A+ Certification Job Trends in the East of England

CompTIA A+ Certification
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 142 192
Rank change year-on-year -7 +50 +15
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 32 27 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.52% 0.90% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.28% 1.90% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6 17 25
10th Percentile £27,402 £25,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £29,303 £25,625 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,342 £26,250 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.40% -12.50% -22.08%
75th Percentile £36,063 £31,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £37,000 £31,800 £35,000
England median annual salary £30,500 £32,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year -6.15% +3.17% -7.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,402 1,421 1,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 22.57% 47.62% 26.27%
Number of salaries quoted 567 567 1,107
10th Percentile £29,571 £30,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,150 £66,253 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

A+ Certification job vacancy trend in the East of England

A+ Certification
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

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

A+ Certification
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Norfolk -15 9 £31,184 +3.95% 6
Essex -18 8 £34,000 +7.94% 8
Cambridgeshire -26 8 £29,250 - 5
Suffolk +14 6 - - 5
Bedfordshire +15 1 £34,000 +18.26% 4
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.13%) SAS
2 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (9.38%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.13%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) Wireless
2 1 (3.13%) DHCP
2 1 (3.13%) DNS
2 1 (3.13%) Firewall
2 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.13%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 24 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (3.13%) Games
Job Titles
1 26 (81.25%) IT Technician
2 24 (75.00%) Help Desk Technician
3 4 (12.50%) IT Support
4 3 (9.38%) Trainee
5 2 (6.25%) Administrator
5 2 (6.25%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (6.25%) Network Administrator
5 2 (6.25%) Support Officer
5 2 (6.25%) Support Technician
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Support
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Support Officer
5 2 (6.25%) Trainee Administrator
5 2 (6.25%) Trainee Network Administrator
6 1 (3.13%) Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Junior
6 1 (3.13%) Junior IT Technician
6 1 (3.13%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Windows
2 2 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (9.38%) Customer Service
1 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (9.38%) ITIL
2 2 (6.25%) Inventory Management
2 2 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (3.13%) Incident Management
3 1 (3.13%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (3.13%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (3.13%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Degree
2 3 (9.38%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (3.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (75.00%) ForeScout
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.25%) Apple
4 1 (3.13%) Cisco
4 1 (3.13%) SonicWALL