A+ Certification Contracts in Wales

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - 60
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 7 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 2.41% - 0.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.47% - 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £102
25th Percentile £394 - £103
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £105
75th Percentile £431 - £107
90th Percentile - - £107
UK median daily rate £155 £200 £125
% change year-on-year -22.50% +60.00% -13.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £28.50 - -
25th Percentile £31.88 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £16.87 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year +3.50% +5.16% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 128 87 238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 43.99% 23.32% 38.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 63 178
10th Percentile £189 £220 £188
25th Percentile £285 £475 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -24.53% +0.95% -1.64%
75th Percentile £488 £646 £613
90th Percentile £623 £725 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 17
10th Percentile £20.12 £11.01 -
25th Percentile £20.31 £15.35 £16.98
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.83 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +10.19% +25.83% -60.78%
75th Percentile £41.25 £85.75 £20.47
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.25
UK median hourly rate £39.18 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -2.05% -25.93% +24.38%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in Wales

A+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for A+ Certification in Wales

A+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for A+ Certification in Wales

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 12 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
South Wales - 5 £413 - 2
North Wales - 2 - -
A+ Certification
UK

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (71.43%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) OneDrive
4 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) DHCP
2 2 (28.57%) DNS
2 2 (28.57%) LAN
2 2 (28.57%) Skype
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 2 (28.57%) VoIP
2 2 (28.57%) VPN
2 2 (28.57%) WAN
2 2 (28.57%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Electronics
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) 2nd Line Support
1 4 (57.14%) Support Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Field Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Junior
3 1 (14.29%) Junior Field Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (57.14%) Data Centre
3 2 (28.57%) Anti-Spyware
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
3 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Incident Management
2 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL
2 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (57.14%) Application Packaging
3 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 5 (71.43%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) Jamf Pro
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (28.57%) AirWatch
2 2 (28.57%) SCCM
2 2 (28.57%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (28.57%) Adobe
2 2 (28.57%) Apple
2 2 (28.57%) Ivanti
2 2 (28.57%) MobileIron
2 2 (28.57%) Remedy
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco