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 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 637 838
Rank change year-on-year +120 +201 -286
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 199 298 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.27% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.77% 1.04% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 175 231 102
10th Percentile £25,000 £22,900 £23,300
25th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £24,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £41,875 £38,552 £38,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £46,188
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,875 £29,850 £27,766
% change year-on-year -3.27% +7.51% +11.06%

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 25,891 28,768 31,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 45.99% 25.73% 34.01%
Number of salaries quoted 10,589 17,326 14,172
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,734 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,977 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.82% -11.71% +9.09%
75th Percentile £69,250 £70,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +8.25%

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 21 June 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 21 June 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 +85 185 £30,000 -4.76% 325
UK excluding London +113 159 £28,875 -3.27% 202
South East +70 40 £29,000 -7.94% 40
Work from Home +126 37 £32,500 - 105
South West +99 37 £32,500 +12.07% 26
Midlands +95 34 £35,000 +27.27% 32
London +73 33 £50,000 +31.87% 144
East of England +43 28 £26,250 -12.50% 18
West Midlands +70 22 £35,000 +27.27% 18
North of England +30 13 £28,000 -6.67% 57
East Midlands +45 12 £27,500 -15.38% 14
North West +6 7 £28,000 +16.67% 25
Yorkshire +52 6 £40,000 +23.08% 27
Wales +43 5 £22,500 -33.82% 13
Scotland +110 2 £25,500 -13.56% 11

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 (9.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.02%) IIS
3 4 (2.01%) SharePoint
Applications
1 63 (31.66%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (9.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (9.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.01%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 106 (53.27%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (29.65%) Azure
3 12 (6.03%) AWS
4 9 (4.52%) Entra ID
4 9 (4.52%) GCP
5 4 (2.01%) Google Workspace
5 4 (2.01%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.51%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.01%) SaaS
8 1 (0.50%) Google Docs
8 1 (0.50%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 39 (19.60%) VPN
2 38 (19.10%) DNS
3 36 (18.09%) DHCP
4 31 (15.58%) Firewall
5 30 (15.08%) LAN
6 27 (13.57%) WAN
7 18 (9.05%) TCP/IP
8 17 (8.54%) VoIP
9 15 (7.54%) VLAN
10 9 (4.52%) Remote Desktop
10 9 (4.52%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (2.51%) ADSL
12 4 (2.01%) Wireless
13 3 (1.51%) IPsec
13 3 (1.51%) SAN
14 2 (1.01%) Broadband
14 2 (1.01%) HTTP
14 2 (1.01%) Internet
14 2 (1.01%) SSL
15 1 (0.50%) DECT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.03%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.01%) Metabase
3 2 (1.01%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (5.53%) JIRA
General
1 129 (64.82%) Social Skills
2 25 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (10.05%) Legal
3 20 (10.05%) Telecoms
4 18 (9.05%) Law
5 14 (7.04%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.52%) Retail
7 6 (3.02%) Finance
8 5 (2.51%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.01%) Banking
9 4 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.01%) Police
11 1 (0.50%) Advertising
11 1 (0.50%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.50%) Games
11 1 (0.50%) Local Government
11 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 85 (42.71%) Analyst
2 73 (36.68%) Support Analyst
3 70 (35.18%) IT Support
4 49 (24.62%) Support Engineer
5 47 (23.62%) IT Analyst
6 44 (22.11%) IT Support Analyst
7 32 (16.08%) 1st Line Support
8 24 (12.06%) Support Specialist
9 23 (11.56%) 1st Line Support Analyst
10 21 (10.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (9.55%) IT Support Specialist
11 19 (9.55%) Support Technician
12 18 (9.05%) Infrastructure Support
12 18 (9.05%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 18 (9.05%) Technical Support
13 17 (8.54%) IT Engineer
14 14 (7.04%) IT Support Engineer
15 9 (4.52%) 2nd Line Support
15 9 (4.52%) Senior
16 8 (4.02%) Help Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.01%) JSON
1 2 (1.01%) OAuth
1 2 (1.01%) REST
1 2 (1.01%) SOAP
1 2 (1.01%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.58%) Driving Licence
2 19 (9.55%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (3.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.51%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.51%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.01%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.01%) PKI
7 2 (1.01%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.01%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.50%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 152 (76.38%) Windows
2 44 (22.11%) Windows Server
3 28 (14.07%) Windows 10
4 24 (12.06%) Linux
5 14 (7.04%) Mac OS
6 9 (4.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (4.02%) Android
8 7 (3.52%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.50%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.50%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (54.77%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (41.21%) ITIL
3 73 (36.68%) Customer Service
4 24 (12.06%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (10.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 18 (9.05%) Data Management
6 18 (9.05%) Document Management
6 18 (9.05%) Service Management
7 17 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (7.54%) ITSM
9 11 (5.53%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (5.03%) Customer Experience
10 10 (5.03%) Problem Management
10 10 (5.03%) Project Delivery
11 9 (4.52%) Collaborative Working
12 6 (3.02%) Change Management
12 6 (3.02%) DevOps
12 6 (3.02%) Logistics
13 5 (2.51%) Information Security
13 5 (2.51%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 23 (11.56%) SQL
2 10 (5.03%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.01%) C++
3 4 (2.01%) Python
Qualifications
1 87 (43.72%) Microsoft Certification
2 38 (19.10%) Network+ Certification
3 37 (18.59%) Degree
4 35 (17.59%) MCP
5 20 (10.05%) MCSA
6 13 (6.53%) MCSE
7 11 (5.53%) Azure Certification
8 8 (4.02%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (2.01%) Dell Certification
10 3 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.51%) CCNA
10 3 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.51%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.51%) MCDST
10 3 (1.51%) MOS
10 3 (1.51%) Security Cleared
11 2 (1.01%) APMG
11 2 (1.01%) Cyber Scheme
11 2 (1.01%) ISACA
11 2 (1.01%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.54%) SLA
2 4 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.50%) NIST
System Software
1 86 (43.22%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.51%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.01%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (8.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.02%) SCCM
3 3 (1.51%) Autotask
4 2 (1.01%) Graylog
5 1 (0.50%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 154 (77.39%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.04%) Google
3 14 (7.04%) ServiceNow
4 11 (5.53%) VMware
5 6 (3.02%) Citrix
5 6 (3.02%) Dell
6 4 (2.01%) HP
7 3 (1.51%) Sophos
8 2 (1.01%) Apple
8 2 (1.01%) Freshdesk
8 2 (1.01%) Splunk
9 1 (0.50%) Adobe
9 1 (0.50%) Cisco
9 1 (0.50%) EMC
9 1 (0.50%) iManage
9 1 (0.50%) Meraki
9 1 (0.50%) NetApp
9 1 (0.50%) NETGEAR
9 1 (0.50%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (0.50%) Veeam