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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 622 840 512
Rank change year-on-year +218 -328 -32
Permanent jobs citing A+ Certification 287 132 1,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.13% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.05% 0.40% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 228 127 123
10th Percentile £22,900 £23,000 £22,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £23,750 £23,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.17% -26.02%
75th Percentile £38,552 £38,750 £36,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £43,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,850 £28,500 £26,250
% change year-on-year +4.74% +8.57% -9.48%

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 27,444 33,124 42,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.69% 32.69% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,288 14,907 18,785
10th Percentile £28,374 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

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 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for A+ Certification in the UK

A+ Certification
Top 16 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 9 May 2024. 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 +243 269 £30,750 -6.82% 66
UK excluding London +144 231 £29,850 +4.74% 56
South East +32 55 £31,500 +24.02% 9
South West +28 52 £29,000 -31.76% 5
London +104 49 £37,917 +8.33% 25
North of England +86 45 £30,000 +22.45% 13
Midlands +22 35 £27,500 +12.24% 11
East of England +27 32 £30,000 -22.08% 3
Work from Home +67 30 £30,000 -7.69% 9
West Midlands +37 27 £27,500 +12.24% 8
North West +26 23 £24,000 -8.16% 5
Yorkshire +105 17 £32,500 +34.02% 5
Wales +8 8 £34,000 -9.33% 4
East Midlands -9 8 £32,500 +18.18% 3
North East - 5 £40,000 - 3
Scotland -71 4 £29,000 +1.75% 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 34 (11.85%) SharePoint
2 21 (7.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.35%) CMS
4 1 (0.35%) IIS
Applications
1 80 (27.87%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 124 (43.21%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (23.69%) Azure
3 39 (13.59%) Entra ID
4 15 (5.23%) OneDrive
5 13 (4.53%) AWS
5 13 (4.53%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.18%) IaaS
6 12 (4.18%) PaaS
7 4 (1.39%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.35%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.35%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.35%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (14.29%) DHCP
1 41 (14.29%) DNS
2 33 (11.50%) Network Security
3 31 (10.80%) LAN
4 28 (9.76%) WAN
5 27 (9.41%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (6.62%) Firewall
7 18 (6.27%) VPN
8 17 (5.92%) Internet
9 15 (5.23%) Wireless
10 13 (4.53%) Broadband
11 12 (4.18%) Remote Desktop
11 12 (4.18%) SAN
12 10 (3.48%) VLAN
13 8 (2.79%) IPsec
13 8 (2.79%) VSAN
14 7 (2.44%) VoIP
15 6 (2.09%) TCP/IP
16 2 (0.70%) NX-OS
17 1 (0.35%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.39%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.35%) Power BI
3 1 (0.35%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 11 (3.83%) JIRA
2 2 (0.70%) GitLab
General
1 146 (50.87%) Social Skills
2 24 (8.36%) Telecoms
3 18 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.92%) Finance
4 17 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (5.23%) Retail
6 12 (4.18%) Local Government
7 11 (3.83%) Legal
8 10 (3.48%) Public Sector
9 9 (3.14%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.79%) Games
10 8 (2.79%) Law
11 5 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.39%) Marketing
13 3 (1.05%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.35%) Banking
14 1 (0.35%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (26.48%) IT Support
2 57 (19.86%) Analyst
3 52 (18.12%) Support Engineer
4 50 (17.42%) IT Technician
5 42 (14.63%) Support Technician
6 41 (14.29%) IT Support Technician
7 34 (11.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 34 (11.85%) 2nd Line Support
8 33 (11.50%) IT Analyst
8 33 (11.50%) IT Engineer
9 30 (10.45%) Desktop Engineer
9 30 (10.45%) Field Engineer
10 28 (9.76%) Service Analyst
10 28 (9.76%) Service Desk Analyst
11 26 (9.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 25 (8.71%) Desktop Support
12 25 (8.71%) Senior
13 24 (8.36%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 22 (7.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
14 22 (7.67%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 46 (16.03%) Driving Licence
2 35 (12.20%) Onboarding
3 25 (8.71%) Management Information System
4 15 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (4.53%) CCTV
5 13 (4.53%) Data Centre
6 12 (4.18%) Smartphone
7 8 (2.79%) Clustering
7 8 (2.79%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.74%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.05%) CMDB
10 3 (1.05%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.05%) Housing Association
10 3 (1.05%) Mobile Computing
11 2 (0.70%) Digital Media
11 2 (0.70%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.70%) PKI
11 2 (0.70%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.35%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 185 (64.46%) Windows
2 57 (19.86%) Windows 10
3 51 (17.77%) Windows Server
4 36 (12.54%) Mac OS
5 16 (5.57%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (4.88%) Linux
7 11 (3.83%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (2.44%) Android
9 6 (2.09%) Apple iOS
9 6 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.39%) Windows Vista
12 3 (1.05%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.70%) Unix
13 2 (0.70%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (49.13%) Customer Service
2 124 (43.21%) Problem-Solving
3 105 (36.59%) ITIL
4 54 (18.82%) ITSM
5 45 (15.68%) Computer Science
6 38 (13.24%) Service Management
7 27 (9.41%) Asset Management
8 26 (9.06%) Break/Fix
9 25 (8.71%) Information Security
10 23 (8.01%) Change Management
11 22 (7.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 21 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
12 21 (7.32%) Mentoring
13 19 (6.62%) Incident Management
14 17 (5.92%) Configuration Management
14 17 (5.92%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (5.92%) Line Management
15 15 (5.23%) IT Asset Management
15 15 (5.23%) Time Management
16 13 (4.53%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.57%) SQL
2 10 (3.48%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.70%) Python
3 2 (0.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 145 (50.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 85 (29.62%) Degree
3 83 (28.92%) Network+ Certification
4 68 (23.69%) MCP
5 48 (16.72%) Cisco Certification
6 46 (16.03%) Security Cleared
7 44 (15.33%) DBS Check
8 37 (12.89%) SC Cleared
9 35 (12.20%) CCNA
10 33 (11.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (6.97%) DV Cleared
12 16 (5.57%) MCITP
13 15 (5.23%) CompTIA Security+
13 15 (5.23%) MCSA
14 12 (4.18%) MCDST
15 11 (3.83%) CCNP
15 11 (3.83%) MCSE
16 8 (2.79%) Azure Certification
17 7 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
18 6 (2.09%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.10%) SLA
2 10 (3.48%) GDPR
3 8 (2.79%) ISO 9001
4 7 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.05%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.70%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 177 (61.67%) Active Directory
2 26 (9.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (7.32%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.79%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.70%) vSphere
6 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 24 (8.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (8.01%) SCCM
3 8 (2.79%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (1.39%) AirWatch
5 3 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.05%) WSUS
6 2 (0.70%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.70%) Terraform
7 1 (0.35%) Autotask
Vendors
1 239 (83.28%) Microsoft
2 36 (12.54%) VMware
3 33 (11.50%) Cisco
4 18 (6.27%) Veeam
5 15 (5.23%) Apple
6 11 (3.83%) Virgin Media
7 9 (3.14%) Citrix
8 8 (2.79%) Dell
9 7 (2.44%) HP
9 7 (2.44%) Meraki
9 7 (2.44%) Sophos
9 7 (2.44%) Sun
10 6 (2.09%) ConnectWise
10 6 (2.09%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.39%) Acronis
11 4 (1.39%) Aruba
11 4 (1.39%) EMC
11 4 (1.39%) IBM
11 4 (1.39%) Mitel
11 4 (1.39%) Oracle