A+ Certification Jobs in the UK excluding London

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 526 624 741
Rank change year-on-year +98 +117 -422
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 181 54 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.11% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.07% 0.30% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 132 50 122
10th Percentile £22,765 £22,725 £21,025
25th Percentile £26,250 £23,750 £22,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £28,250 £24,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +15.31% -18.33%
75th Percentile £33,750 £36,000 £32,688
90th Percentile £41,000 £38,750 £42,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £34,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -4.41% +36.00% -18.03%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16,873 18,275 26,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.85% 37.96% 33.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9,460 7,807 11,272
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £28,109
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +2.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing A+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing A+ Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing A+ Certification within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
South West - 42 £28,750 - 6
South East +26 40 £32,000 +19.63% 5
North of England +38 37 £30,000 +6.64% 13
Midlands +5 29 £27,500 +5.77% 6
East of England +10 24 £30,000 -11.76% 6
Yorkshire +72 17 £32,500 +8.33% 7
West Midlands +10 16 £27,500 +12.24% 2
North West +3 16 £24,000 -2.04% 3
East Midlands -15 13 £32,500 +18.18% 4
Wales +30 5 £40,500 +8.00% 7
North East - 4 £40,000 - 4
Scotland -46 3 £29,500 +15.69% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
A+ Certification
UK

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (7.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (6.08%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.55%) CMS
Applications
1 64 (35.36%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.10%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 79 (43.65%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (16.02%) Azure
3 11 (6.08%) AWS
4 9 (4.97%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.66%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.10%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 31 (17.13%) Network Security
2 14 (7.73%) Internet
3 12 (6.63%) Broadband
4 10 (5.52%) Firewall
5 9 (4.97%) LAN
5 9 (4.97%) SAN
6 8 (4.42%) VPN
6 8 (4.42%) VSAN
6 8 (4.42%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (3.87%) WAN
8 6 (3.31%) DHCP
8 6 (3.31%) DNS
8 6 (3.31%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (3.31%) VoIP
9 4 (2.21%) Wireless
10 3 (1.66%) VLAN
11 2 (1.10%) IPsec
11 2 (1.10%) NX-OS
12 1 (0.55%) IP Telephony
12 1 (0.55%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.66%) JIRA
2 2 (1.10%) GitLab
General
1 101 (55.80%) Social Skills
2 16 (8.84%) Telecoms
3 15 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.18%) Retail
5 9 (4.97%) Manufacturing
5 9 (4.97%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.42%) Local Government
7 7 (3.87%) Games
7 7 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.87%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.76%) Finance
9 4 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.66%) Marketing
10 3 (1.66%) Social Housing
11 2 (1.10%) Legal
12 1 (0.55%) Law
12 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (28.73%) IT Support
2 41 (22.65%) Analyst
3 38 (20.99%) Support Technician
4 37 (20.44%) IT Technician
5 33 (18.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 33 (18.23%) IT Support Technician
6 32 (17.68%) Support Engineer
7 30 (16.57%) 2nd Line Support
8 27 (14.92%) Desktop Engineer
8 27 (14.92%) Field Engineer
8 27 (14.92%) IT Analyst
9 26 (14.36%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 21 (11.60%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
10 21 (11.60%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
10 21 (11.60%) Desktop Support
10 21 (11.60%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 21 (11.60%) Field Support Engineer
11 20 (11.05%) Service Analyst
11 20 (11.05%) Service Desk Analyst
12 13 (7.18%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 34 (18.78%) Driving Licence
2 32 (17.68%) Onboarding
3 20 (11.05%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.97%) Smartphone
5 8 (4.42%) Clustering
5 8 (4.42%) Data Centre
5 8 (4.42%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.21%) CMDB
6 4 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.66%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.10%) CCTV
8 2 (1.10%) Digital Media
8 2 (1.10%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.10%) PKI
8 2 (1.10%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 127 (70.17%) Windows
2 37 (20.44%) Windows 10
3 32 (17.68%) Mac OS
4 29 (16.02%) Windows Server
5 8 (4.42%) Linux
6 5 (2.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (2.21%) Windows Vista
8 3 (1.66%) Windows 7
9 2 (1.10%) Android
9 2 (1.10%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (56.35%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (54.70%) Customer Service
3 53 (29.28%) ITIL
4 39 (21.55%) Computer Science
5 28 (15.47%) ITSM
6 23 (12.71%) Change Management
6 23 (12.71%) Service Management
7 18 (9.94%) Configuration Management
8 17 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (9.39%) Cybersecurity
8 17 (9.39%) Information Security
9 13 (7.18%) Asset Management
9 13 (7.18%) Time Management
10 11 (6.08%) Incident Management
11 10 (5.52%) Break/Fix
11 10 (5.52%) Customer-Centricity
12 8 (4.42%) Customer Experience
12 8 (4.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 8 (4.42%) Proactive Maintenance
12 8 (4.42%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.18%) SQL
2 2 (1.10%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.10%) Python
2 2 (1.10%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 111 (61.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 65 (35.91%) Degree
3 54 (29.83%) MCP
4 31 (17.13%) Network+ Certification
5 29 (16.02%) CCNA
5 29 (16.02%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (16.02%) DBS Check
6 28 (15.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (14.92%) Security Cleared
8 23 (12.71%) SC Cleared
9 22 (12.15%) MCITP
10 8 (4.42%) MCSA
10 8 (4.42%) MCSE
11 6 (3.31%) Azure Certification
11 6 (3.31%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (3.31%) DV Cleared
11 6 (3.31%) MCDST
12 4 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (1.10%) CCENT
13 2 (1.10%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.63%) SLA
2 8 (4.42%) GDPR
3 6 (3.31%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.66%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 117 (64.64%) Active Directory
2 17 (9.39%) Hyper-V
3 13 (7.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (4.42%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (4.42%) Failover Clustering
2 4 (2.21%) AirWatch
2 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.66%) SCCM
4 2 (1.10%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.10%) Terraform
4 2 (1.10%) WSUS
5 1 (0.55%) Autotask
5 1 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 158 (87.29%) Microsoft
2 24 (13.26%) VMware
3 15 (8.29%) Cisco
4 9 (4.97%) Virgin Media
5 8 (4.42%) Meraki
5 8 (4.42%) Sophos
6 6 (3.31%) Veeam
7 5 (2.76%) Acronis
7 5 (2.76%) Aruba
7 5 (2.76%) Datto
7 5 (2.76%) Mitel
7 5 (2.76%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.21%) Apple
8 4 (2.21%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.66%) Adobe
9 3 (1.66%) Dell
9 3 (1.66%) HP
10 2 (1.10%) BMC
10 2 (1.10%) Citrix
10 2 (1.10%) Salesforce