driving Licence
10 1 (1.10%) User Experience
Operating Systems
1 47 (51.65%) Windows
2 25 (27.47%) Windows 7
3 22 (24.18%) Android
4 19 (20.88%) Windows 10
5 15 (16.48%) Linux
6 13 (14.29%) Apple iOS
7 11 (12.09%) Mac OS X
8 10 (10.99%) Mac OS
8 10 (10.99%) Windows Server
9 9 (9.89%) Unix
10 5 (5.49%) Windows 8
11 4 (4.40%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (4.40%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (3.30%) Windows Mobile
13 2 (2.20%) MVS
14 1 (1.10%) Solaris
14 1 (1.10%) Ubuntu
14 1 (1.10%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (43.96%) ITIL
2 15 (16.48%) ITSM
3 13 (14.29%) Break/Fix
4 12 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (9.89%) Asset Management
5 9 (9.89%) PRINCE2
5 9 (9.89%) Service Management
6 7 (7.69%) Decision-Making
6 7 (7.69%) Incident Management
6 7 (7.69%) Security Patching
6 7 (7.69%) Threat Detection
7 6 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (6.59%) ITIL V3
7 6 (6.59%) Service Delivery
8 5 (5.49%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (5.49%) Matrix Organization
8 5 (5.49%) Mobile Device Management
8 5 (5.49%) Server Management
8 5 (5.49%) SOA
9 4 (4.40%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.69%) Java
2 6 (6.59%) SQL
3 5 (5.49%) PowerShell
4 4 (4.40%) APL
4 4 (4.40%) C#
4 4 (4.40%) C++
4 4 (4.40%) Scala
5 2 (2.20%) C
Qualifications
1 34 (37.36%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (21.98%) MCP
3 16 (17.58%) MCSA
3 16 (17.58%) MCSE
4 14 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (13.19%) MCDST
6 11 (12.09%) Degree
6 11 (12.09%) NVQ Level 3
7 7 (7.69%) CCNA
7 7 (7.69%) CCNP
7 7 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (6.59%) SC Cleared
8 6 (6.59%) Security Cleared
9 4 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (4.40%) MCITP
9 4 (4.40%) Server+ Certification
10 3 (3.30%) HNC
10 3 (3.30%) PMI Certification
10 3 (3.30%) PMP
11 2 (2.20%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (20.88%) SLA
2 3 (3.30%) GDPR
2 3 (3.30%) PSD2
3 1 (1.10%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 10 (10.99%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.40%) Microsoft App-V
3 4 (4.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (3.30%) Terminal Services
5 2 (2.20%) BitLocker
5 2 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (1.10%) Firmware
6 1 (1.10%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (1.10%) vSphere
6 1 (1.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (18.68%) SCCM
2 5 (5.49%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (3.30%) Backup Exec
3 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.20%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (2.20%) SCOM
4 2 (2.20%) WSUS
5 1 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.10%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (1.10%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 42 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 27 (29.67%) Apple
3 16 (17.58%) Cisco
4 14 (15.38%) ServiceNow
5 11 (12.09%) Google
6 10 (10.99%) Juniper
7 7 (7.69%) CheckPoint
8 5 (5.49%) Citrix
8 5 (5.49%) Dell
8 5 (5.49%) Sophos
9 4 (4.40%) Adobe
10 3 (3.30%) HP
10 3 (3.30%) McAfee
10 3 (3.30%) Mitel
10 3 (3.30%) NETGEAR
10 3 (3.30%) Oracle
10 3 (3.30%) Remedy
10 3 (3.30%) Virgin Media
10 3 (3.30%) VMware
11 2 (2.20%) Spiceworks