A+ Certification Contracts

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 493 627
Rank change year-on-year +15 +134 +153
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 70 92 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.21% 0.099%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.71% 0.71% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 38 33
10th Percentile £130 £105 £102
25th Percentile £140 £160 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £124
Median % change year-on-year - +61.29% -5.52%
75th Percentile £225 £225 £244
90th Percentile £246 £240 £280
UK excluding London median daily rate £190 £200 £110
% change year-on-year -5.00% +81.82% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 48 9
10th Percentile - £13.96 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year - +5.16% -
75th Percentile £17.71 £21.37 £15.75
90th Percentile £23.00 - £21.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year - +5.16% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,836 12,904 15,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.88% 29.80% 26.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,081 8,005 10,098
10th Percentile £275 £310 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £704 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 664 1,099 741
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £20.12 £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.65 £40.94 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.47% -26.23% +24.72%
75th Percentile £59.00 £64.63 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.30 £43.00 £54.56
% change year-on-year -41.16% -21.19% +55.89%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing A+ Certification over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend 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 6 July 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
UK excluding London +32 63 £190 -5.00% 265
England +48 62 £200 +8.11% 301
East of England +6 23 £225 +114.29% 29
South East +50 11 £202 +26.25% 72
North of England +9 11 £149 -47.58% 72
North West +15 10 £188 -3.23% 29
South West +45 9 £140 -24.32% 19
London +30 6 £219 +9.50% 83
Scotland -11 6 £195 -2.50% 14
Wales - 2 - - 15
Work from Home +33 1 £215 - 29
Midlands +14 1 - - 45
East Midlands +1 1 - - 22
North East - 1 £110 - 12

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.43%) IBM Notes
2 1 (1.43%) IIS
2 1 (1.43%) nginx
2 1 (1.43%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 21 (30.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (15.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.43%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 41 (58.57%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (10.00%) Azure
3 5 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.71%) GCP
5 2 (2.86%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.43%) AWS
6 1 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.43%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.43%) SaaS
6 1 (1.43%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 26 (37.14%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (17.14%) VPN
3 10 (14.29%) DNS
4 9 (12.86%) TCP/IP
5 8 (11.43%) DHCP
6 7 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (7.14%) LAN
7 5 (7.14%) WAN
8 3 (4.29%) Firewall
8 3 (4.29%) Skype
8 3 (4.29%) Wireless
9 2 (2.86%) Internet
9 2 (2.86%) VoIP
10 1 (1.43%) FTP
10 1 (1.43%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (1.43%) IP Telephony
10 1 (1.43%) MPLS
10 1 (1.43%) NAS
10 1 (1.43%) SAN
10 1 (1.43%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 3 (4.29%) JIRA
General
1 33 (47.14%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.14%) Retail
4 4 (5.71%) French Language
5 2 (2.86%) Electronics
5 2 (2.86%) Finance
5 2 (2.86%) Legal
5 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.43%) Marketing
6 1 (1.43%) Military
6 1 (1.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (54.29%) Analyst
2 32 (45.71%) Service Analyst
2 32 (45.71%) Service Desk Analyst
3 19 (27.14%) IT Support
4 16 (22.86%) Technical Analyst
5 15 (21.43%) Technical Services Analyst
6 14 (20.00%) Support Engineer
7 9 (12.86%) IT Analyst
8 8 (11.43%) IT Engineer
8 8 (11.43%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (8.57%) Support Analyst
10 5 (7.14%) Call Centre Analyst
10 5 (7.14%) IT Support Analyst
10 5 (7.14%) IT Support Technician
10 5 (7.14%) IT Technician
10 5 (7.14%) Support Technician
11 4 (5.71%) Desktop Engineer
11 4 (5.71%) Project Engineer
11 4 (5.71%) Service Desk Engineer
11 4 (5.71%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.14%) Device Driver
3 4 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.29%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.86%) Anti-Spyware
6 1 (1.43%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.43%) CMDB
6 1 (1.43%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.43%) Life Science
6 1 (1.43%) NHS
6 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.43%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (60.00%) Windows
2 10 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 6 (8.57%) Windows 7
4 5 (7.14%) Mac OS
5 3 (4.29%) Linux
6 1 (1.43%) Android
6 1 (1.43%) Windows 8
6 1 (1.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (72.86%) ITIL
2 50 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (60.00%) Customer Service
4 34 (48.57%) Incident Management
5 29 (41.43%) Service Delivery
6 18 (25.71%) Mathematics
7 13 (18.57%) ITSM
8 9 (12.86%) Computer Science
8 9 (12.86%) Service Management
9 8 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (8.57%) Customer Experience
10 6 (8.57%) Time Management
11 5 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (7.14%) Project Management
11 5 (7.14%) Task Automation
12 4 (5.71%) Collaborative Working
12 4 (5.71%) Ticket Management
12 4 (5.71%) User Experience
13 3 (4.29%) Analytics
13 3 (4.29%) Break/Fix
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.86%) SQL
3 1 (1.43%) Bash
3 1 (1.43%) Perl
Qualifications
1 52 (74.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (37.14%) MCSA
3 17 (24.29%) Security Cleared
4 15 (21.43%) SC Cleared
5 14 (20.00%) MCP
6 13 (18.57%) Degree
7 3 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.86%) Dell Certification
8 2 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (2.86%) MCSE
8 2 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.43%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.71%) SLA
2 1 (1.43%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.43%) QA
System Software
1 38 (54.29%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.29%) XenApp
4 1 (1.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.43%) vSphere
4 1 (1.43%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (8.57%) SCCM
2 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.86%) AirWatch
3 2 (2.86%) Malwarebytes
3 2 (2.86%) XenMobile
4 1 (1.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (1.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 60 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 33 (47.14%) ServiceNow
3 26 (37.14%) Citrix
4 5 (7.14%) Google
5 4 (5.71%) Dell
5 4 (5.71%) Ivanti
5 4 (5.71%) VMware
6 3 (4.29%) Cisco
7 2 (2.86%) Adobe
7 2 (2.86%) Apple
7 2 (2.86%) MobileIron
7 2 (2.86%) Remedy
8 1 (1.43%) Bomgar
8 1 (1.43%) F5
8 1 (1.43%) HP
8 1 (1.43%) Lotus