A+ Certification Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

CompTIA A+ Certification
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 101 107
Rank change year-on-year -41 +6 +45
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 2 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.081% 0.26% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.82% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £172 £144 £165
25th Percentile £177 £150 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £194 £160 £193
Median % change year-on-year +21.09% -16.88% -
75th Percentile £205 - £218
90th Percentile £206 - £230
England median daily rate £190 £160 £214
% change year-on-year +18.75% -25.15% +38.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £32.50 -
England median hourly rate £20.79 £21.46 £17.50
% change year-on-year -3.12% +22.63% +12.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 858 487 594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 34.89% 31.38% 31.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 313 362
10th Percentile £305 £177 £271
25th Percentile £425 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +9.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £611 £585
90th Percentile £675 £700 £660
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 19 42
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.55 £18.06
25th Percentile £16.30 £18.51 £23.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £26.13 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.77% -8.33% +42.50%
75th Percentile £25.15 £35.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £34.08 £52.50 £68.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -45.54% - +2.62%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

A+ Certification job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing A+ Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing A+ Certification

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing A+ Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing A+ Certification

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 February 2026. 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
Wolverhampton - 1 £188 -
Staffordshire - 1 £200 -
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Service Desk Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Service Desk Support
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Bomgar
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow