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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 430 543 686
Rank change year-on-year +113 +143 -416
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 147 229 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.37% 0.31% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.69% 1.16% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 124 180 68
10th Percentile £24,125 £22,750 £22,925
25th Percentile £25,719 £26,250 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,750 £29,850 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.34% +4.74% +9.62%
75th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £37,625
90th Percentile £42,500 £42,250 £40,475
UK median annual salary £30,000 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.08% +16.07%

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 21,309 19,804 21,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.11% 26.56% 37.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8,672 12,268 8,007
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,900 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 2025. 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 +89 35 £32,500 +12.07% 7
South East +65 34 £29,500 -6.35% 29
Midlands +83 33 £35,000 +27.27% 20
East of England +43 27 £26,250 -12.50% 12
West Midlands +51 20 £35,000 +27.27% 9
East Midlands +50 13 £27,500 -15.38% 9
North of England +22 12 £30,000 - 12
North West -6 7 £28,000 +16.67% 6
Yorkshire +49 5 £42,500 +30.77% 4
Wales +44 5 £22,500 -33.82% 1
Scotland +115 1 £25,500 -12.07% 5
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 11 (7.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.40%) IIS
3 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 33 (22.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.72%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 94 (63.95%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (34.69%) Azure
3 13 (8.84%) AWS
4 9 (6.12%) GCP
5 6 (4.08%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.04%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.04%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.36%) SaaS
8 1 (0.68%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 36 (24.49%) DNS
2 34 (23.13%) DHCP
2 34 (23.13%) VPN
3 28 (19.05%) Firewall
4 21 (14.29%) LAN
5 20 (13.61%) WAN
6 18 (12.24%) TCP/IP
7 13 (8.84%) VLAN
7 13 (8.84%) VoIP
8 8 (5.44%) Remote Desktop
8 8 (5.44%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (3.40%) ADSL
10 3 (2.04%) IPsec
11 2 (1.36%) Broadband
11 2 (1.36%) HTTP
11 2 (1.36%) Internet
11 2 (1.36%) Network Security
11 2 (1.36%) SAN
11 2 (1.36%) SSL
11 2 (1.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.80%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.72%) Metabase
3 2 (1.36%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (6.80%) JIRA
General
1 90 (61.22%) Social Skills
2 20 (13.61%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (7.48%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.44%) Retail
5 5 (3.40%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.04%) Legal
7 2 (1.36%) Banking
7 2 (1.36%) Finance
7 2 (1.36%) Police
7 2 (1.36%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.68%) Aviation
8 1 (0.68%) Local Government
8 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (36.05%) Analyst
2 44 (29.93%) IT Support
3 43 (29.25%) Support Engineer
4 42 (28.57%) Support Analyst
5 24 (16.33%) 1st Line Support
6 22 (14.97%) IT Analyst
7 20 (13.61%) IT Support Analyst
8 17 (11.56%) IT Engineer
9 16 (10.88%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 16 (10.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (10.88%) Infrastructure Support
9 16 (10.88%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 16 (10.88%) Technical Support
10 15 (10.20%) IT Support Engineer
10 15 (10.20%) Support Technician
11 8 (5.44%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (5.44%) Senior
12 7 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support
12 7 (4.76%) Help Desk Analyst
12 7 (4.76%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.36%) JSON
1 2 (1.36%) OAuth
1 2 (1.36%) REST
1 2 (1.36%) SOAP
1 2 (1.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.97%) Driving Licence
2 4 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (2.72%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (2.04%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.04%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.36%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.36%) PKI
4 2 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.36%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.68%) CSOC
5 1 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.68%) IVR
5 1 (0.68%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.68%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 109 (74.15%) Windows
2 36 (24.49%) Windows Server
3 22 (14.97%) Linux
4 20 (13.61%) Windows 10
5 14 (9.52%) Mac OS
6 9 (6.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (4.08%) Android
7 6 (4.08%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.68%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.68%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (63.27%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (44.90%) Customer Service
3 47 (31.97%) ITIL
4 19 (12.93%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (10.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (10.88%) Service Management
6 13 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (7.48%) ITSM
8 10 (6.80%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (5.44%) Logistics
10 7 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (4.76%) Customer Experience
11 6 (4.08%) Problem Management
12 5 (3.40%) Mathematics
12 5 (3.40%) Project Delivery
12 5 (3.40%) Time Management
13 4 (2.72%) Incident Management
13 4 (2.72%) Mentoring
13 4 (2.72%) Performance Metrics
13 4 (2.72%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 21 (14.29%) SQL
2 8 (5.44%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.72%) C++
3 4 (2.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 79 (53.74%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (23.13%) Network+ Certification
3 31 (21.09%) MCP
4 17 (11.56%) MCSA
5 11 (7.48%) MCSE
6 9 (6.12%) Azure Certification
6 9 (6.12%) Degree
7 7 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (2.72%) CCNA
8 4 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.72%) Dell Certification
9 3 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.04%) MCDST
9 3 (2.04%) Security Cleared
10 2 (1.36%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (1.36%) Cyber Scheme
10 2 (1.36%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.36%) ISACA
10 2 (1.36%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.48%) SLA
2 4 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.68%) NIST
System Software
1 72 (48.98%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.04%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.04%) Autotask
2 3 (2.04%) SCCM
3 2 (1.36%) Graylog
4 1 (0.68%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.68%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 118 (80.27%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.20%) Google
3 13 (8.84%) ServiceNow
4 10 (6.80%) VMware
5 6 (4.08%) Dell
6 2 (1.36%) Cisco
6 2 (1.36%) Freshdesk
6 2 (1.36%) HP
6 2 (1.36%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.36%) Sophos
6 2 (1.36%) Splunk
7 1 (0.68%) Apple
7 1 (0.68%) Meraki
7 1 (0.68%) NETGEAR
7 1 (0.68%) SAP
7 1 (0.68%) Ubiquiti