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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 540 628 849
Rank change year-on-year +88 +221 -331
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 167 282 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.28% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.61% 1.03% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 141 223 124
10th Percentile £24,250 £23,020 £23,075
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% +10.17%
75th Percentile £43,750 £38,552 £38,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £46,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £29,850 £28,500
% change year-on-year +0.50% +4.74% +5.56%

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 27,209 27,402 32,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.33% 27.67% 32.84%
Number of salaries quoted 11,307 17,265 14,877
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £31,277
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

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 15 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 15 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 +47 159 £32,500 +3.17% 134
UK excluding London +88 133 £30,000 +0.50% 99
South West +100 33 £32,500 +12.07% 12
London +87 32 £50,000 +31.87% 52
South East +69 28 £30,000 -4.76% 29
Midlands +60 28 £31,750 +15.45% 14
East of England +37 27 £26,250 -12.50% 14
Work from Home +131 23 £35,000 +12.00% 64
West Midlands +46 16 £35,000 +27.27% 6
East Midlands +42 12 £27,500 -15.38% 7
North of England +24 11 £30,000 - 21
North West -17 6 £27,000 +12.50% 7
Yorkshire +53 5 £42,500 +30.77% 11
Wales +37 5 £22,500 -33.82% 2
Scotland +112 1 £25,500 -12.07% 10

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 18 (10.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.59%) IIS
3 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 59 (35.33%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (9.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (9.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.40%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 95 (56.89%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (29.94%) Azure
3 15 (8.98%) AWS
4 9 (5.39%) GCP
5 5 (2.99%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.40%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.20%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.20%) SaaS
9 1 (0.60%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 37 (22.16%) DNS
2 36 (21.56%) DHCP
3 34 (20.36%) VPN
4 31 (18.56%) Firewall
5 17 (10.18%) LAN
5 17 (10.18%) TCP/IP
5 17 (10.18%) WAN
6 15 (8.98%) VLAN
6 15 (8.98%) VoIP
7 10 (5.99%) Remote Desktop
8 7 (4.19%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (2.99%) ADSL
10 3 (1.80%) IPsec
10 3 (1.80%) SAN
11 2 (1.20%) HTTP
11 2 (1.20%) Internet
11 2 (1.20%) Network Security
11 2 (1.20%) SSL
11 2 (1.20%) Wireless
12 1 (0.60%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.99%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.40%) Metabase
3 2 (1.20%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (7.19%) JIRA
General
1 107 (64.07%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.38%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (11.38%) Legal
3 17 (10.18%) Law
3 17 (10.18%) Telecoms
4 9 (5.39%) Public Sector
4 9 (5.39%) Retail
5 6 (3.59%) Finance
6 4 (2.40%) Banking
6 4 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.20%) Police
9 1 (0.60%) Aviation
9 1 (0.60%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.60%) Games
9 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 66 (39.52%) Analyst
2 59 (35.33%) IT Support
3 55 (32.93%) Support Analyst
4 43 (25.75%) Support Engineer
5 38 (22.75%) IT Analyst
6 35 (20.96%) IT Support Analyst
7 23 (13.77%) 1st Line Support
8 21 (12.57%) Support Specialist
9 18 (10.78%) IT Engineer
10 17 (10.18%) IT Support Specialist
11 16 (9.58%) Technical Support
12 15 (8.98%) 1st Line Support Analyst
12 15 (8.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (8.98%) IT Support Engineer
13 14 (8.38%) Infrastructure Support
13 14 (8.38%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 14 (8.38%) Support Technician
14 9 (5.39%) 2nd Line Support
14 9 (5.39%) Senior
15 8 (4.79%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.20%) JSON
1 2 (1.20%) OAuth
1 2 (1.20%) REST
1 2 (1.20%) SOAP
1 2 (1.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.38%) Driving Licence
2 17 (10.18%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (2.40%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (1.80%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.20%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.20%) IVR
5 2 (1.20%) PKI
5 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.20%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.60%) CSOC
6 1 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.60%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.60%) Robotics
6 1 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 126 (75.45%) Windows
2 35 (20.96%) Windows Server
3 26 (15.57%) Linux
4 24 (14.37%) Windows 10
5 17 (10.18%) Mac OS
6 9 (5.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (4.19%) Android
8 6 (3.59%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.60%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.60%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (53.29%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (37.72%) ITIL
3 60 (35.93%) Customer Service
4 21 (12.57%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (11.98%) Service Management
6 16 (9.58%) Data Management
6 16 (9.58%) Document Management
6 16 (9.58%) ITSM
7 15 (8.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (8.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (6.59%) Disaster Recovery
9 9 (5.39%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (5.39%) Logistics
10 6 (3.59%) Service Delivery
11 5 (2.99%) Incident Management
11 5 (2.99%) Mathematics
11 5 (2.99%) Mentoring
11 5 (2.99%) Project Delivery
11 5 (2.99%) Time Management
12 4 (2.40%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 18 (10.78%) SQL
2 10 (5.99%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.40%) C++
3 4 (2.40%) Python
Qualifications
1 76 (45.51%) Microsoft Certification
2 35 (20.96%) Network+ Certification
3 32 (19.16%) Degree
4 28 (16.77%) MCP
5 15 (8.98%) MCSA
6 12 (7.19%) Azure Certification
7 9 (5.39%) MCSE
8 7 (4.19%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (2.40%) CCNA
9 4 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.40%) Dell Certification
10 3 (1.80%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.80%) MOS
10 3 (1.80%) Security Cleared
11 2 (1.20%) APMG
11 2 (1.20%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.20%) GIAC
11 2 (1.20%) ISACA
11 2 (1.20%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.39%) SLA
2 4 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.60%) NIST
System Software
1 76 (45.51%) Active Directory
2 13 (7.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.59%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.60%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (8.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.19%) SCCM
3 3 (1.80%) Autotask
4 2 (1.20%) Graylog
5 1 (0.60%) Ansible
5 1 (0.60%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 138 (82.63%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.38%) Google
2 14 (8.38%) ServiceNow
3 13 (7.78%) VMware
4 7 (4.19%) Citrix
5 6 (3.59%) Dell
6 3 (1.80%) Cisco
6 3 (1.80%) HP
6 3 (1.80%) Sophos
7 2 (1.20%) Freshdesk
7 2 (1.20%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.20%) Splunk
8 1 (0.60%) Datto
8 1 (0.60%) Meraki
8 1 (0.60%) NetApp
8 1 (0.60%) NETGEAR
8 1 (0.60%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (0.60%) Veeam
8 1 (0.60%) Veritas
8 1 (0.60%) Xerox