A+ Certification Job Trends in the North of England

CompTIA A+ Certification
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North 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 17 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 256 274
Rank change year-on-year +87 +18 +121
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 96 21 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.87% 0.23% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.29% 0.60% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 89 11 7
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,000 £25,523
25th Percentile £28,250 £26,625 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £29,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% -1.67% +22.45%
75th Percentile £32,750 £32,875 £31,000
90th Percentile £34,750 £50,000 £32,600
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
North 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,194 3,491 2,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 38.05% 38.43% 22.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,237 1,227 1,377
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £27,150
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.10% +0.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £65,603
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% -1.74%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

A+ Certification job vacancy trend in the North of England

A+ Certification
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

A+ Certification
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing A+ Certification in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for A+ Certification in the North of England

A+ Certification
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 17 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
Yorkshire +26 41 £30,500 - 26
North West +38 36 £30,500 +2.52% 23
North East +23 19 £30,500 +8.93% 12
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North 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 5 (5.21%) SharePoint
1 5 (5.21%) WordPress
2 1 (1.04%) IIS
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.04%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (6.25%) Entra ID
2 6 (6.25%) Google Docs
3 5 (5.21%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (5.21%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (5.21%) OneDrive
3 5 (5.21%) Power Automate
3 5 (5.21%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.17%) Google Sheets
4 4 (4.17%) Google Workspace
5 2 (2.08%) Azure
6 1 (1.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.04%) DNS
1 1 (1.04%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.04%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.21%) Power BI
2 1 (1.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 61 (63.54%) Multimedia
2 28 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 10 (10.42%) Manufacturing
4 7 (7.29%) Finance
5 4 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.08%) Electronics
6 2 (2.08%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (2.08%) Marketing
6 2 (2.08%) Police
6 2 (2.08%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (68.75%) Trainee
2 22 (22.92%) IT Support
3 10 (10.42%) IT Technician
4 9 (9.38%) IT Support Technician
4 9 (9.38%) Support Technician
5 7 (7.29%) Analyst
5 7 (7.29%) IT Analyst
6 5 (5.21%) IT Support Analyst
6 5 (5.21%) Support Analyst
6 5 (5.21%) Support Officer
6 5 (5.21%) Trainee IT Support
6 5 (5.21%) Trainee IT Technician
6 5 (5.21%) Trainee Technician
7 3 (3.13%) Support Engineer
8 2 (2.08%) 1st Line Engineer
8 2 (2.08%) Help Desk Manager
8 2 (2.08%) Help Desk Team Lead
8 2 (2.08%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (2.08%) Service Analyst
8 2 (2.08%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.21%) HTML
2 1 (1.04%) JSON
2 1 (1.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.46%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 5 (5.21%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (4.17%) LIMS
4 4 (4.17%) SCADA
5 2 (2.08%) CMDB
5 2 (2.08%) EPoS
5 2 (2.08%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (21.88%) Windows
2 15 (15.63%) Windows 10
3 10 (10.42%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (69.79%) Cybersecurity
1 67 (69.79%) Mentoring
2 61 (63.54%) Ethical Hacking
2 61 (63.54%) Line Management
3 14 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (13.54%) Customer Service
5 9 (9.38%) ITIL
6 7 (7.29%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (5.21%) Break/Fix
7 5 (5.21%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (5.21%) Patch Management
7 5 (5.21%) Process Improvement
7 5 (5.21%) Threat Detection
8 4 (4.17%) Biotechnology
8 4 (4.17%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (4.17%) ITSM
8 4 (4.17%) Service Delivery
8 4 (4.17%) Service Management
8 4 (4.17%) User Experience
8 4 (4.17%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.17%) SQL
2 1 (1.04%) Java
2 1 (1.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 73 (76.04%) Network+ Certification
2 61 (63.54%) CEH
2 61 (63.54%) CompTIA Security+
3 12 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (8.33%) Degree
5 6 (6.25%) MCP
6 4 (4.17%) CCNA
6 4 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (4.17%) HNC
6 4 (4.17%) HND
6 4 (4.17%) MCSA
7 3 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.21%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (5.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (4.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 4 (4.17%) GxP
3 2 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (13.54%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.08%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.08%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (2.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (22.92%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.25%) Citrix
2 6 (6.25%) Google
3 4 (4.17%) Cisco
4 2 (2.08%) iManage
4 2 (2.08%) SAP
4 2 (2.08%) VMware
5 1 (1.04%) Freshdesk
5 1 (1.04%) ServiceNow