A+ Certification Job Trends in Northern Ireland

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.10% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.70% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 - -
UK median annual salary £30,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +1.67% - -6.98%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 189 133 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 29.67% 36.64% 30.20%
Number of salaries quoted 54 33 74
10th Percentile £33,315 - £29,994
25th Percentile £36,688 £34,112 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,221 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.58% -30.05% +35.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,365 £69,725
90th Percentile £78,790 £74,144 £79,345
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

A+ Certification job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

A+ Certification
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing A+ Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing A+ Certification

A+ Certification
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing A+ Certification within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 4 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim - 4 £32,000 - 2
A+ Certification
UK

A+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (85.71%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Remote Desktop
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (85.71%) French Language
2 6 (85.71%) Swedish Language
3 1 (14.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Analyst
2 6 (85.71%) Senior
2 6 (85.71%) Senior Analyst
2 6 (85.71%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
2 6 (85.71%) Service Analyst
2 6 (85.71%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Deskside Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Deskside Support
3 1 (14.29%) Deskside Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 6 (85.71%) Business Continuity
2 6 (85.71%) ITSM
2 6 (85.71%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) AWS Certification
1 6 (85.71%) MCSE
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) ServiceNow
2 6 (85.71%) VMware