CompTIA A+ Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 634 884 717
Rank change year-on-year +250 -167 -17
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 107 192 399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.15% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.62% 0.52% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 98 169 126
10th Percentile £24,555 £21,600 £21,500
25th Percentile £27,333 £23,500 £22,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,000 £27,125
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -0.46% +11.28%
75th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £42,500 £44,200 £37,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £24,500 £25,500
% change year-on-year +22.45% -3.92% +13.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

A+ Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,351 36,863 31,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.59% 29.74% 24.75%
Number of salaries quoted 10,857 16,923 17,862
10th Percentile £31,125 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing A+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification.

Salary trend for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing A+ Certification over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Top 14 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
England +254 97 £30,500 +9.91% 71
UK excluding London +172 79 £30,000 +22.45% 58
London +255 27 £34,500 - 17
Work from Home +237 27 £31,000 +3.33% 20
South West +80 26 £31,000 +29.17% 8
South East +136 19 £28,290 +13.16% 19
Scotland +57 10 £27,500 +11.11% 3
North of England +128 9 £30,000 +22.45% 10
West Midlands +126 9 £24,732 -3.01% 9
Midlands +113 9 £24,732 +0.94% 12
East of England +100 6 £26,500 -30.26% 4
North West +95 4 £30,000 +15.38% 4
Yorkshire +79 4 £30,000 +22.45% 5
North East - 1 £30,000 - 1

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 29 (27.10%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.67%) MS Exchange
3 4 (3.74%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (26.17%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 68 (63.55%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (36.45%) Azure
3 22 (20.56%) OneDrive
4 20 (18.69%) Entra ID
5 6 (5.61%) WhatsApp
6 5 (4.67%) AWS
7 1 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.93%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.93%) SaaS
7 1 (0.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 34 (31.78%) DNS
2 32 (29.91%) DHCP
3 30 (28.04%) LAN
4 27 (25.23%) VPN
5 26 (24.30%) WAN
6 22 (20.56%) VLAN
7 17 (15.89%) IPsec
7 17 (15.89%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (9.35%) TCP/IP
8 10 (9.35%) VoIP
9 9 (8.41%) Firewall
10 5 (4.67%) Internet
10 5 (4.67%) SAN
10 5 (4.67%) Structured Cabling
10 5 (4.67%) Wireless
11 4 (3.74%) ADSL
12 3 (2.80%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (1.87%) Network Security
14 1 (0.93%) Cisco IOS
14 1 (0.93%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.54%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (5.61%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.87%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 4 (3.74%) JIRA
General
1 33 (30.84%) Social Skills
2 12 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (11.21%) Legal
3 11 (10.28%) Telecoms
4 8 (7.48%) Finance
5 7 (6.54%) Law
6 5 (4.67%) Retail
7 4 (3.74%) German Language
8 2 (1.87%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.87%) Aviation
8 2 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.87%) Military
9 1 (0.93%) Banking
9 1 (0.93%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.93%) French Language
9 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.93%) Local Government
9 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 37 (34.58%) Analyst
2 36 (33.64%) Support Engineer
3 22 (20.56%) 2nd Line Support
3 22 (20.56%) Support Analyst
4 21 (19.63%) Desktop Support
4 21 (19.63%) IT Support
5 14 (13.08%) Service Analyst
5 14 (13.08%) Service Desk Analyst
6 13 (12.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 12 (11.21%) Technical Support
8 11 (10.28%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 11 (10.28%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 11 (10.28%) Desktop Engineer
8 11 (10.28%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 10 (9.35%) IT Analyst
9 10 (9.35%) IT Support Analyst
10 9 (8.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 7 (6.54%) 1st Line Support
11 7 (6.54%) IT Engineer
12 6 (5.61%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.21%) Driving Licence
2 11 (10.28%) Video Conferencing
3 9 (8.41%) Management Information System
4 6 (5.61%) Data Centre
5 5 (4.67%) Digital Media
6 4 (3.74%) Mobile Computing
7 3 (2.80%) Handset
8 2 (1.87%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.87%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.93%) iPhone
9 1 (0.93%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 82 (76.64%) Windows
2 32 (29.91%) Windows Server
3 12 (11.21%) Windows 10
4 10 (9.35%) Linux
5 7 (6.54%) Android
6 3 (2.80%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.87%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.87%) Mac OS X
7 2 (1.87%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.87%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (57.01%) ITIL
2 51 (47.66%) Customer Service
3 46 (42.99%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (14.02%) ITSM
5 12 (11.21%) Agile
5 12 (11.21%) Asset Management
6 11 (10.28%) Break/Fix
7 10 (9.35%) Mobile Device Management
8 9 (8.41%) Data Security
9 8 (7.48%) B2B
9 8 (7.48%) ERP
9 8 (7.48%) Incident Management
9 8 (7.48%) Workflow
10 7 (6.54%) Mentoring
10 7 (6.54%) Project Management
11 6 (5.61%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (5.61%) Data Management
11 6 (5.61%) PRINCE2
11 6 (5.61%) Problem Management
11 6 (5.61%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.95%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.80%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (43.93%) Microsoft Certification
2 31 (28.97%) Network+ Certification
3 28 (26.17%) Degree
4 16 (14.95%) MCSA
5 14 (13.08%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (13.08%) MCP
6 13 (12.15%) CCNA
7 10 (9.35%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (7.48%) MCDST
9 5 (4.67%) Citrix Certification
9 5 (4.67%) VTSP
10 4 (3.74%) Azure Certification
10 4 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (3.74%) ECDL
10 4 (3.74%) SC Cleared
10 4 (3.74%) Security Cleared
11 3 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (2.80%) MCITP
12 2 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.87%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.61%) SLA
2 1 (0.93%) GDPR
System Software
1 68 (63.55%) Active Directory
2 10 (9.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (6.54%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (13.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (8.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 76 (71.03%) Microsoft
2 17 (15.89%) VMware
3 13 (12.15%) Apple
4 10 (9.35%) HP
5 8 (7.48%) Dell
6 7 (6.54%) Citrix
7 6 (5.61%) Cisco
7 6 (5.61%) Toshiba
8 5 (4.67%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.80%) Mitel
9 3 (2.80%) Nimble Storage
9 3 (2.80%) Veeam
9 3 (2.80%) Zerto
10 1 (0.93%) Adobe
10 1 (0.93%) BMC
10 1 (0.93%) Freshdesk
10 1 (0.93%) Ivanti
10 1 (0.93%) Meraki
10 1 (0.93%) Oracle
10 1 (0.93%) Remedy