A+ Certification Job Trends in the South East

CompTIA A+ Certification
England > South East

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 259 342
Rank change year-on-year +44 +83 -6
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 102 35 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.65% 0.41% 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.07% 0.96% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 41 35 43
10th Percentile - - £25,000
25th Percentile £26,000 £25,750 £27,256
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £29,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% -7.94% +17.76%
75th Percentile £32,500 £30,250 £33,750
90th Percentile £36,750 £54,000 £38,750
England median annual salary £30,750 £32,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year -3.91% - -5.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,324 3,636 5,342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 21.14% 42.22% 31.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,942 1,622 3,458
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,296 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,000 £51,020
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +1.92% -2.82%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

A+ Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

A+ Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

A+ Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing A+ Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
Thames Valley +24 32 £32,500 +16.07% 21
Hampshire -3 31 £26,000 +13.04% 7
Kent -16 16 £30,000 - 6
Oxfordshire -2 15 £32,500 +18.18% 7
Surrey -15 11 £29,000 -29.70% 5
Berkshire +12 10 £28,500 +1.79% 9
Buckinghamshire -10 7 £33,500 +14.53% 5
East Sussex - 6 - - 5
West Sussex - 6 - - 8
A+ Certification
England

A+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (0.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (31.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 32 (31.37%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.98%) Azure
2 1 (0.98%) Entra ID
2 1 (0.98%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.98%) DHCP
1 1 (0.98%) DNS
1 1 (0.98%) VoIP
1 1 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (0.98%) Wireless
General
1 99 (97.06%) Social Skills
2 4 (3.92%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (1.96%) Finance
3 2 (1.96%) Multimedia
3 2 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (0.98%) Retail
Job Titles
1 60 (58.82%) Help Desk Technician
1 60 (58.82%) IT Technician
2 20 (19.61%) 1st Line Support
3 19 (18.63%) 1st Line Support Technician
3 19 (18.63%) Support Technician
4 18 (17.65%) IT Support
5 12 (11.76%) Analyst
5 12 (11.76%) IT Analyst
5 12 (11.76%) IT Support Analyst
5 12 (11.76%) Support Analyst
6 8 (7.84%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 8 (7.84%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
6 8 (7.84%) 2nd Line Support
6 8 (7.84%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 3 (2.94%) IT Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) Support Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) Trainee
8 2 (1.96%) Coordinator
9 1 (0.98%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.96%) Management Information System
2 1 (0.98%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (0.98%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (20.59%) Mentoring
2 19 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (9.80%) Computer Science
4 9 (8.82%) Customer Service
5 5 (4.90%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (2.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (1.96%) Business Continuity
7 2 (1.96%) Cost Optimisation
7 2 (1.96%) ERP
7 2 (1.96%) Ethical Hacking
7 2 (1.96%) IT Strategy
7 2 (1.96%) Line Management
7 2 (1.96%) Service Delivery
7 2 (1.96%) Time Management
8 1 (0.98%) Building Information Modelling
8 1 (0.98%) Change Control
8 1 (0.98%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.86%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 32 (31.37%) Microsoft Certification
2 30 (29.41%) Degree
3 7 (6.86%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 2 (1.96%) CEH
5 2 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.96%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (4.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 60 (58.82%) ForeScout
2 35 (34.31%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.98%) Apple
3 1 (0.98%) ConnectWise
3 1 (0.98%) ServiceNow
3 1 (0.98%) Zscaler