Hybrid/Remote A+ Certification Contract Job Trends

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 305 344
Rank change year-on-year -12 +39 +173
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 2 5 26
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.019% 0.046% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.054% 0.18% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 22
10th Percentile - - £211
25th Percentile - - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - +55.56%
75th Percentile - - £380
90th Percentile - - £398
UK median daily rate £173 £150 £213
% change year-on-year +15.00% -29.41% +44.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.50 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £40.31
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -19.37% -
75th Percentile £36.50 £33.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £20.79 £21.46 £17.50
% change year-on-year -3.12% +22.63% +12.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,725 2,835 4,729
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.98% 26.36% 28.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,563 1,790 2,947
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £428 £438 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £723 £708
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.52% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 93 229
10th Percentile £20.00 £21.25 £16.08
25th Percentile £29.61 £25.25 £24.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £40.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.65% -20.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £65.25 £66.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £94.75 £75.00 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.04 £46.18
% change year-on-year -35.58% -15.46% +2.62%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing A+ Certification and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

A+ Certification job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing A+ Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing A+ Certification

A+ Certification
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing A+ Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing A+ Certification

A+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) French Language
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Security
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle