A+ Certification Jobs

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 524 614 855
Rank change year-on-year +90 +241 -356
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 169 293 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.30% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.67% 1.07% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 140 234 128
10th Percentile £24,238 £23,080 £23,000
25th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £31,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.08% +15.04%
75th Percentile £42,813 £38,552 £39,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £47,200 £46,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,250 £29,850 £28,625
% change year-on-year -2.01% +4.28% +10.10%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,404 27,420 33,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.81% 27.84% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,182 17,336 15,221
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

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 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Top 15 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 1 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
England +72 161 £32,500 +3.17% 95
UK excluding London +109 134 £29,250 -2.01% 68
London +92 33 £50,000 +31.87% 36
South West +85 33 £32,500 +12.07% 7
Midlands +78 33 £28,500 +3.64% 7
South East +81 28 £29,750 -5.56% 25
East of England +48 24 £26,250 -12.50% 15
Work from Home +185 23 £35,000 +16.67% 34
East Midlands +60 18 £27,500 -15.38% 6
West Midlands +36 15 £35,000 +27.27% 1
North of England +54 10 £32,500 +8.33% 10
North West +19 6 £25,000 +6.38% 2
Wales +43 5 £22,500 -33.82% 1
Yorkshire +63 4 £42,500 +30.77% 7
Scotland +128 1 £25,500 -12.07% 4

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 19 (11.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.55%) IIS
3 2 (1.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 58 (34.32%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (8.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (8.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.37%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 97 (57.40%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (31.36%) Azure
3 23 (13.61%) AWS
4 11 (6.51%) GCP
5 6 (3.55%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.37%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.18%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.18%) SaaS
8 2 (1.18%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.59%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 39 (23.08%) DHCP
1 39 (23.08%) DNS
2 34 (20.12%) VPN
3 32 (18.93%) Firewall
4 19 (11.24%) TCP/IP
5 16 (9.47%) LAN
5 16 (9.47%) WAN
6 15 (8.88%) VLAN
7 12 (7.10%) VoIP
8 9 (5.33%) Remote Desktop
9 8 (4.73%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (2.96%) ADSL
11 3 (1.78%) IPsec
11 3 (1.78%) SAN
12 2 (1.18%) HTTP
12 2 (1.18%) Internet
12 2 (1.18%) Network Security
12 2 (1.18%) SSL
12 2 (1.18%) Wireless
13 1 (0.59%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.92%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.37%) Metabase
3 2 (1.18%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.59%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (6.51%) JIRA
General
1 105 (62.13%) Social Skills
2 18 (10.65%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (10.65%) Legal
3 16 (9.47%) Law
3 16 (9.47%) Telecoms
4 9 (5.33%) Retail
5 8 (4.73%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.96%) Finance
6 5 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.78%) Banking
8 2 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.18%) Police
9 1 (0.59%) Aviation
9 1 (0.59%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.59%) Games
9 1 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 68 (40.24%) IT Support
2 62 (36.69%) Analyst
3 53 (31.36%) Support Analyst
4 47 (27.81%) Support Engineer
5 36 (21.30%) IT Analyst
6 34 (20.12%) IT Support Analyst
7 23 (13.61%) 1st Line Support
7 23 (13.61%) IT Engineer
8 20 (11.83%) IT Support Engineer
9 19 (11.24%) Support Specialist
10 16 (9.47%) IT Support Specialist
11 15 (8.88%) 1st Line Support Analyst
11 15 (8.88%) Technical Support
12 14 (8.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support
13 13 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 13 (7.69%) Support Technician
14 9 (5.33%) 2nd Line Support
14 9 (5.33%) Senior
15 8 (4.73%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.18%) JSON
1 2 (1.18%) OAuth
1 2 (1.18%) REST
1 2 (1.18%) SOAP
1 2 (1.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.65%) Driving Licence
2 16 (9.47%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (2.37%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (1.78%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.18%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.18%) IVR
5 2 (1.18%) PKI
5 2 (1.18%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.18%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.59%) CSOC
6 1 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.59%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.59%) NHS
6 1 (0.59%) Robotics
6 1 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 130 (76.92%) Windows
2 35 (20.71%) Windows Server
3 32 (18.93%) Linux
4 24 (14.20%) Windows 10
5 18 (10.65%) Mac OS
6 9 (5.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (4.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (4.14%) Android
8 7 (4.14%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.59%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.59%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (51.48%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (40.24%) Customer Service
3 62 (36.69%) ITIL
4 21 (12.43%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (11.24%) Service Management
6 15 (8.88%) Data Management
6 15 (8.88%) Document Management
6 15 (8.88%) Logistics
7 14 (8.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 14 (8.28%) ITSM
8 13 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (6.51%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (6.51%) Mentoring
10 10 (5.92%) Proactive Maintenance
11 8 (4.73%) Collaborative Working
12 5 (2.96%) Incident Management
12 5 (2.96%) Mathematics
12 5 (2.96%) Project Delivery
12 5 (2.96%) Service Delivery
12 5 (2.96%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.06%) SQL
2 11 (6.51%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.37%) C++
3 4 (2.37%) Python
Qualifications
1 74 (43.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 39 (23.08%) Network+ Certification
3 32 (18.93%) Degree
4 29 (17.16%) MCP
5 14 (8.28%) MCSA
6 12 (7.10%) Azure Certification
7 10 (5.92%) CCNA
7 10 (5.92%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (4.73%) MCSE
9 7 (4.14%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (2.37%) Dell Certification
11 3 (1.78%) Security Cleared
12 2 (1.18%) APMG
12 2 (1.18%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.18%) Cyber Scheme
12 2 (1.18%) DBS Check
12 2 (1.18%) GIAC
12 2 (1.18%) ISACA
12 2 (1.18%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.55%) SLA
2 4 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.59%) GDPR
3 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.59%) NIST
System Software
1 78 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 15 (8.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.14%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.59%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (8.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.73%) SCCM
3 3 (1.78%) Autotask
4 2 (1.18%) Graylog
5 1 (0.59%) Ansible
5 1 (0.59%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 142 (84.02%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.47%) Google
3 15 (8.88%) VMware
4 11 (6.51%) ServiceNow
5 9 (5.33%) Cisco
6 8 (4.73%) Red Hat
7 7 (4.14%) Citrix
8 6 (3.55%) Dell
9 3 (1.78%) HP
9 3 (1.78%) Sophos
10 2 (1.18%) Freshdesk
10 2 (1.18%) SAP
10 2 (1.18%) Splunk
11 1 (0.59%) Datto
11 1 (0.59%) EMC
11 1 (0.59%) Meraki
11 1 (0.59%) NetApp
11 1 (0.59%) Ubiquiti
11 1 (0.59%) Veritas
11 1 (0.59%) Xerox