A+ Certification Contracts in the UK excluding London

CompTIA A+ Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for A+ Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 311 391 431
Rank change year-on-year +80 +40 -30
Contract jobs citing A+ Certification 79 52 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.22% 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.05% 0.68% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 27 33
10th Percentile £103 - £121
25th Percentile £160 £105 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £114 £145
Median % change year-on-year +98.24% -21.72% -31.96%
75th Percentile £289 £163 £158
90th Percentile £358 £219 £199
UK median daily rate £200 £125 £145
% change year-on-year +60.00% -13.79% -48.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 14 33
10th Percentile £14.16 - £12.83
25th Percentile £14.48 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% - -6.06%
75th Percentile £21.37 £15.75 £15.75
90th Percentile - £18.38 -
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% - -6.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,549 7,681 7,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.86% 32.88% 26.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,354 5,133 5,181
10th Percentile £270 £288 £256
25th Percentile £425 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £600
90th Percentile £725 £708 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 930 632 526
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.03 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.94 £49.94 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.02% +42.68% -
75th Percentile £63.29 £65.75 £56.02
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £68.15
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -25.93% +24.38% +14.25%

A+ Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing A+ Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing A+ Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing A+ Certification in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for A+ Certification in the UK excluding London

A+ Certification
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing A+ Certification within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +41 45 £105 -4.55% 4
Scotland +55 16 £206 +87.50% 7
North of England +35 9 £325 +195.45% 9
Yorkshire +19 7 £338 +197.36% 2
South East +12 4 £158 -3.08% 8
South West +11 3 £205 +64.00% 7
Midlands +24 2 £178 +12.34% 7
North West +18 2 £194 +76.14% 5
East Midlands +17 1 £130 -17.72% 2
West Midlands +14 1 £225 -37.85% 5
A+ Certification
UK

A+ Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 15 (18.99%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (17.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (16.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 46 (58.23%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.53%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 45 (56.96%) Wi-Fi
2 14 (17.72%) DHCP
3 13 (16.46%) DNS
4 11 (13.92%) VPN
5 10 (12.66%) SAN
6 4 (5.06%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (2.53%) LAN
7 2 (2.53%) WAN
General
1 28 (35.44%) Retail
2 10 (12.66%) Social Skills
3 9 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.86%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.33%) Banking
5 5 (6.33%) Finance
6 3 (3.80%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (55.70%) Analyst
2 41 (51.90%) Service Analyst
2 41 (51.90%) Service Desk Analyst
3 17 (21.52%) IT Engineer
4 13 (16.46%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
5 9 (11.39%) Field Engineer
6 8 (10.13%) Desktop Engineer
6 8 (10.13%) Field Service Engineer
6 8 (10.13%) Support Engineer
7 7 (8.86%) Desktop Support
8 5 (6.33%) IT Support
8 5 (6.33%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (5.06%) Data Centre Engineer
9 4 (5.06%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 3 (3.80%) Data Centre Technician
10 3 (3.80%) Data Technician
10 3 (3.80%) IT Technician
10 3 (3.80%) Network Engineer
10 3 (3.80%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 3 (3.80%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.99%) Data Centre
2 8 (10.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (6.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (3.80%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.27%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 28 (35.44%) Windows
2 16 (20.25%) Windows 10
2 16 (20.25%) Windows 7
3 4 (5.06%) Mac OS
4 3 (3.80%) Windows 8
5 2 (2.53%) Android
5 2 (2.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (79.75%) Customer Service
2 54 (68.35%) ITIL
3 41 (51.90%) Incident Management
4 33 (41.77%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (29.11%) Service Delivery
6 17 (21.52%) Break/Fix
7 13 (16.46%) Mathematics
8 8 (10.13%) Computer Science
9 5 (6.33%) Migration
10 4 (5.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 4 (5.06%) Network Monitoring
10 4 (5.06%) Runbook
11 3 (3.80%) Employee Productivity
12 2 (2.53%) Asset Management
12 2 (2.53%) Continuous Improvement
12 2 (2.53%) High Availability
12 2 (2.53%) Mobile Device Management
13 1 (1.27%) Data Security
13 1 (1.27%) Disaster Recovery
13 1 (1.27%) Pay per click
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 61 (77.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 46 (58.23%) MCSA
3 26 (32.91%) SC Cleared
3 26 (32.91%) Security Cleared
4 18 (22.78%) CCNA
4 18 (22.78%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (16.46%) Network+ Certification
6 10 (12.66%) Degree
7 9 (11.39%) MCSE
8 8 (10.13%) MCP
9 7 (8.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (5.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (3.80%) CCNP
11 3 (3.80%) MCDST
12 2 (2.53%) CCENT
13 1 (1.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.33%) QA
2 1 (1.27%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (41.77%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.33%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.06%) KVM
4 4 (5.06%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (5.06%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (5.06%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 11 (13.92%) SCCM
2 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.06%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 41 (51.90%) Citrix
1 41 (51.90%) ServiceNow
2 36 (45.57%) Microsoft
3 11 (13.92%) Cisco
4 8 (10.13%) Dell
5 7 (8.86%) VMware
6 1 (1.27%) Apple