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

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 445 536 676
Rank change year-on-year +91 +140 -410
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 133 230 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.32% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.62% 1.18% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 110 182 78
10th Percentile £24,125 £22,750 £22,675
25th Percentile £25,625 £26,250 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,850 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% +4.74% +5.56%
75th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £38,750
90th Percentile £42,500 £42,250 £44,500
UK median annual salary £31,500 £30,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -7.69% +10.17%

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 21,314 19,515 21,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.41% 27.48% 36.54%
Number of salaries quoted 8,928 12,241 8,204
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £51,603
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.11% +3.21%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.28% +8.23%

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 13 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 13 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 +100 33 £32,500 +12.07% 10
South East +72 28 £30,000 -4.76% 23
Midlands +64 28 £31,750 +15.45% 8
East of England +34 26 £26,250 -12.50% 10
West Midlands +37 16 £35,000 +27.27% 3
East Midlands +38 12 £27,500 -15.38% 4
North of England +18 12 £30,000 - 21
North West -4 7 £26,000 +8.33% 11
Yorkshire +60 5 £42,500 +30.77% 8
Wales +36 5 £22,500 -33.82% 2
Scotland +121 1 £25,500 -12.07% 9
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 (8.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.76%) IIS
3 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (22.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.01%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 90 (67.67%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (37.59%) Azure
3 15 (11.28%) AWS
4 9 (6.77%) GCP
5 5 (3.76%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.26%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.26%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.50%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.50%) SaaS
8 1 (0.75%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 36 (27.07%) DNS
2 35 (26.32%) DHCP
3 32 (24.06%) VPN
4 28 (21.05%) Firewall
5 18 (13.53%) TCP/IP
6 16 (12.03%) LAN
6 16 (12.03%) WAN
7 13 (9.77%) VLAN
7 13 (9.77%) VoIP
8 9 (6.77%) Remote Desktop
9 7 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (3.76%) ADSL
11 3 (2.26%) IPsec
12 2 (1.50%) HTTP
12 2 (1.50%) Internet
12 2 (1.50%) Network Security
12 2 (1.50%) SAN
12 2 (1.50%) SSL
13 1 (0.75%) Broadband
13 1 (0.75%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.52%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.01%) Metabase
3 2 (1.50%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (6.77%) JIRA
General
1 82 (61.65%) Social Skills
2 17 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (6.77%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.02%) Retail
5 3 (2.26%) Legal
5 3 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.50%) Banking
6 2 (1.50%) Finance
6 2 (1.50%) Police
7 1 (0.75%) Aviation
7 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.75%) Law
7 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (32.33%) Analyst
2 41 (30.83%) Support Engineer
3 40 (30.08%) IT Support
4 34 (25.56%) Support Analyst
5 22 (16.54%) 1st Line Support
6 18 (13.53%) IT Analyst
6 18 (13.53%) IT Engineer
7 17 (12.78%) IT Support Analyst
8 16 (12.03%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (11.28%) Technical Support
10 14 (10.53%) 1st Line Support Analyst
10 14 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (10.53%) Infrastructure Support
10 14 (10.53%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 14 (10.53%) Support Technician
11 8 (6.02%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (6.02%) Senior
12 7 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support
12 7 (5.26%) Help Desk Analyst
13 6 (4.51%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.50%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.50%) JSON
1 2 (1.50%) OAuth
1 2 (1.50%) REST
1 2 (1.50%) SOAP
1 2 (1.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 4 (3.01%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (2.26%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.50%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.50%) IVR
4 2 (1.50%) PKI
4 2 (1.50%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.50%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.75%) CSOC
5 1 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.75%) Robotics
5 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 97 (72.93%) Windows
2 33 (24.81%) Windows Server
3 24 (18.05%) Linux
4 17 (12.78%) Mac OS
5 15 (11.28%) Windows 10
6 9 (6.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (5.26%) Apple iOS
8 6 (4.51%) Android
9 2 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.75%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.75%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (61.65%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (43.61%) Customer Service
3 40 (30.08%) ITIL
4 20 (15.04%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (12.03%) Service Management
6 14 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (8.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (8.27%) ITSM
8 10 (7.52%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (6.02%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (6.02%) Logistics
10 5 (3.76%) Mathematics
10 5 (3.76%) Project Delivery
10 5 (3.76%) Time Management
11 4 (3.01%) Identity Management
11 4 (3.01%) Incident Management
11 4 (3.01%) Mentoring
11 4 (3.01%) Performance Metrics
11 4 (3.01%) Proactive Maintenance
11 4 (3.01%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.53%) SQL
2 8 (6.02%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.01%) C++
3 4 (3.01%) Python
Qualifications
1 72 (54.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (24.81%) Network+ Certification
3 27 (20.30%) MCP
4 15 (11.28%) MCSA
5 11 (8.27%) Azure Certification
6 9 (6.77%) Degree
6 9 (6.77%) MCSE
7 7 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.01%) CCNA
8 4 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.01%) Dell Certification
9 3 (2.26%) Security Cleared
10 2 (1.50%) APMG
10 2 (1.50%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.50%) Cyber Scheme
10 2 (1.50%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.50%) ISACA
10 2 (1.50%) MCDST
10 2 (1.50%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.02%) SLA
2 4 (3.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.75%) NIST
System Software
1 66 (49.62%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.76%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.75%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.26%) Autotask
3 2 (1.50%) Graylog
4 1 (0.75%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 111 (83.46%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.53%) Google
3 12 (9.02%) ServiceNow
3 12 (9.02%) VMware
4 6 (4.51%) Dell
5 3 (2.26%) Sophos
6 2 (1.50%) Cisco
6 2 (1.50%) Freshdesk
6 2 (1.50%) HP
6 2 (1.50%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.50%) Splunk
7 1 (0.75%) Datto
7 1 (0.75%) Meraki
7 1 (0.75%) NETGEAR
7 1 (0.75%) SAP
7 1 (0.75%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (0.75%) Xerox