A+ Certification Job Trends in the Thames Valley

CompTIA A+ Certification
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 163 176
Rank change year-on-year +12 +13 +66
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 17 20 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.42% 0.59% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.50% 1.35% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 15 18 14
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £27,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -12.70% +31.25%
75th Percentile £38,625 £29,250 £33,000
90th Percentile £44,000 £32,500 £34,200
South East median annual salary £30,500 £27,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year +10.91% -12.70% +26.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,132 1,484 1,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.90% 43.76% 43.55%
Number of salaries quoted 443 499 1,098
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +2.24%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

A+ Certification job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

A+ Certification
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing A+ Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing A+ Certification

A+ Certification
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing A+ Certification in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for A+ Certification in the Thames Valley

A+ Certification
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing A+ Certification within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 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
Oxfordshire +10 9 £28,500 +3.64% 3
Buckinghamshire +11 6 £40,000 +23.08% 7
Berkshire -5 2 £30,500 +1.67% 11
A+ Certification
South East

A+ Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (23.53%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) AWS
1 7 (41.18%) Azure
1 7 (41.18%) GCP
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.76%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) DHCP
1 9 (52.94%) DNS
1 9 (52.94%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) JIRA
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Multimedia
3 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.88%) Automotive
4 1 (5.88%) Electronics
4 1 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Support Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) IT Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) IT Support
2 7 (41.18%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Technical Support
4 4 (23.53%) Trainee
5 2 (11.76%) Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Support Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Applications Support
6 1 (5.88%) Applications Support Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (11.76%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 13 (76.47%) Windows
2 5 (29.41%) Linux
3 1 (5.88%) Android
3 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
3 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (35.29%) ITIL
3 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (23.53%) Data Analysis
3 4 (23.53%) Ethical Hacking
3 4 (23.53%) Line Management
3 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
3 4 (23.53%) Service Management
4 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (41.18%) MCP
3 4 (23.53%) CEH
3 4 (23.53%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (23.53%) Degree
3 4 (23.53%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (11.76%) MCSE
5 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
5 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
6 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
System Software
1 8 (47.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Google
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) CheckPoint
3 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.88%) VMware