A+ Certification Job Trends in the East Midlands

CompTIA A+ Certification
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 105 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 10 23 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.40% 1.04% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.54% 2.86% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 0
10th Percentile - £24,250 -
25th Percentile £30,250 £27,375 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £29,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% - -
75th Percentile £34,750 £29,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £30,500 £30,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year +1.67% -3.23% +3.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East 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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 651 805 400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 25.87% 36.43% 21.10%
Number of salaries quoted 224 210 252
10th Percentile £28,750 £24,649 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £34,959
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £56,250 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,020 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

A+ Certification job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

A+ Certification
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing A+ Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing A+ Certification

A+ Certification
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing A+ Certification within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire -2 5 £32,500 - 11
Lincolnshire - 2 £32,500 - 1
Nottinghamshire +15 1 - - 7
Northamptonshire -4 1 - - 3
Derbyshire -14 1 - - 3
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East 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 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (40.00%) Multimedia
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Trainee
2 5 (50.00%) IT Support
3 3 (30.00%) IT Support Technician
3 3 (30.00%) IT Technician
3 3 (30.00%) Support Technician
3 3 (30.00%) Trainee IT Support
3 3 (30.00%) Trainee IT Technician
3 3 (30.00%) Trainee Technician
4 2 (20.00%) IT Support Specialist
4 2 (20.00%) Operations Support Specialist
4 2 (20.00%) Support Specialist
5 1 (10.00%) Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (40.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 4 (40.00%) Line Management
1 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) Inventory Management
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) Chat Support
4 1 (10.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 1 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (10.00%) Data Security
4 1 (10.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (40.00%) CEH
2 4 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (20.00%) Azure Certification
5 1 (10.00%) MCDST
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft